Example sentences of "[noun] [pers pn] [vb -s] more [noun] " in BNC.

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1 This gerbil is strictly nocturnal in contrast to some of the more common rodents , and as a result it suffers more predation by the owls than do the others .
2 As a result he gets more exercise and is generally fitter and healthier .
3 Over the piece it shows more beauty and riches than reality can master .
4 Every few minutes the cock tests the temperature of the mound : if it falls below 33 degrees Celsius he adds more compost , while if it rises above 33 degrees he makes a vent in the mound to cool the eggs .
5 On this basis it makes more sense for an investor to invest in promise than in reality .
6 He is also the favourite and in many ways he has more charisma .
7 Whatever it is called , in many ways it has more going for it than Greenness and can even incorporate it .
8 On the one hand claiming Darlington is in such a bad state it needs more Government help , on the other claiming the town is a thriving local centre .
9 Again it is generally definable only through social custom but in this case it has more significance since the breaking of social taboo may have adverse effect on the child .
10 Turning to Egor he requests more body parts and , to accentuate the urgency required , he physically hurls our hunchbacked hero from the top of his castle into the graveyard below where the game begins .
11 Yet , paradoxically , in another way she has more experience than most .
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