Example sentences of "[vb -s] the [noun sg] more " in BNC.
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| 1 | The supplier may send the retailer a debit note if for some reason the retailer has been under-charged and actually owes the supplier more money than was shown on the original invoice . |
| 2 | It is an interesting garment which , with its long sleeves , has the flavour more of a monastic habit than a shroud . |
| 3 | The case in fact that was put forward by the North Yorkshire County Council Highways and Traffic committee was in fact that the need as so clearly expressed by Mr is that it is the A fifty nine that needs the relief more than anything else an therefore the proposal is that the northern relief road be it an inner or an outer , be built first . |
| 4 | The system has the option of calling into action an articulatory loop , a form of silent speech rehearsing which gives the system more time either to accept more information or to examine the message in greater detail . |
| 5 | The Anatom gives the foot more freedom to move more naturally , whilst reducing potentially dangerous side to side movements . |
| 6 | Stiffer suspension control helps the handling on the faster car and gives the driver more control . |
| 7 | The assumption here is that if the pound had been devalued earlier on this would have made it possible to adhere to the growth path of the plan , but in the light of the comments made above this view is open to doubt : it gives the plan more credibility than it merited . |
| 8 | This gives the cuckoo more time to find and watch a suitable nest . |
| 9 | The French system gives the observer more confidence than the UK system does that a more thorough assessment has been made by the French of comparative natural handicaps which is then used as the basis for a comprehensive system of support . |
| 10 | This gives the tape more headroom for high frequencies . |
| 11 | Occasionally , things get a little confusing — Ride and the pixies are hardly baggy faves — but the presence of the seminal ‘ Taste ’ and ‘ Velouria ’ gives the LP more variety than would have been present on a groove-only affair . |
| 12 | Occasionally , things get a little confusing — Ride and the pixies are hardly baggy faves — but the presence of the seminal ‘ Taste ’ and ‘ Velouria ’ gives the LP more variety than would have been present on a groove-only affair . |
| 13 | This acknowledgement of the debt [ normally by signing on the face of the bill ] gives the exporter more peace of mind as opposed to selling on open account terms , although there is still no guarantee of payment . |
| 14 | It effectively cuts off the land the open agricultural land from these two fields and therefore visually it makes the paddock more part of Skelton Village . |
| 15 | … they have the body upwards of an egle and benethe as a lyonn … but one griffoun hath the body more grete and stronger than one hundred egles such as we have amonges us . |