Example sentences of "[prep] more [noun] [subord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Its high resistance to detonation allows high compression ratios to be used and thus offers potential for more power than petrol ; little or not particulate emissions come out the exhaust pipe and CO 2 production is relatively low . |
| 32 | Moreover , the depreciation debate will be ‘ dusted off ’ after years of shelf-life and revisited in more depth as depreciation becomes the major cost . |
| 33 | Rising incomes and growing demand were pulling in more imports as labour shortages constrained output , threatening the dwindling current-account surplus and placing future growth in doubt . |
| 34 | March had come in more lamb than lion , there were windflowers in the woods , and the first primroses , unburned by frost , undashed and unmired by further rain , were just opening . |
| 35 | Hair combings from her brush went at once into hiding — a small stoup , designed for Holy Water , concealed their rather sordid twirls — in accordance with the unspoken law that anything ugly should be put out of sight , which applied to more things than hair combings . |
| 36 | If we take criticism out of its academic context and apply it to more things than literature , it is evident that comparisons of value are fundamental to it . |