Example sentences of "more [noun sg] [subord] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Well , Mr Fairfax , as you can see , we 've already made more progress than you managed on your own . ’ |
| 2 | The Ramblers ' Association would get more progress if they worked with us all the time . |
| 3 | Of climbing Ratagan ( which they spelt in different ways : Boswell , ‘ Ratakin' : Johnson , ‘ Ratiken ’ ) in the early afternoon , Johnson confided in Mrs Thrale ( to whom he spells it ‘ Rattiken ’ ) ‘ more difficulty than we had yet experienced ’ , a formidable demur , given the harshness of the ride out from Fort Augustus to Anoch . |
| 4 | ‘ Is that the soup for — ’ she had more difficulty than she 'd expected in saying the name — ‘ for Marion Maclean ? |
| 5 | The timber work presents more difficulty as we are even more uncertain about the methods and tools available . |
| 6 | The main reason is population growth which is causing the people to clear more woodland so they can cultivate the land . |
| 7 | Besides the fittings which required more patience than she possessed ( ’ My worst fault is impatience . |
| 8 | Instead she said quietly , and with more patience than she felt , ‘ Victoria , your father will not only be annoyed if you do n't go to the party tonight , he 'll also be extremely upset . |
| 9 | I 've got more patience than I used to have , and now I 've got responsibilities with the kids . |
| 10 | I think I 'll have more patience when I 'm a father . ' ’ |
| 11 | Preston took the tube to Polly 's , an experience which the twins anticipated with rather more enthusiasm than he . |
| 12 | Most of the passengers went off to don coats against what appeared to be a cold wind outside , but Filmer climbed down from the door of the dome-car end of the dining car without more protection than his carefully casual shirt and aristocratic tweed jacket . |
| 13 | Penzias and Wilson were worried when they found that their detector was picking up more noise than it ought to . |
| 14 | Former Royal Shakespeare Company actress Charlotte Cornwell had more luck when she was awarded £11,000 to compensate for a vile personal attack on her in the " News of the World " over her performance in a new television series . |
| 15 | all and you do a lot more cooking than me , I know they 've got some really good |
| 16 | Nigeria 's rainforests have been so exploited for logs that the country now imports more hardwood than it exports . |
| 17 | But let us take one more look before we return to modernity . |
| 18 | Young girls have so much more freedom than we had in my day . |
| 19 | You have no more freedom than us . ’ |
| 20 | You do have to compromise a fair bit and I suppose that I would like more freedom than I 've got . |
| 21 | I would say conditions were a wee bit easier a wee bit you had a wee bit more freedom because they knew they could not replace anybody if they gave the sack . |
| 22 | These days we try to be more communautaire than thou . |
| 23 | Loretta was aware that she had consumed rather more Rioja than she had intended , certainly enough to make her glad that Bridget was driving . |
| 24 | ‘ Homework , ’ Herr Nordern said with more sympathy than he would normally have allowed himself . |
| 25 | I could tell that Otto 's face expressed more sympathy than he felt . |
| 26 | ‘ No , of course not , Julia , ’ said Anthony , smiling at her with more sympathy than he had managed to show for weeks . |
| 27 | Shaun found no more sympathy when he made a quick dash to hospital . |
| 28 | He took on a starring role in the Plough Lane Crazy Gang production and gained more notoriety when he was sent off for elbowing a village postman in a pre-season friendly on the Isle of Wight . |
| 29 | He probably thought it was the gale that blasted his door open , but for the next hour he was busy dispensing more whisky than he would normally expect to sell in a week . |
| 30 | Maxim was n't sure himself , but he was sure he had a lot more experience than they in locating the origins of gunshots . |