Example sentences of "to more [noun] than " in BNC.
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| 1 | The latter is less efficient in producing a water supply , leading to more consumption than otherwise , but it may be a relatively efficient way of ensuring an equal chance of access to it . |
| 2 | If we take criticism out of its academic context and apply it to more things than literature , it is evident that comparisons of value are fundamental to it . |
| 3 | Hair combings from her brush went at once into hiding — a small stoup , designed for Holy Water , concealed their rather sordid twirls — in accordance with the unspoken law that anything ugly should be put out of sight , which applied to more things than hair combings . |
| 4 | Providing collection bins might appear an easy step but this could lead to more problems than it solves ! |
| 5 | But why should that lead to more quarks than antiquarks ? |
| 6 | One with a metal shaft and a moulded rubber handgrip will stand up to more abuse than one with a wooden shaft . |
| 7 | He had already committed himself to more work than he could handle because he was inexperienced at making deals and having to turn down work . |
| 8 | Interesting that both women seemed to have had access to more money than you would expect . |
| 9 | He has hitched his wagon to more stars than a Romany king yet he 'd have put down lifelong roots at first love Manchester City , and not just because a ground called Maine Road was bound to be his spiritual home . |
| 10 | We are giving more public support to more students than ever before . |
| 11 | The Minister , who has access to more information than I have and who is ably supported by his civil servants , may be able to give us more news on that front this morning . |
| 12 | erm I find I 'm not sure that any of us can erm cope with what 's going on at the moment in the Gulf without having just ways of distracting ourselves , erm and I think that perhaps might be more of a problem for adults than it is for children , in the sense that erm most of us have access to more information than most children do erm and more information about what death means , and what suffering means , and what pain means , than erm most children who have been brought up in this country . |
| 13 | Individuals who apply for the shares through a PEP will be entitled to more shares than other applicants . |
| 14 | I bet I 've been to more schools than Australia , I 've been to four schools in Australia |
| 15 | And it was a fact that William and Preston together led to more trouble than Preston alone , or Preston and any combination of other boys . |
| 16 | Each person had thought that he or she knew him best and each person had felt he had the right to more sadness than the others . |
| 17 | Luke Taylor Eoghan Burns , who celebrates his first birthday on Saturday , is a precious baby — and to more people than his mother . |
| 18 | Such were sport 's priorities in the year the Olympics played host to more multi-millionaires than an OPEC conference , and the Premier League opened its greedy doors for business . |
| 19 | This later led to more troubles than they could have expected , but in the 1630s they seemed to be effectively independent . |
| 20 | There are reports that Purney was excessively zealous in his ministry , encouraging condemned men to confess to more crimes than they had actually committed . |
| 21 | Bob graffiti : He Lives , and is now giving a living to more Jamaicans than when we walked the streets of Kingston |