Example sentences of "[vb base] more [noun sg] [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is , however , open to the criticism that it helps to preserve the anachronistic situation in which proprietary interests receive more protection than the interest in physical security . |
| 2 | Either arbitration or litigation would have taken more time and cost more money than a successful reference to an expert . |
| 3 | These larger units of text are more than just sets of sentences , and convey more meaning than the sum of the individual sentences . |
| 4 | Large firms make more sense when the UK is competing within a large European market . |
| 5 | In countries such as Belgium and France , animals produce more waste than the land can absorb . |
| 6 | such as those involved in printing , use more water than a dye works that scours and dyes fabrics by simple processes . |
| 7 | ‘ People take more interest because the weather gets cold , ’ said Mr Walters . |
| 8 | The viscous nature of andesite lavas has some interesting side effects , especially in those which approach rhyolites in composition — that is , they contain more silica than an ‘ average ’ andesite . |
| 9 | The few weapons that are made of arsenical copper contain more arsenic than the tools , thus making them potentially harder . |
| 10 | S3 This is a critical year where decisions about which pupils are likely to prove to be good Higher Candidates and which need more consolidation and a slower pace are taken . |
| 11 | Shops need more business and the working public needs more time to go shopping . |
| 12 | I have more say than the people I look out on , nomads , tide-people . |
| 13 | I think they have more pedigree than the other team in that they were in the first division four years ago , erm so I think we can expect a harder game than we had last time . |
| 14 | The columns which they carry on their backs have more fluting than a respectable column would accept and the Corinthian capitals have swirls and squiggles that would have been prohibited in Corinth . |
| 15 | Those who administer a programme inevitably have more information than the legislative branch , and this is institutionalized in such procedures as congressional hearings . |
| 16 | She left when she got adopted as Conservative candidate for Newbury , so he is not without erm competent female advice , and some would say perhaps they have more power than the having a woman colleague in the cabinet . |
| 17 | Pinot Blanc wines in Champagne have more body than the Chardonnay and a greater alcoholic potential , but they lack finesse and usually remain neutral or possess a slightly earthy taste . |
| 18 | The four corners have more energy than the sides and attract attention . |
| 19 | Will he force me to think that homosexuals have more imagination than the … others ? |