Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] more than [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In brief , there is enough evidence to show that the ways in which ill health and accidents arise are such that the lower socio-economic groups suffer more than the higher socio-economic groups . |
| 2 | It is claimed that a fifth of road fatalities say 1,150 deaths a year can be attributed to ’ drunk ’ driving : a driver has more than the permitted level of alcohol in his blood . |
| 3 | Only rarely do plans consider more than the simple spatial attributes of the housing stock . |
| 4 | Such a framework has more than a passing similarity with the career structure observed by Howard Parker in his study of young delinquents in Liverpool . |
| 5 | The bureaucrat is assumed as a general rule to know more than the sponsor about factor costs and production processes involved in the bureau 's services . |
| 6 | However , a horse needs more than the space necessary to exercise both body and mind . |
| 7 | It is always almost impossible for a single practitioner to obtain more than the other firms in the area are obtaining and you do not want to be in a position of being undersold because your colleagues in other firms have an unrealistic view about what should be charged . |
| 8 | True , this remedy contains more than an element of ‘ big brother ’ and it may be that it does no more than turn the criminals away from the areas covered by the cameras ' eyes . |
| 9 | ROWLAND S HOWARD These Immortal Souls ' Australian exile recounts more than a decade on the musical edge … |
| 10 | For there 's nothing the Scots enjoy more than the scoring of own goals . |
| 11 | Clearly it was a winning gambit to aver simply that the work had not been written with that ‘ single purpose ’ , and this was the substance of the defence of Henry Scott who had published or who at least intended to sell copies of an anti-papist pamphlet containing more than a little obscene detail . |
| 12 | Alex Miller 's team asked no questions of a drastically altered Ibrox side containing more than a smattering of Rangers ' impressive reserve strength . |
| 13 | Glenn Hoddle raised more than a few eyebrows when he took over at the County Ground last April . |
| 14 | the pundits reckon more than a £100,000 resting on the Pall mall alone . |
| 15 | From his universal nickname — Tenko — it will be surmised that Dennis demands more than a few laps of the pitch prior to a session in the pub . |
| 16 | Indeed , most secondary schools use more than the 5% of time allocated to Religious Education . |
| 17 | Is the kingdom of God spoken of in the New Testament simply ‘ the moral organisation of the human race ’ , or does that conception owe more than the Liberals themselves realised to their own enlightened and optimistic view of the development of Protestant culture in their own day ? |
| 18 | There were no photographs around , but what a fool she was to imagine that the expression in his eyes meant more than the harsh words he dealt her . |
| 19 | Fired by religious fervour and armed with weapons supplied by the United States and their Muslim neighbour Pakistan , the rebels resisted doggedly and fought a war in which their superior mobility and unconventional guerrilla tactics proved more than a match for the Soviet military machine . |
| 20 | The poll early next year would elect a coalition government made up of all the parties winning more than a minimum number of seats to lead the country to majority rule in the year 2000 . |
| 21 | The Abbots united for the inevitable photograph bear more than a passing resemblance to a sports team . |
| 22 | Neither side had more than a couple of scoring chances in the first half , and Ecchinswell took advantage of the first of these , breaking through after dispossessing Martin Whiddett on the sideline and finding a vast opening in the Alton defence . |
| 23 | As Defries had feared , neither Ace nor Bernice had more than a few minutes ’ more power in their blasters . |
| 24 | Immediately — and this can be well understood — Coastal Command had more than a passing interest because it was having a desperate struggle with the U-boats in the Atlantic and , naturally , it was very keenly supported by the Admiralty and the Navy to boot , to get hold of this latest model . |
| 25 | The message is that all staff of an institution have more than an ‘ academic ’ interest in the activities of staff in other departments . |
| 26 | Few people in Japan expect Mr Gorbachev to make more than a few diplomatic utterances about the islands while in Tokyo . |
| 27 | But the exiled soldier wanted more than a place to stay : he wanted , to a Peter Pan-ish degree , everything as it had been in his childhood home . |
| 28 | In French literature lectures , Sartre became more than an academic discovery , though I understand only now why the idea that " the person is nothing else but his freedom " and the revelations of Nausea had such enormous appeal for me . |
| 29 | The symbolic value of law involves more than a volitional commitment to legal institutions and legal process , or the rhetorical effectiveness of international law arguments . |
| 30 | With these decisions Darwin became more than the protégé of Lyell . |