Example sentences of "[vb -s] more [conj] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , a horse needs more than the space necessary to exercise both body and mind . |
| 2 | However , the preservation of a rape survivor 's anonymity needs more than the exclusion of the name . |
| 3 | It seems to me that unless you can convince yourself that a grouping of companies adds more than the sum of its parts , there is no raison d'etre for the company at all . |
| 4 | I was trained as a scientist , and there are times when science matters more than the individual . |
| 5 | When one is ill it 's the knowledge that somebody cared enough to come and see one that matters more than the flowers and the lemon barley water . |
| 6 | A management which does not do this betrays more than the shareholders in the business ; it betrays the employees and the nation as a whole . |
| 7 | Mr Marzio also maintains that the tax law affects more than the stream of gifts to museums . |
| 8 | The JD Tele costs more than the Squier Hank , but will it prove to be better ? |
| 9 | According to Bill Martin , economist at UBS-Phillips & Drew : ‘ The only thing the Chancellor fears more than the currency speculators are the rows of blue rinses at Blackpool next week ’ . |
| 10 | The grand design of a single market for Europe requires more than the guarantee of free trade found in the Treaty of Rome . |
| 11 | The solution of the crofting problem requires more than the input of money into agriculture More than the input of money into industry . |
| 12 | A team has a mix of people who contribute in different but complementary ways thus achieving synergy , ie the team produces more than the sum of its individuals . |
| 13 | The cobweb model highlights the complexity of global interconnections , but globalization involves more than the proliferation of links . |
| 14 | The exterior of the rock consequently expands more than the interior and stresses are set up . |
| 15 | The MGFV is paid back to Ford Credit , but if you 've kept the car in good nick and it fetches more than the MGFV then you keep any profit . |
| 16 | The background tells more than the people or the happenings : the water-sprinkler on the lawn ; the hateful birds with their ‘ strident and spiteful noises ’ and ‘ those banal exchanges from tree to tree , mockings and bickerings and sudden solo trillings ’ ; the cook with a napkin fastened round her head as if it were a Stilton cheese … . |
| 17 | In this context ‘ leadership ’ means more than the drive and direction which comes from the headteacher and senior staff . |
| 18 | It certainly means more than the absence of negligence . |
| 19 | For political reasons as much as for economic ones , the government needs to come up with a scheme that is simple ( so that its essence can be explained in one sentence ) and seen to be fair ( the duke pays more than the dustman ) . |
| 20 | And does it not have the ludicrous implication that a two-month-old only knows more than the two-week-old because he is more active ? |
| 21 | You ca n't have a working party member who knows more than the quizmaster ! |
| 22 | In other academic areas it is assumed that the teacher knows more than the student , and is there to convey this knowledge , whether as a corpus or a skill . |