Example sentences of "[pron] [vb -s] [verb] more [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And what difference will it make to a government which has made more U-turns than a snake ? ’ |
| 2 | It could hardly be more festive in its colour and tunefulness , and brings one passage which has prompted more comments than any other . |
| 3 | The Institute has taken a leaf out of CIMA 's book and joined Opportunity 2000 , the business-led initiative launched by John Major , which aims to put more women into top management jobs by the beginning of the next century ( see ACCOUNTANCY , December 1991 , p 15 ) . |
| 4 | Old Shallot 's a brawling man : a born street fighter and a soldier who has seen more battles than many of you have had hot dinners . |
| 5 | They do nt like the fact we have a midfielder who has scored more goals than most of the top strikers in the league . |
| 6 | ‘ You could n't have had a golf course made for a man 's game more than that golf course for John Daly , ’ observed the man who has won more Masters than anyone , six all told and now playing his 34th in succession . |
| 7 | Grobbelaar , 35 , who has won more medals than any other goalkeeper , is currently on loan to Second division Stoke and a return to Merseyside now looks highly unlikely . |
| 8 | Peter Tickner , director of planning and marketing at the college , said : ‘ It is aimed at the unemployed , anyone who feels their education was lacking , or anyone who wants want more qualifications , such as mothers who want to get back to work after having children . ’ |
| 9 | She 's caused more problems backing out from here he 's naughty behind me |
| 10 | In fact , the work we have done together has always been very harmonious — although I imagine if we were in a sit-com at the same time we could get a bit waspish — ‘ She 's got more lines than me … but it 's never happened so far . |
| 11 | She 's got more sweets ! |
| 12 | Christ almighty , she 's had more pricks than a second-hand dart board ! ’ |
| 13 | Well I should think you 'd see that spin attack turn the tables whatever the weather was really , and we 've also got Peter Bradbury who 's taken more wickets in the Cherwell lead than anybody this year , so we 've got three first line County standard off spinners er or rather two off spinners and a left arm spinner . |
| 14 | Ms Morrell attempts damage limitation by telling her boss to keep his mouth shut and not rock the boat , but on he goes collecting more enemies and being let down by erstwhile friends . |
| 15 | It feels as if he has met more children than any other group of the population during the campaign . |
| 16 | He prides himself on a forthright nature and says he has asked more questions than any other MP in the House . |
| 17 | No one would suggest that he rivals Sobers as the greatest of all-rounders , for , although he has taken more wickets , his batting has been much less consistent and his Test average is some twenty-three points lower than Sobers ' . |
| 18 | It may even claim that it has had more complaints of bias from the Labour Party . |
| 19 | ‘ What I have found in the region is that because it has experienced more downturns than other parts of the UK it has a resilience to the dips the economy may take , ’ he said . |
| 20 | He wants to do more programmes as well as record more good songs . |
| 21 | At the same time it aims to devote more resources to special training needs . |
| 22 | The Prince of Wales has said he wishes to see more blacks in the Brigade of Guards . |
| 23 | it 's got more than it 's got more than nu , it 's got more nuts in it |
| 24 | harder than most , it 's got more levels than Master System too . |
| 25 | Caution will be the name of the game as he attempts to collect more points and take another step towards fulfilling his ambition of winning all remaining fixtures before the December retirement . |
| 26 | He 's had more jobs than I 've had hot dinners |