Example sentences of "[pers pn] has [vb pp] more [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | It feels as if he has met more children than any other group of the population during the campaign . |
2 | He prides himself on a forthright nature and says he has asked more questions than any other MP in the House . |
3 | Granted , if his deficit-reduction plan eventually gets through Congress relatively unscathed , he will be able to claim that he has done more good in an important area of policy than either of his predecessors . |
4 | NICO , PATTI SMITH , The Stooges , Jonathan Richman , La Monte Young , John Cage , Nick Drake , Eno , Squeeze , Happy Mondays — John Cale 's CV is studded with the most intriguing of collaborations ; he has traversed more ground and confused more expectations than the average musician has a right to . |
5 | No one would suggest that he rivals Sobers as the greatest of all-rounders , for , although he has taken more wickets , his batting has been much less consistent and his Test average is some twenty-three points lower than Sobers ' . |
6 | Woosnam names Bernhard Langer as his ‘ dark horse ’ and the German has succeeded in keeping an appropriately low profile even if he has had more practice rounds than anyone . |
7 | Property expert Kevin Dibben said : ‘ It 's a nice house but he has spent more time and effort on the property than it is worth . |
8 | I think it has prevented more activity than it has allowed . |
9 | The architect-designed classroom is proving popular with the four and five year olds who use it and it has provided more space for activities . |
10 | It may even claim that it has had more complaints of bias from the Labour Party . |
11 | It has included more discussion and comment than Westminster did in 1989–90 , with only 65% of its items using televised actuality and the average duration of each piece of actuality being only three minutes ( 69% of each item ) . |
12 | Conspiracy , it has been said , is a highly anomalous tort , though it has attracted more controversy among academic writers than success in practical application . |
13 | ‘ What I have found in the region is that because it has experienced more downturns than other parts of the UK it has a resilience to the dips the economy may take , ’ he said . |