Example sentences of "[noun] more " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now the formula funding , in terms of all the schools in the county concerned , has given schools more responsibility . |
| 2 | Soon after the ceremony more men came in , and the remaining arms were distributed , each ‘ stand ’ consisting of a musket , bayonet and brass-hilted infantryman 's sword , though some of the Highlanders preferred their own basket-hilted broadswords . |
| 3 | In the reported study more action suggestions could be generated by the computer than the paper system ( 101 v 31 ) . |
| 4 | Strong attractive colours always appeal , and a bright red hatchback will probably sell for £200-£300 more than a dull beige one . |
| 5 | Using equivalent family income , the poorest third of working age men reported 65% more serious chronic illness than the richest third , and for women there was a 33% difference between rich and poor . |
| 6 | This is the electro-acoustic version of the SW213 and retails for £20 more than the standard model . |
| 7 | At present , boots with a Gore-Text bootie tend to cost about £20 more and have a one-year guarantee of waterproofness . |
| 8 | Well watch his neck more than anything . |
| 9 | Now before we step the mast , we need to turn the boat more or less into the wind and that 's a good chance for us to start thinking about where the wind 's coming from . |
| 10 | On average , Labour 's vote rose by only 3% more in Tory wards where Labour started off second to the Conservatives than in seats where it was third . |
| 11 | The old rule was to purchase 25% more than your restaurant can seat . |
| 12 | They could cut the face value of their loans by 35% , but get the old interest rate on what was left ; keep the original face value , but cut the interest rate to 6.25% ; or swap old debt for new debt at the old rates and face value , but with a promise to lend up to 25% more money , and without any of the security ( in the form of zero-coupon bonds held by America 's Federal Reserve ) that the two more generous options offered . |
| 13 | The difference you get with the Gyroflo Oven is that instead of the usual 5 shelf positions you get 7 , each with 25% more usable cooking area per shelf . |
| 14 | The Gyroflo oven is big , it offers an advance in technology that yields an extra 25% more effective cooking area per shelf . |
| 15 | Hottest is the Dragon — or 68349 , specifically designed for use with handheld communicators running the software being developed by General Magic Inc , and claimed to be 25% more powerful than AT&T Co 's Hobbit , which also runs the General Magic software , and other devices being built into communicators . |
| 16 | The Sparcserver 10 introduces a compact new version of the desktop pizza box enclosure : by lowering the bottom of the pizza box a few millimetres and stacking MBus and SBus expansion slots , SMCC engineers have created a more powerful desktop server with the same footprint as the Sparcserver 2 but with up to five times the applications throughput , five times the memory capacity , double the disk storage and 25% more expansion capacity . |
| 17 | With some wariness I lowered myself on to the front edge of his couch , while form one side more flunkeys appeared , guiding a hover-table laden with delicacies and fancy drinks . |
| 18 | to give the theatre side more of |
| 19 | While cases remain open , more clients are re-assessed , and after closure more are re-referred . |
| 20 | Kevin Drinkell , 29 , became Coventry City 's record signing yesterday when his transfer from Rangers cost £800,000 — £20,000 more than the fee paid in 1987 to Chelsea for David Speedie . |
| 21 | Better by far to tackle equity withdrawal on big loans , where better-off house-buyers borrow £20,000 more than they need for a house-purchase , to buy that flashy car they have always wanted . |
| 22 | ‘ I decided to go to a financial adviser , ’ continues Angie , ‘ He advised me to remortgage with a lender with a lower standard rate and for £20,000 more than we had originally borrowed when we bought the house . |
| 23 | I hope that in the short term more attention will be paid to the availability of the independent arbitration scheme , which was set up in 1985 and which has not often been used , primarily because so few people are aware that it provides a means of getting an independent investigation of alleged grievances against British Rail and of obtaining redress and compensation where they are due . |
| 24 | A swimathon organised by Darlington Rotary Club raised £1,500 more than its £5,000 target . |
| 25 | ‘ Each doctor will spend on average £1,500 more under Labour , ’ he said . |
| 26 | Their dealings for clients at premium prices realised £1,378,892 more than would have been obtained if the shares had been sold later . |
| 27 | Well no the , the cost , the rent more or less covers the cost of maintenance . |
| 28 | Privatizing what is the first thing the government do to make B R more attractive to the private sector ? |
| 29 | We must change our political system to give the citizen more power and the government less ; our economic system to confer power on consumers and to provide employees with a share in the wealth they create ; our public services to guarantee choice and dignity to each of us ; and our education system to equip us better for the modern world . |
| 30 | Political forces and corporate bodies may be more or less able to calculate the likely effects , ceteris paribus , of the implementation of their policies and demands , and the conservation/transformation effect is anyway likely to appear as the ‘ resultant vector ’ of non-coherent activities on the part of a whole range of such forces and bodies ( although , for instance , dominant positions within a government may give one political force more leverage than others ) . |