Example sentences of "[verb] more than [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Money counts more than Monet in the 1990s . |
| 2 | Neither position , however , contains more than part of the truth . |
| 3 | Children appear to benefit more than adults from the increased opportunities for interaction and recreation , a conclusion confirmed by Eubank-Ahrens ' research in German Woonerven . |
| 4 | Quality matters more than quantity in the time you spend together . |
| 5 | As the Gospel narrative unfolds we are quickly made aware that the good news signifies more than rescue from divine wrath . |
| 6 | No one farmer could possibly be qualified to advise on all the options , nor could he do more than skate over them in one volume . |
| 7 | For some groups of people benefit more than others from these laws . |
| 8 | As you can see , males die more than females throughout their , throughout their lifespan . |
| 9 | Bearing in mind the strength of his views on " mere specialists " , we may surely see more than coincidence in the swiftness with which this final commitment was followed by the conversion to Schopenhauer . |
| 10 | Hincmar reveals more than Dhuoda about eating arrangements , and , incidentally , about the lay-out of the palace-complex . |
| 11 | Happiness on Mary 's face reveals more than words about contemporary care that is a million miles from formal institutions of the past . |
| 12 | Already several of the rabbits were asleep , crouched uneasily between the thick stems , aware of the chance of danger but too tired to do more than trust to luck . |
| 13 | Salt kept her hard at work round the house from the time she woke till late at night , with grim satisfaction in seeing her too worn out to do more than fall into bed and sleep . |
| 14 | Without time to do more than yell in protest as he set off , Sarella launched herself after him and did her utmost to keep pace . |
| 15 | While Parliament itself can regulate such matters it has shown itself reluctant to do more than call on " the good sense of M.P.s not to abuse their privilege . " |
| 16 | It is , in my view , necessary for the plaintiffs to do more than point to the provisions of the statute . |
| 17 | In the legal profession , he wonders whether such action is fair , and intends to do more than talk about it . |
| 18 | As yet , Mitch was too occupied with the rope to do more than glance in their direction . |
| 19 | The shop was closed as the season was virtually over by now , and , although she did n't know what plan he had up his sleeve , she did n't expect him to do more than breeze in and out . |
| 20 | If the non-Tory intelligentsia truly wants to do more than tinker in its own backyard , it must look for a route to power that can connect Cambridge with Basildon . |
| 21 | The astrophysics of such events is complicated , so that it is not possible to give more than limits on the parameters of the gravitational radiation to be expected . |
| 22 | I 'm erm I 've been working in low cost housing , housing charities , for a very long time , with Shelter and various other charities like that , and I never cease to be amazed that the Conservative Group , here or nationally , are hostile to subsidies for council housing , because the subsidy which goes to owner-occupiers , through mortgage tax relief , is very much greater than the subsidy that goes to council housing and there 's nothing we as a Council can do about this , but I do hope that in due course we will get a fair system of subsidising houses for everybody , so that wealthy people on high incomes who are getting a big subsidy on their housing through their tax relief , erm are not getting more than people on low incomes living in council houses . |
| 23 | The combination of results means that we are clean in second place ( two points more than Newcastle in third ) and more importantly two points closer to United . |
| 24 | ‘ Results mean more than performances at this stage . |
| 25 | To men who lived on what they could pick up from articles and reviews , the ultimate weapon implied more than lack of a showcase : it implied starvation … |
| 26 | Moreover , according to a report by consultancy Price Waterhouse , in 1990 finance and retail companies slowed computer spending more than firms in any other sector ; the vast majority of Softwright 's business comes from these two areas , and long-established clients account for two-thirds of its turnover . |
| 27 | But that megawatt smile indicates more than contentment with her soaring career and bank balance . |
| 28 | I soon realized that if I made it a bit spicy , I 'd get more than threepence for it , so I used to make up limericks , things like , |
| 29 | We ca n't afford more than food at the moment . |
| 30 | Communicating effectively in business means more than familiarity with the language . |