Example sentences of "[vb base] more [noun sg] [conj] the " 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 | These larger units of text are more than just sets of sentences , and convey more meaning than the sum of the individual sentences . |
| 3 | Large firms make more sense when the UK is competing within a large European market . |
| 4 | In countries such as Belgium and France , animals produce more waste than the land can absorb . |
| 5 | ‘ People take more interest because the weather gets cold , ’ said Mr Walters . |
| 6 | The few weapons that are made of arsenical copper contain more arsenic than the tools , thus making them potentially harder . |
| 7 | Shops need more business and the working public needs more time to go shopping . |
| 8 | I have more say than the people I look out on , nomads , tide-people . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Those who administer a programme inevitably have more information than the legislative branch , and this is institutionalized in such procedures as congressional hearings . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | The four corners have more energy than the sides and attract attention . |
| 14 | Will he force me to think that homosexuals have more imagination than the … others ? |