Example sentences of "for more [subord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And a number of other texts stress the fact that obedience counts for more than sacrifice ( e.g. 1 Samuel 15:22–23 ; Psalm 40:6–8 ) . |
| 2 | Despite the high hopes of Penal Policy in a Changing Society , recognizable authority in the shape of detection , arrest and prosecution still counted for more than prevention . |
| 3 | Firemen wearing breathing apparatus searched the buildings for more than hour But two youths , believed to have started the fire , had disappeared . |
| 4 | Football , and Swindon Town step up their promotion challenge at Southend tonight … and they 'll be hoping for more than Oxford and Hereford got last night … |
| 5 | The seats are cushioned , and in the dark I am waiting for more than entertainment . |
| 6 | If the technology is used for more than word processing then lawyers will certainly need to be trained . |
| 7 | She has watched and sighed at the conveyor belt of busted rackets and aspirations — as successive decades of dewy-eyed schoolgirls have emerged from the manicured suburban court retreats in the romantic search for more than strawberries at Wimbledon . |
| 8 | She has watched and sighed at the conveyor belt of busted rackets and aspirations — as successive decades of dewy-eyed schoolgirls have emerged from the manicured suburban court retreats in the romantic search for more than strawberries at Wimbledon . |
| 9 | It confirms that breeding still counts for more than achievement . |
| 10 | If you 've not used the colour changer before , or not used your ribber for more than welts , it is wise to start by using the colour changer just to knit striped plain rib . |
| 11 | Jay had never known it to work for more than weeks . |
| 12 | Why had it never occurred to him to use it for more than carving ? |
| 13 | Left hand Pillar Crack , besides having a name redolent of times when tradition counted for more than imagination , is a superb little layback testpiece . |
| 14 | His portrait is n't in Perth 's exclusive Weld Club , where influence counts for more than cash . |