Example sentences of "more [noun pl] [subord] [pron] [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is a fact that Ken Schofield has spent more hours than he cares to recall on the " South African affair " . |
| 2 | yeah sometimes , I 've phoned him more times than he 's phoned me , put it that way |
| 3 | ( GUIL , examining the confines of the stage , flips over two more coins as he does so , one by one of course . |
| 4 | With tyre firms around the world laying off thousands of workers , Continental may end up cutting even more workers if it remains independent . |
| 5 | Another key job , Features Editor — or Assistant Editor ( Features ) in NoS -speak — had been filled by Polly Pattullo , who had served more years than she cares to remember on the Observer colour supplement before wilting under its increasing consumer bias . |
| 6 | And er so er er I said to my friend , like me pals I said , Well look we we have n't been in the Army a year , so we 've got to be in two more years before it comes our turn our turn to be demobilized , so we just might as well sign up for a couple year , get two months leave and twenty quid , because we shall do that if we do n't . |
| 7 | The Lazio star , pictured left carrying a lot of extra poundage on his way to Rome two months ago , has shed more than a stone in weight since his £5.5million summer move from Tottenham — but he must wait a few more weeks before he returns to serious competition . |
| 8 | Yet such a conclusion may raise more questions than it answers . |
| 9 | Like any stimulating text it leaves the reader pondering on more questions than it answers . |
| 10 | This passage raises a good many more questions than it answers . |
| 11 | Yet the editor of the Sunday Times explained his paper 's coverage and position in a way which begs more questions than it answers . |
| 12 | Inevitably the preliminary review presented in this chapter raises more questions than it answers . |
| 13 | Readers will note that the rest of this book will sometimes raise more questions than it answers , but they will , I hope , agree that raising questions is at least a step towards providing answers and solving problems . |
| 14 | Sarah : I define myself as a socialist lesbian feminist , but of course that in some sense begs more questions than it answers . |
| 15 | Junior Books has raised more questions than it has answered and has wide-ranging implications for the nature of obligations arising in both contract and tort . |
| 16 | But Jones may be confronted by more problems than he anticipates when he seeks funds for his ideas . |
| 17 | At best they re-describe perception in a manner that actually generates more problems than it solves . |
| 18 | Pop creates more problems than it solves . |
| 19 | Running away brings far more problems than it solves . |
| 20 | As it stands , this claim raises more problems than it solves . |
| 21 | To offer generalizations about the ‘ Gascon ’ nobility can pose more problems than it solves . |
| 22 | The East Oxford Traffic Scheme has cost nearly £100,000 and is causing more problems than it solves . |
| 23 | But editors say a privacy law would create more problems than it solves . |
| 24 | Providing collection bins might appear an easy step but this could lead to more problems than it solves ! |
| 25 | Now there 's a number of recommendations in the study , and that includes the introduction of a twenty mile an hour speed limit , surely that 's going to cause more problems than it solves ? |
| 26 | the prison system has a tendency to create more problems than it receives and has an equal tendency to fail inmates because , out of its survival fear , it tends to respond to corporate threats , real or imaginary , rather than the real problems of inmates . |
| 27 | This leads to accusations that counselling can actually create more problems than it resolves , indeed , that it can actually contribute to increasing people 's problems . |
| 28 | he 'll have more problems if he carries on moving do n't panic , all is under control I think there 's one driving round the bend perhaps talk about it all , where 's really first year he gon na know |
| 29 | From the point of view of the resources crisis , this looks like a reasonably rational response : because there are so many more ‘ run of the mill ’ than ‘ serious ’ offenders , a bifurcated policy should save many more resources than it costs . |
| 30 | Our Ronnie 's mixed up in more things than he knows about . ’ |