Example sentences of "and [noun] [verb] more " in BNC.
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| 1 | Horses and ponies have more character than machinery so there will always be a place for them in our lives . |
| 2 | ‘ But people think doctors have this inborn compassion and willingness to do more than is absolutely necessary for you . |
| 3 | In apparent contradiction to the theory , dominant female baboons and macaques produce more daughters than sons while subordinates produce more sons than daughters ( Altmann , 1980 ; Simpson & Simpson , 1982 ) . |
| 4 | Religion and fiction use more conjunctions than science and journalism . |
| 5 | Of the major cities only Birmingham , Liverpool and Sheffield elected more Unionists than Liberals in 1910 , but Unionism was also strong in Plymouth Brighton , Preston , and Bath . |
| 6 | The acceptance of these conditions as being worthy of medical time an the tendency to resent scarce resources being used on drug addiction and alcoholism have more to do with fear or disgust than whether or not a condition is demonstrably self-induced . |
| 7 | Both Nevada and Arizona produce more gold than California does ; but California , with 48 producers using new extracting techniques , now accounts for around 1m ounces a year . |
| 8 | ONE-THIRD of the vegetables grown by Londoners in their gardens and allotments contain more lead than is allowed in current food regulations . |
| 9 | Both migrants and non-enrollers believed more could have been done to help . |
| 10 | The secret deliberations of the Eisenhower administration show that allied ( and especially British ) advice and thinking received more attention than was realized at the time . |
| 11 | In higher education , the pressure will continue on universities and polytechnics to teach more students more efficiently . |
| 12 | This has split the Community down the middle with the poorer nations like Portugal , Spain , Greece and Ireland demanding more hand-outs . |
| 13 | Britain , Portugal and Ireland have more people who want to emigrate than any other member state . |
| 14 | Control of factors such as resistance to change and propensity to take more than a fair share of the spoils must be exercised at national and international levels . |
| 15 | He did n't respond to that and Ruth sipped more wine . |
| 16 | Certainly the Springbok squad for their tour of France and England has more than a touch of the curate 's egg about it . |
| 17 | ‘ Oh , yes , ’ said McAllister , jumping up ; she liked walking and doing things rather than sitting about , even if she did enjoy knitting and plain sewing more than she had ever thought that she would . |
| 18 | In patients with young cell populations , Holroyde and Gardner found more membrane indentations or pits in immature erythrocytes , particularly reticulocytes . |
| 19 | The Sainsbury 's Lifestyle range of textiles went from strength to strength as the new team of specialist buyers and technologists introduced more quality items such as children 's footwear and men 's knitwear . |
| 20 | Blacks and Asians had more offences of violence than Whites , but Whites had more burglary and criminal damage . |
| 21 | With Maggie in London , Sheila and Mona had more light to themselves and were better able to come into their own . |
| 22 | There is an increase in evaporation and rain has more impact . |
| 23 | After lengthy negotiations , which kept raising the price , an over-extended General Motors paid $4.5 million for Cadillac in 1909 , and then used the good name of Leland and Cadillac to borrow more money to expand its empire further . |
| 24 | According to a recent report from the market research company Mintel , customer perceptions of quality in products and service have more to do with their expectation that companies should get it right first time than with the belief that they should provide a safety net to protect consumers once things have gone wrong . |
| 25 | In one way or another however the credit industry now sees the need to adjust its attitudes and behaviour to incorporate more advice work , and to build on its shared interests with advice agencies . |
| 26 | Plants in pots and containers require more water than you actually might think , the smaller the pot the more critical the problem . |
| 27 | Surely , it may be argued , its board and owners have more in common with the board and owners of a similar firm with headquarters in New York than with workers or self-employed professional people in the UK . |
| 28 | Tributes to Peter Scott continue to flow from all quarters of Planet Earth which he served so wonderfully well and WWF-UK has more reason than most to mark this loss of its Founder Chairman and main source of inspiration since its inception 28 years ago . |
| 29 | And people think more of you if you have nice things — as if you 'd once had a ‘ beautiful home ’ , ’ she gave the words a slightly scornful emphasis that made Ianthe feel uncomfortable . |
| 30 | The only aspect of play where 'Mere could be said to have played to their ability was in the lineout where Gibbons and Daly won more than their fair share of ball . |