Example sentences of "[noun] [vb base] 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 | For there 's nothing the Scots enjoy more than the scoring of own goals . |
| 3 | the pundits reckon more than a £100,000 resting on the Pall mall alone . |
| 4 | Indeed , most secondary schools use more than the 5% of time allocated to Religious Education . |
| 5 | The Abbots united for the inevitable photograph bear more than a passing resemblance to a sports team . |
| 6 | The message is that all staff of an institution have more than an ‘ academic ’ interest in the activities of staff in other departments . |
| 7 | These CDs cost more than the major company ones , but this is fair enough since the higher costs have to be spread over a smaller volume . |
| 8 | When soils receive more than the critical load , the natural capacity to neutralize acidity is overwhelmed , cations ( e.g. calcium ) are leached out , phosphorus is retained and aluminium and trace metals appear in the soil water . |
| 9 | Though of course Müller-Claudius 's ‘ sample ’ was hardly a representative one , the responses have more than a ring of plausibility about them , and , coming from Nazis who had been in the Party since before Hitler 's ‘ seizure of power ’ , can be extended a fortiori to ‘ non-organized ’ Germans . |
| 10 | Many router tables cost more than a basic router , but TKA Developments has launched a basic steel-framed table that may suit home workshops . |
| 11 | Today , of course , the process is mechanized ; four hundred razor-sharp cutting discs slice more than a yard of cloth in one swift pass . |
| 12 | The complex was rebuilt after a firebomb attack more than a year ago , and its owners certainly have made the most of the opportunity . |
| 13 | But the community care reforms imply more than a shift in the location of care . |
| 14 | ‘ But she revived old memories , and sometimes memories hurt more than the acts which created them . ’ |
| 15 | Spaces with more than two dimensions require more than a single parameter to describe the Gaussian curvature at a given point . |
| 16 | Ethnic minorities suffer more than the general population from all the main housing disadvantages — overcrowding , sharing of dwellings , lacking basic amenities , older housing , etc. , as Table 3.18 shows . |
| 17 | This sponge superficially resembles a living bath sponge more than the other sponges in this book , being bun-shaped , with a minutely pitted external surface . |
| 18 | On no occasion did the number of protesters reach more than a few hundred . |
| 19 | Its fine architecture decorated with giant banded pilasters have more than a hint of northern Mannerism in spite of the fact that they were finished as late as 1653 . |
| 20 | Many industrial buying decisions involve more than the buyer and in some cases the technical specifier , production personnel and finance personnel are involved . |
| 21 | If negotiations yield more than the required rise then too much scrapping may result , generating unemployment . |
| 22 | Intelligent music lovers require more than a pout from Simon Le Bon or a wiggle or is it a riddle from Nik Kershaw . |
| 23 | However , I am only too aware that falls damage more than the dignity . |
| 24 | Some rankings have more than the approval of the author of a guide , and are attested by other authorities , local or even national . |
| 25 | One of the first companies to realise travellers need more than a ticket . |
| 26 | Under the Chester scheme , landlords pay £50 to register , but if they fail to do so and their houses contain more than the permitted number of occupants , they face fines of up to £1,000 . |
| 27 | Examining the examination system Candidates sitting the Institute 's exams need more than an ability to memorise the syllabus |
| 28 | Inner cities have more than a proportionate share of social problems . |
| 29 | It is an important signal that short-term politics matter more than the longer-run question of how to house the next generation . |
| 30 | Most run-down inner city churches need more than an isolated minister , however devoted , to get things running again . |