Example sentences of "they have [verb] more [noun] " in BNC.

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1 They 'd found more signs .
2 mm I mean every Government does some good and some bad , but on the whole I think the Conservative have done good , because they 've made more people home owners than ever before
3 But they 'll be back , when they 've gathered more men , if we do n't do something about it . ’
4 that 's lining their pockets who 've they 've got more money than they know what to do with
5 So what you think , they 've got more things there ?
6 They 've got more clout than anybody else .
7 One , one suspects with some authorities they , they 've got more justification for referring to these elected clowns that get in the way .
8 Apparently they 've got more power than most organizations or , you know
9 er by bloody Christ , they 've got more backs than bloody forwards I think
10 Constant hum , people started from the first day and they 've been flowing through ever since with a high point at the weekend when they 've had more time to come up to London to have a look at things look at things .
11 Ted explained that they had uncovered more bones including the animal .
12 Perhaps the shock is severe enough to catapult the person into feeling all the pain and extremity of loss that their defences might not have let them do if they had had more time to get organized .
13 In their defence , administration officials reply that if they had used more force — for example , to block a third road used by Noriega 's reinforcements -there would have been an unacceptable risk to American troops and Panamanian civilians .
14 Despite their expertise in such field craft , though , there was a limit to the area the Australians could control , and they had to send more men south to protect their supply line from the coast .
15 Second bottom United were five points from a survival spot at the start of this week , though they have played more games than any of the three clubs immediately above them .
16 Americans think they have lost more ground than others and are now making great efforts to catch up .
17 Net margins on sales may be better than those of their foreign counterparts ( see table ) , but they have to employ more capital to build the new prettily-lit , out-of-town shops that the British want .
18 Because of their brutality and frequency , they have attracted more attention than any others for many months , both here in Northern Ireland and in Britain .
19 If they want care for children , then they have to provide more cash . ’
20 They have won more awards in CAMRA 's pub design competition than any other company , most notably for their careful refurbishments .
21 It will take a while to get the body out ; they have to get more guys down there , take photographs ; the usual shit .
22 Some have argued that the TNCs have disrupted traditional family life where they have hired more women than men , for example along Mexico 's northern border ( see Fernandez-Kelly , in Nash and Fernandez-Kelly , 1983 ) .
23 All say they have had more letters on this foreign-policy subject than any other .
24 Erm , this idea that the police had more more money , yes they have had more money , what , what er , has been very conveniently ignored is the enormous amount of money we 've had to spend on special protection duties .
25 We shall have Bryan Robson and Lee Sharpe mush fitter in a few weeks when they have had more games . ’
26 Perhaps not surprisingly in view of the hierarchical nature of schools , they also are more aware of the response of the governors and the LEA and consider that they have had more feedback to the report than their more junior colleagues .
27 Some of them have spent more terms in schools than others — which must be borne in mind when looking at the position of an individual pupil — but all those factors even out in the local authorities .
28 Well yeah and there 's a couple of factors , one is a good they may er er some of them have got more power , yeah ?
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