Example sentences of "more [noun sg] [conj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most Romanians knew how much more demolition than construction was really going on . |
| 2 | Because there 's more patience than skill involved in stencilling , it 's a great technique for absolute beginners . |
| 3 | A little more patience and consideration on our roads would benefit everyone . |
| 4 | More grudge than grunge . |
| 5 | Last night 's death and destruction — committed by the UFF and IRA respectively — contributed still more horror and devastation to one of the most depressing weeks in recent years . |
| 6 | It was said that one of our very junior officers , with more enthusiasm than judgement , had been setting about a smuggler with the help of a dinghy oar when the " smuggler " yelled , " Stop it you silly b … , |
| 7 | He addressed Coleridge , with more enthusiasm than skill , in a poem which begins ‘ Hail to thee Coleridge , youth of various powers ! ’ , and which expresses in its stilted , conventional way , something of the electrifying effect produced by Coleridge 's passionate eloquence on any sympathetic listener . |
| 8 | He 'd even tried his hand at tapping boots , they were done with more enthusiasm than skill , but so far there had been no complaints from the customers . |
| 9 | Perhaps the decision was made because it was here that Manzoni fell when attempting to negotiate a stairway with more enthusiasm than regard for his age . |
| 10 | Boardwalk bounded along with more enthusiasm than grace at the head of the second group while two horses , including the favourite , made the running some three lengths clear of her . |
| 11 | They were perpetrated by my great-aunt Olwen , an eccentric lady with more enthusiasm than talent ! ’ |
| 12 | She had been afraid to tell Nancy 's story to Dr Losberne , since the good doctor was very excitable and often acted with more enthusiasm than wisdom . |
| 13 | Ashley yelled , flourishing a bottle of generic whisky with more enthusiasm than care ; she cracked the bottle off the oak-panelled wall of the castle 's crowded entrance hall , but without , apparently , causing damage to either . |
| 14 | There 'll be more rail than road in this country of ours one day . |
| 15 | Security grilles give more protection than window locks alone , and are ideal for the more vulnerable windows or doors at the back or side of a property . |
| 16 | And yet Victoria has accused me of exactly the same sin as I am so lightly attributing elsewhere ( incidentally , to people who are more fiction than fact ) . |
| 17 | Definitely more luck than judgement ! |
| 18 | Keith subscribes to the theory that it 's more luck than judgement . |
| 19 | He had got himself into a difficult position and had escaped with more luck than dignity . |
| 20 | Mortimer , who dominated the council , wielded power with no more tact and delicacy than had the Despensers or Edward II ; Henry of Lancaster , Mortimer 's erstwhile ally , was excluded from policy-making in 1328 , and in 1330 the earl of Kent was accused of conspiracy and summarily executed , much to the alarm of the other nobles . |
| 21 | For some congregations and occasions an informal , relaxed language is appropriate , whilst others will require one which has more formality and dignity . |
| 22 | Financial or other support given to sufferers from addictive disease by well-meaning family or friends will therefore simply tend to enable more drug or alcohol consumption . |
| 23 | Sadly , in some parishes I find more apathy than enthusiasm . |
| 24 | ‘ Deano ’ is England potential , one of the new highly-educated and articulate young pros due far more remuneration than county cricket can provide . |
| 25 | Which child needs more calcium and iron ? |
| 26 | So , to answer the question , it 's the child on the left who needs more calcium and iron . |
| 27 | Hard water is formed as rain water passes down through layers of limestone which contains calcium and magnesium minerals ; the more calcium and magnesium minerals absorbed , the harder the water becomes . |
| 28 | you are given very much more freedom or independence would be a better word , and erm |
| 29 | There 's a little more freedom and decency ; we do n't have to talk about getting out of Russia any more . ’ |
| 30 | They therefore have much more freedom and scope for accommodation , and are much less likely to conform to the same fixed pattern . |