Example sentences of "they had more [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the past year they have lost a bishop in a love-child affair but over the past few days they had more faith in prayer than in their politicians when it came to saving the Digital computer plant . |
| 2 | By definition , the selfish mutant would have more offspring than the other members of the , of the population , and if they had more offspring , before long the mutants would begin to become an increasing , an increasing number in the population . |
| 3 | The first was built in 1840 and then around 1900 they had more money and built a gallery and a huge house in front of it . ’ |
| 4 | To those observers looking on it seemed hard to believe that the average IQ of the room 's inhabitants was 149 , and that they had more honours between them than a collection of top class civil servants — and to think that they had been reduced to such a pitiful state as this . |
| 5 | The Liberal Democrats did much less well than had the Alliance in 1986 in terms of votes , but they had more success in targeting and retaining council seats . |
| 6 | Most of the disabled professionals believed that they had more knowledge of disability than their colleagues . |
| 7 | They had more Catholics than Protestants , and so voted for the Republic when Ireland was partitioned . |
| 8 | They had more staff last year they could leave in . |
| 9 | They had more job security and were less likely to be laid off or made redundant . |
| 10 | Perhaps they had more confidence in Mortimer as a commander than they ever had in Edward II : Mortimer held the lordship of Trim ( County Meath ) in right of his wife and although he had been defeated by Edward Bruce in Meath in December 1315 , he had shown some skill in restoring order in Ireland after the Bruce invasion . |
| 11 | Among the most striking of its findings were that all those surveyed said they had more confidence in statements on biotechnology made by environment and consumers ' groups than in those issuing from government or industry . |
| 12 | Many women wish they had more children ( 29% ) , and a resounding 87% agree that ‘ children are hard work but worth the effort ’ . |
| 13 | He made a lot of hi-tech guitars and he kept trying to sell me one , but there was something very sterile about them to me ; they had more gadgets than I needed . |
| 14 | The shape of woman 's face was far in advance of that of man ; in the number of teeth they were leading evolution ; they had more grace and more perfect physical beauty . |