Example sentences of "[n mass] [prep] more [noun sg] [subord] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | I see little point in presenting the bream with more groundbait than is necessary , and anyway , if both of you catch fish then you are doubling the pleasure , or if your mate catches and you are unlucky , you can enjoy his success and net the fish for him , which is a pleasure in itself . |
| 2 | In a similar vein , Geis ( 1978 : 281 ) writes that ‘ the heavy electrical equipment price-fixing conspiracy alone involved theft from the American people of more money than was stolen in all of the country 's robberies , burglaries , and larcenies during the years in which the price fixing occurred ’ . |
| 3 | Most Russian aid to Cuba comes in the form of subsidised purchases of sugar , nickel and citrus fruit , and cheap sales of more oil than Cuba needs : it sells the surplus for hard currency . |
| 4 | ‘ Well , now that you ask , ’ he said smoothly , ‘ the picture I get is of a group of young people with more money than sense , buying temporary pleasures because they have n't got a clue where to find enjoyment of the more permanent sort . ’ |
| 5 | Welcome back : For hundreds of years people with more money than sense have been putting up strange buildings on their land that seem to have no point whatsoever . |