Example sentences of "it [verb] more [noun] than " in BNC.
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| 1 | Consequently , it produced more smoke than flames and Ridley cried out in pain . |
| 2 | Last year , for the first time , it produced more computers than Hitachi , and took second place in the field to Fujitsu . |
| 3 | Well , it made more sense than ‘ good morning ’ . |
| 4 | Last year it made more profit than any of the clearing ( commercial ) banks against which it increasingly competes . |
| 5 | The quatrocentennial Columbus exhibition cost a staggering $30m : it drew more visitors than any previous event in history . |
| 6 | It has more routes than Shepherds Crag , ranging from VD to E6 , and is a popular wet weather venue for those retreating from the hills . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | ' It has more weight than seems natural . ’ |
| 9 | We can retort that the city has more miles of canals than Venice ; that it has more parkland than any other city in Western Europe ; that it has a world-famous symphony orchestra , a marvellous Art Gallery ; that it … the list goes on . |
| 10 | It has more facilities than the package we used to use and costs a fraction of the price . |
| 11 | ‘ It has more dignity than charm but it has shops and is closer than Córdoba . ’ |
| 12 | It manifests itself in diamonds as well as in coal , and it has more compounds than any other element . |
| 13 | If it loses more customers than expected , the value of its franchise declines . |
| 14 | It kills more people than any other type of cancer and 90% of these deaths are caused by smoking . |
| 15 | With nostrils at the end of a proboscis-like beak , conspicuous ears and unable to fly , it seemed more mammal than bird . |
| 16 | Can I put it another way , has it got more benefits than dis- 5 Erm , D |
| 17 | ‘ It reaches more people than other media too , ’ she suggested , never averse to singing the praises of radio . |
| 18 | John Berger believes it raises more questions than meet the eye Photograph of Pollock in his studio by Hans Namuth The suicide of art Pollock and Lee Krasner : when they first met she was 34 and better known as an artist than he was . |
| 19 | family tendency , it affects more girls than boys , many more girls than boys , having said that Lord Byron had erm congenital dislocated hips . |
| 20 | I am sure that had nothing to do with her withdrawal but the way she did it raised more questions than it answered . |
| 21 | Particularly impressive was its handling of greyscales — it displayed more subtlety than you 'd expect . |
| 22 | Technologically and economically it requires more explaining than is now possible , not least because of the loss or destruction or records , to say nothing of not keeping them at all . |
| 23 | The simplicity of the statement , and the bravery … in a way , it requires more courage than making something more ‘ experimental ’ . ’ |
| 24 | You see , it needed more strength than an elderly lady or a boy could have . |
| 25 | It looked more silver than gold on this dull , overcast day . |
| 26 | And it deters more people than u use actually having to er resort to different means . |
| 27 | It deserves more hype than it needs . |
| 28 | It took more courage than she knew she possessed to follow him . |
| 29 | It took more optimism than most people could summon to believe that man could renounce the time-honoured outlet of war utterly and at a stroke . |
| 30 | First , it gives more space than is usual to money . |