Example sentences of "[was/were] more than " in BNC.
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| 1 | Huddersfield were more than resilient . |
| 2 | I 've heard that you and her were more than friendly when you were on the staff at the C.B.T.C. ’ |
| 3 | As we have seen , they were amongst the staunchest Bolshevik supporters in the voting for the Constituent Assembly , and in Belorussia they were more than usually numerous and influential due to the fact that this territory had lain directly in the path of invading and retreating forces in the Civil War . |
| 4 | As the existing windows were more than large enough to light the second-storey accommodation to building regulations standards , it was decided to shorten these openings . |
| 5 | The first Christians also knew that divine resources were more than a match for the dark powers . |
| 6 | After those cuts , trading profits of the communications division were more than double those in the first half year and marginally ahead of the second half of last year as business held up . |
| 7 | Trading profits in the communications division were more than double the figure for the first half year thanks to the cost control programme . |
| 8 | After those cuts , trading profits of the communications division were more than double those in the first half year and marginally ahead of the second half of last year as business held up . |
| 9 | A Columbia University professor , Mr Oscar Schachter , said US officials must show that the attacks on Americans were more than isolated incidents . |
| 10 | This remaining wing was built in about 1640 , a time when local builders were more than ever turning their craft into a conscious art . |
| 11 | Purveyors of perfumes , porcelain and other expensive wares were more than happy to oblige yuppies and other brazen consumers willing to pay lavish prices for labels once only sported by the elite . |
| 12 | The agonies of reading one 's most intimate feelings and thoughts aloud to a roomful of strangers , and then being expected to talk about them and explain them in an acceptably relaxed and humorous manner were more than I could bear . |
| 13 | In effect , he suggested that the social and economic divisions were more than ones of mere occupational group . |
| 14 | The crew were more than complimentary about the way Kylie has played the young siren . |
| 15 | He began making plans to fill Wembley Arena with 12,000 people a night , convinced there were more than enough Kylie fans waiting to see her . |
| 16 | By late afternoon they were more than halfway up the Exit Cracks . |
| 17 | While most engineers struggle to keep their heads above water , Weir 's latest results were more than buoyant — up 26 p.c. to £34m , with new orders more than a third higher at £474m and turnover ahead a third at £424m . |
| 18 | Mr Major , he said , wanted to use the move towards the year 2000 to ‘ celebrate our civilisation and leave some mark that we were more than just , hopefully , a successful entrepreneurial society . ’ |
| 19 | Its 61 p.c. -owned subsidiary , Hang Seng Bank , jumped HK$2.50 to HK$39 because its £525m reserves were more than expected . |
| 20 | This was attributable mainly to an increase in the number of branches , from 158 in 1953–54 to 189 in 1957–58 ; losses in Bedfordshire ( 15 branches down to 11 ) and the Fenland ( 23 down to 15 ) , both of which had been without a tutor-organiser for much of the period , were more than offset by gains everywhere else , notably in Essex ( 27 branches up to 40 ) and Suffolk ( 14 up to 32 ) . |
| 21 | In 1989 , sales of unleaded fuel in Germany were more than double those in the UK . |
| 22 | The Stirling bombers used on the S.A.S. missions such as Houndsworth were more than a local goods service ferrying freight to various points in France . |
| 23 | Those gins were more than enough for me . ’ |
| 24 | In stark contrast to the opposition to nuclear power , the campaign listed three suitable sites where local planners were more than happy to see a new coal-fired development . |
| 25 | Mr Wise 's Mill continued to make cloth for some time , although it is not clear whether the firm of Ellis and Apperly , who were later recorded there , were more than tenants for a while . |
| 26 | The accession of the new Tsar , Alexander II , in January 1855 , was followed by an outburst of diplomatic activity in Paris and London , since it was known that the new sovereign was inclined to peace and the allies were more than willing to bring the conflict to an end . |
| 27 | Solly 's years in the wilderness were more than just a dearth of high-profile wins . |
| 28 | ‘ But it was n't until I went to India that I cam to feel that humans were more than just mechanical responses . |
| 29 | He was so respected by his natural enemies , the Moors , that when he was exiled by his Christian overlords , they were more than willing to give him shelter and employment . |
| 30 | if you in fact avoid or reduce your loss , you can not recover the amount so saved , even if the steps that you took were more than could reasonably have been expected ; |