Example sentences of "more [adv] than [noun] [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Women feel the effects of alcohol more quickly than men do . |
| 2 | But that is because love is a social emotion , not a biological one : young women do n't love sagging bellies and grey hair , they love money and power which men have to offer more often than women do . |
| 3 | Yes , although children pick them up much more often than adults do . |
| 4 | ‘ I think women probably want sex far more often than men think they do . |
| 5 | A direct question may not always be the ideal approach — a hint or oblique reference can sometimes be better — but a direct approach will gain response much more often than people think . |
| 6 | He added : ‘ It happens more often than people realise that children do not want to live with their parents . |
| 7 | The market is less active , people are less likely to take risks with things they know nothing of in the hope of growth so perhaps the recession has affected the USM more severely than people have given credit for . |
| 8 | Ralph Berger has also found that subjects woken from REM sleep report colour in their dreams far more frequently than people do when asked about their dreams during the day — even subjects who claimed never to dream in colour . |
| 9 | The reason why males die more readily than females do is attributable to the effects of testosterone and the only cure for this is to be castrated , and the earlier you are castrated the lo if you 're a male , the longer your life expectancy will become compared with , compared with females . |
| 10 | Looking at examples of day-to-day practical assistance , it is apparent that women have been involved in exchanging this with other women much more commonly than men have been involved in exchanges with women , or with other men . |
| 11 | Underestimated in England , because everywhere Kingmaker have visited abroad has taken the NME 's word as gospel — far more seriously than people do who read the NME in England . |