Example sentences of "for more [noun] than " in BNC.
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| 1 | Every day she sits opposite me and breathes through her mouth for more hours than George sits opposite me and chews with his mouth open . |
| 2 | They ask for more stimulus than their children provide and for the opportunity to give expression to their other creative and intellectual drives . |
| 3 | They stress that the only farmers who can benefit from the immediate purchase of ewe premium rights are those who have submitted a 1993 claim for more sheep than they have quota and are buying or leasing retrospectively . |
| 4 | Most of our caravans are designed for more persons than our description but we only allow that number stated . |
| 5 | Sex is important in marriage for more reasons than the begetting of children . |
| 6 | The latter was to become the orthodoxy of the next few decades , whereas Collingwood died in 1943 virtually in the shadows , for more reasons than one . |
| 7 | Employment problems now account for more claims than any other factor , according to LPG , who in one recent case picked up a £13,000 legal costs bill for an accountant dismissed by Lambeth Council . |
| 8 | Hens show marked and lasting preferences for more space than 450 square centimetres . |
| 9 | In Scotland and Wales public pressure developed for more independence than could be gained from decentralized administration . |
| 10 | But the last thing a 12-string requires is a set of Velvet Brick humbuckers , and the kind of player who 'd want a 6-string like the Teardrop will probably be looking for more twang than thrang , and so the same applies . |
| 11 | To be envious , in Axelrod 's terminology , means to strive for more money than the other player , rather than for an absolutely large quantity of the banker 's money . |
| 12 | Not only were there also one or two very old statutes to which resort could be made , but the common law of conspiracy was generally held to preclude collective actions designed to harm employers ' interests : " it is not the denial to work except for more wages than is allowed by statute , but it is for a conspiracy to raise their wages , for which these defendants are indicted " , concluded a famous judgement against some striking tailors of Cambridge in 1721 . |
| 13 | Ambitious as ever for more recognition than was either possible or reasonable , she was no longer satisfied with receiving honours worthy of a spouse , or even a ‘ world-ranking scientist ’ in her own right . |
| 14 | I asked to see a breakdown of the price quoted to me and found that I was being charged four times more than the normal retail price for curtain tape and hooks and was quoted for more material than I needed . |
| 15 | Even where the buildings are described in the Commission 's published series , An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of … , the researcher should write to ( or , better still , visit ) the Commission 's London offices for more information than has appeared on the printed pages . |
| 16 | But why should we imitate our competitors when Matroc probably supplies a greater range of ceramic materials for more applications than any other manufacturer . |
| 17 | Finally , Matroc offers a greater range of ceramics for more applications than most other firms . |
| 18 | He will be hoping for more wickets than his 45 last year from 15 games . |
| 19 | We do not yet know the implications for job numbers of the reorganisation , but as stated in the AEA Times Bulletin there may be a need to plan for more reductions than previously anticipated . |
| 20 | However they confirm that farmers who had claimed for more quota than they had ewes would be given ‘ around ’ two months after the statutory instrument had passed through Parliament to secure their extra rights to ewe premium and to notify the authorities of the transfer . |
| 21 | They had been married for more years than she and Rob had lived . |
| 22 | His memories of Heather , bolstered by his possession of her photographs , had given him courage and hope , emotions to which he had been a stranger for more years than he cared to remember . |
| 23 | ‘ I have been on the parish council at Saughall for more years than I care to remember — eighteen , ’ he said . |
| 24 | If the relocation package appears very favourable , the company may find itself paying out relocation costs for more staff than it had budgeted for . |
| 25 | By contrast , purchases bought with credit cards and shop accounts turned out to be less expensive than planned for more people than average . |
| 26 | Bodies such as Links and the Spastic Society which produce quite a substantial report at the last election to illustrate what the problems were then there will be established designated polling stations in which there will be various characteristics required such as wheelchair access , unaided wheelchair access , although the problem of accessibility is for more people than those people who are in wheelchairs and many people who are not registered disabled and are mainly old and infirm , should have the opportunity to exercise their franchise readily and easily . |
| 27 | Its high resistance to detonation allows high compression ratios to be used and thus offers potential for more power than petrol ; little or not particulate emissions come out the exhaust pipe and CO 2 production is relatively low . |
| 28 | For more weeks than I care to remember I have been working on a Panorama programme designed to look at the future of the Tory Party , even beyond Thatcherism . |