Example sentences of "it [verb] more [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When sexual response in older people is reduced it has more to do with social factors such as the absence of a partner ; health problems , particularly relating to cardiovascular disease , diabetes , multiple sclerosis and prostrate troubles ; drug side-effects ( many drugs prescribed to older people can have adverse effects on sexual functioning ) ; and the intolerance of social attitudes towards sexual activity in older people , which consider sex to be the province of younger people and that older people make rather ridiculous lovers . |
| 2 | It has more to do with geography . |
| 3 | The fact that his form has been positively Bradmanesque may have something to do with this , but one suspects it has more to do with the ‘ Get Out of Jail Free ’ card he appears to be clutching . |
| 4 | Rather than being selected for our speciality , which also extends to French naturalism and British art generally at the turn of the century , I believe it has more to do with our publishing scholarly catalogues over the years and with our track record as dealers . |
| 5 | Which brings in Japan 's besetting sin : its reluctance to lead on multilateral free trade , even though it has more to lose than most from GATT 's demise . |
| 6 | By recognising that it has more to learn from Hanson than to fear . |
| 7 | The hon. Member for Lancashire , West ( Mr. Hind ) rightly said that it costs more to collect that contribution than it yields . |
| 8 | Although it costs more to buy , fluorescent lighting is much cheaper to use than light bulbs ; it uses less electricity , and the tubes last much longer . |
| 9 | Presumably , the Met only wants to put a limited number of TAFs on the system in order to save money and work ( it costs more to have a larger number of pages for your ‘ area ’ on the Prestel database ) . |
| 10 | Air fares are the most expensive in the world ; for example it costs more to travel from Fiji to Papua New Guinea than from Fiji to Canada . |
| 11 | It was the first show of emotion she had made and it did more to make Wexford believe her story than all the documentary evidence she had furnished him with . |
| 12 | A comparative nothing' of a life , you might think ; and yet it did more to convince me that it was not my imagination at work than all the finery of a court lady could have done . |
| 13 | One view of the system is that although formally an international agreement , it serves more to allow governments a way of countering internal pressures on trade than to regulate international trade relations . |