Example sentences of "more [noun sg] [subord] [noun] " 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 | More grudge than grunge . |
| 4 | 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 … , |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Then there were new Switchboards springing up all over the place , sometimes with more enthusiasm than resources and occasionally with decidedly dubious intent or policy . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | They were perpetrated by my great-aunt Olwen , an eccentric lady with more enthusiasm than talent ! ’ |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | For , as Loomis points out , even though Republicans received more funding than Democrats between 1930 and 1970 the Democrats were able to hold power in the Senate and House of Representatives more often than the Republicans . |
| 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 | T-shirts and polo shirts are infinitely preferable to ordinary shirts , since knitted fabrics crease less and absorb more moisture than wovens . |
| 17 | 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 ) . |
| 18 | Definitely more luck than judgement ! |
| 19 | Keith subscribes to the theory that it 's more luck than judgement . |
| 20 | More luck than brains … ’ |
| 21 | He had got himself into a difficult position and had escaped with more luck than dignity . |
| 22 | Zelda West-Meads of the marriage guidance counselling service , Relate , believes it 's perfectly acceptable to change your partner in the way Madeline and Judith have done , although she would recommend you using more tact than Judith did . |
| 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 | The weight of the Arlesey bomb , of course , depends upon many things : distance you need to cast , bait you are using ( bread presents more resistance than maggots for instance ) , line strength , and conditions — windy or calm — on the day . |
| 26 | And Yet could put up no more resistance than William . |
| 27 | Well , so long as no one tells Phena , everything should be all right , should n't it ? ’ she asked with more hope than expectation . |
| 28 | But there could have been a little more hope if Huddersfield referee Steve Bell had given a penalty when David Cork was manhandled to the ground in the six yard box when Quakers were looking for an equaliser . |
| 29 | In reality , he was more pawn than player , talented , hard-working , and insecurely based . |
| 30 | The effect was not uniform over all the potencies but showed peaks and troughs of activity , with some potencies showing more absorption than others ( Figure 11 ) . |