Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] more than [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And a number of other texts stress the fact that obedience counts for more than sacrifice ( e.g. 1 Samuel 15:22–23 ; Psalm 40:6–8 ) . |
| 2 | It confirms that breeding still counts for more than achievement . |
| 3 | His portrait is n't in Perth 's exclusive Weld Club , where influence counts for more than cash . |
| 4 | Jay had never known it to work for more than weeks . |
| 5 | What moves me very deeply about primitive peoples is that they still attach an enormous importance to a certain kind of communication which we have lost ; and that is that they allow the being of the person they are with to communicate with more than words . |
| 6 | Although the state retirement pension remains linked to prices and , subject to the proviso noted above , retains its ‘ real ’ value , the commitment to raise pensions in line with earnings ( in years when earnings rose by more than prices ) was abolished in 1980 . |
| 7 | ‘ Good ’ work has to be seen as More than crime-fighting : ‘ Like , this is the sort of job that you come off at the end of the night and say to yourself ‘ What did I do ? ’ |
| 8 | And in the end it would be national government which was expected to sort them out ( TES 1990 ) : Parity of esteem depends on more than assertions about which NCVQ level equals an A Level . |
| 9 | If the technology is used for more than word processing then lawyers will certainly need to be trained . |
| 10 | shows through more than others . |
| 11 | No player , with the single exception of Ian Botham , is photographed or talked about more than Graham Gooch , whose story has just been reliably and thoroughly told by Ivo Tennant in a book boldly entitled Graham Gooch , The Biography ( £15.99 ) . |
| 12 | The seats are cushioned , and in the dark I am waiting for more than entertainment . |
| 13 | ‘ I 'm looking for someone , ’ he said , trusting her ; knowing that she had acted from more than self-interest . |
| 14 | Dostoevsky 's notebook word ‘ tone ’ amounts to more than dust and mortar and summer smells ; it catches up human beings and entangles them with the city . |
| 15 | Of course , the success of this lesson has to do with more than structure ( indeed , I am not suggesting that structure is all a teacher needs to know about ! ) . |
| 16 | In future years , we will maintain our pledge to prevent UBR poundage rising by more than inflation . |
| 17 | Despite the high hopes of Penal Policy in a Changing Society , recognizable authority in the shape of detection , arrest and prosecution still counted for more than prevention . |
| 18 | Left hand Pillar Crack , besides having a name redolent of times when tradition counted for more than imagination , is a superb little layback testpiece . |
| 19 | Charterers discourage sailing in more than Force 5–6 . |
| 20 | What assurance can he give the House that that will amount to more than crumbs from the European Commission 's table ? |
| 21 | ‘ It does n't amount to more than gossip , you know . |
| 22 | They are far removed by more than distance from their roots in Ayrshire . |
| 23 | Such an argument I do not commend to anybody else , but man is guided by more than reason alone , and in this great conflict , I wanted to play a clear and definite part . |
| 24 | Football , and Swindon Town step up their promotion challenge at Southend tonight … and they 'll be hoping for more than Oxford and Hereford got last night … |
| 25 | Yet Mr Salinas 's government will have to rely on more than contacts ; tight money and high real interest rates are likely for the predictable future . |
| 26 | It would certainly be naive just to assume that nerve cells are the same in molluscs as in people , but fortunately it is possible to rely on more than assumption . |
| 27 | So a truce was made with the Spartans ( 451 ) which , as Thucydides describes it ( i.112 ) , need not have been motivated by more than Athens ' commonsense desire to deal with her enemies one by one . |
| 28 | Between the pathologists and police communication was intermittent , for they were parted by more than space . |
| 29 | For official statistics have become tainted by more than disagreement : the charges being levelled against the service amount to the politicisation of knowledge , a form of intellectual corruption and a scandalous abuse of power . |
| 30 | His coming meant that the radio station could deal with more than news bulletins and official talks . |