Example sentences of "more [noun sg] [conj] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is no difference between government coverage and party coverage in this respect except that government has more initiative in determining the news , which means that it has more opportunity than the opposition to ensure that its coverage is favourable . |
| 2 | Jenny laughed with more enthusiasm than the witticism merited . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | I could see Myrtle Augee , Mary Berkeley and Tessa Sanderson , all waving and shouting , seeming to make more noise than the rest of the stadium . |
| 5 | Someone on a boat out there was having a party , people singing and making more noise than the music they were playing . |
| 6 | Moreover , there is no one in all Chung Kuo with more experience than the Marshal . |
| 7 | It is also time to worry , for such a strong consensus generally has an over-reaction on its coat-tails , one that could do more damage than the action to which it is a response . |
| 8 | This would be an on-going promotional campaign along the lines of what we already do , but with more co-ordination and the addition of posters and a greater number of redesigned Promotional leaflets ( to replace existing ones ) . |
| 9 | O'Rourke sells a lot more than Hot Press , he is a lot more entertaining and a hell of a lot more sincere , and I bet that O'Rourke makes a lot more money than the po-faced , sanctimonious utterances on plebs , puffs , poetry and Provos from the likes of gobshites like Higgins , McCann et al will ever generate . |
| 10 | Jason says : ‘ Gary 's got more money than the rest of us because he gets publishing royalties for the songs he 's written , but the rest of us just get a modest wage . ’ |
| 11 | The whole place stank of money : much more money than the singer could have earned at the Kitty Kat Club . |
| 12 | For the first time , BAT 's financial services operation , which embraces Eagle Star and Allied Dunbar in Britain as well as Farmers in America , made more money than the tobacco business . |
| 13 | For the first time , BAT 's financial services operation , which embraces Eagle Star and Allied Dunbar in Britain as well as Farmers in America , made more money than the tobacco business . |
| 14 | The copyist is absolutely delighted , which is a good omen in Italy , where , if the music is a success , the copyist by selling the arias sometimes makes more money than the Kapellmeister does by his composition . |
| 15 | He gave them far more money than the business was worth or than they should ever have got their hands on . |
| 16 | Soon we were making more money than the car company was losing . |
| 17 | The IMF is likely to refuse to lend any more money until the budget is settled , but the government hopes it will just about manage , helped by lower oil prices . |
| 18 | But I do n't think they can go voting themselves more money whilst the rest of us have trouble in finding work . |
| 19 | On Friday we 're playing for a couple of hours with a few suprise guests one had considerably more hair than the rest of the band put together . |
| 20 | One more blow and the attacker would be inside . |
| 21 | Nothing could give us more pleasure than the sharing of a discovery in art and the process of seeing it transformed by my adjoining restoration studio and framing workshop into its full beauty . |
| 22 | If a local authority has any matter to propose for the good of local government in general or for any particular section of local government , this should invariably be done through the appropriate local authority association , for if supported by the association it will carry much more weight than the proposal of a single local authority . |
| 23 | It was one more indication that the government had its own vested interest in allowing Ulster to stew indefinitely in its crime and racketeer misery . |
| 24 | That appraisal of the Order might have more force if the Order had provided simply that from 31 July any sum to which a person became entitled other than by operation of law would not qualify as a deposit . |
| 25 | As the CBI figures showed increasing anxiety about future orders , there was more fear that the deceleration might be too abrupt . |
| 26 | Before the 1980s its lowest ebb was probably during the last years of Stalin 's life when his private office and the secret police seem to have had more influence than the party . |
| 27 | Piper suddenly had the crazy idea that all the Doctor 's masks had been stripped away , leaving him with no more armour than the truth . |
| 28 | Werewolf and I were numbers three and four in the queue and the Sergeant had to tap his watch a couple of times as Werewolf seemed to be requiring more help than the rest of us from Private Boyd in getting his belt on . |
| 29 | And they certainly needed more help than the school could give . |
| 30 | The fresh and crispies went on to receive a great deal more acclaim than The Chorus who were hardly noticed , even within their hometown . |