Example sentences of "[verb] more to [noun sg] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Smith assures us that this ‘ strength ’ is because the Labour Party owes more to Methodism than to Marxism . |
| 2 | To talk of policy in matters of care except in the context of available resources and timescales for action owes more to theology than to the purposeful delivery of a caring service . |
| 3 | NO BRITISH sport owes more to television than athletics . |
| 4 | The most striking Iraqi achievement so far has been the saving of its air force , a feat that owes more to engineering than combat . |
| 5 | How true it is that the Labour Party has owed more to Methodism than to Marx . |
| 6 | Plays handled just that : single one-off productions including , strangely enough , opera , which was felt owed more to drama than to music . |
| 7 | The tarot cards he uses are used in many parts of the world to play card games , where their association with ‘ fortune ’ refers more to luck than knowledge . |
| 8 | My objections were originally on the grounds of freedom , rather than efficiency , although in the event , so far as Britain was concerned , socialism led more to stagnation than to tyranny . |
| 9 | Further supporting this sense of group accountability and relationships is a reward system oriented more to teamwork than to individual work . |
| 10 | Ramsdens Bridge is a swing bridge with a stone keeper 's house which has been badly modified , a red brick porch stuck on the front and a concrete extension to the chimney owing more to utility than aesthetics . |
| 11 | The UN 's predictions of famine owe more to art than science . |
| 12 | One of the most interesting things about the recent history of curriculum development and in-service education and training is that most strategies owe more to argument than empirical evidence . |
| 13 | To ensure that it earns maximum profit , the firm must only employ workers who add more to revenue than to cost . |
| 14 | She concentrated on the fire , producing something that owed more to determination than competence . |
| 15 | Roman kissed her deeply , murmuring comfortingly before taking them both to heights that owed more to heaven than to earth . |
| 16 | Palestine at the advent of the Christian era is no longer a nebulous place belonging more to myth than to history . |
| 17 | Could we please NOT exchange presents this Christmas — has such dreadful expenses because of and I should prefer to give more to charity than I anyway do . |
| 18 | Yet this is supplanted by a more melodic feel , songs like ‘ All ’ and So This Is What It Comes To ’ alluding more to REM than former bête noir Hüsker Dü . |
| 19 | Yet this is supplanted by a more melodic feel , songs like ‘ All ’ and So This Is What It Comes To ’ alluding more to REM than former bête noir Hüsker Dü . |
| 20 | Not surprisingly , this lack of success provoked an outcry in England , accustomed more to victory than defeat . |
| 21 | It tended more to gold than copper , but it was red . |