Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] more than [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Established , in close co-operation with the Communist Party , by the publisher Victor Gollancz in March 1936 , the Club rapidly became rather more than a purveyor of books — though , with 50,000 members by the beginning of 1938 , it did that effectively and in vast numbers . |
| 2 | An early Southern Hemisphere proposal to bring the scrum back to the point of introduction every time it moved backwards more than a metre and a half — in other words depowering the scrum has been abandoned . |
| 3 | A man , a large man , was beating a woman , a little woman who seemed scarcely more than a child , and was trying to drag her into one of the tenements which lined the opposite side of the road . |
| 4 | Our costs have risen far more than the increases we have put forward as a result of the devaluation . ’ |
| 5 | Although we must not forget the sizeable minority who are caught in a poverty trap , during recent years wages and salaries have risen overall more than the cost of living , and educational opportunities have widened . |
| 6 | As it is , women hold barely more than a quarter of all managerial and administrative posts , yet make up nearly half the workforce . |
| 7 | However , recruitment companies should provide far more than an emergency relief service and should be able to deal with all problematical staff-finding jobs in a diplomatic and professional manner . |
| 8 | That invariably means that the employer , the Scottish Transport Group and , through the Scottish Transport Group , Her Majesty 's Government ends up paying substantially more than the employees . |
| 9 | The small snag is that it costs considerably more than the purchase price to buy a licence to use them and a licence is required for each computer . |
| 10 | When they do so , the refinancing will cost far more than the warrant yields originally suggested — around 8–10% , at current interest rates , rather than the 3–5% or less on the warrants . |
| 11 | Meanwhile , Kingfisher has prospered , embracing far more than the relics of the British end of Frank Winfield Woolworth 's creation . |
| 12 | This may take some time but patience will be rewarded far more than a loss of temper . |
| 13 | Whether the idea survives as more than a fad remains to be seen . |
| 14 | The initial , almost instantaneous , elongation produced by the application of the tensile stress is inversely proportional to the rigidity or modulus of the material , i.e. an elastomer with a low modulus stretches considerably more than a material in the glassy state with a high modulus . |
| 15 | The nurse suffers infinitely more than the patient . |
| 16 | The celebration of the martyr 's anniversary had grown out of the commemoration of the departed dead ; but it soon outgrew the limits of its origins and became far more than the expression of that larger family solidarity which embraced heaven and earth . |
| 17 | Individual letters mean far more than a signature on a petition . |
| 18 | To the primary teacher " teaching resources " mean far more than the school textbook . |
| 19 | As we have seen , this involves far more than the language being used ; it involves pre-existent knowledge of the world . |
| 20 | He did not believe that long discussion was of great value , rather that a considered insight or idea produced far more than a wealth of verbal expression . |
| 21 | It is widely recognised that agricultural resources produce far more than a supply of raw foodstuffs . |
| 22 | The submergence of North Africa beneath the tide of Islam in the seventh century meant far more than the loss of one of the most intellectually vital parts of the Latin church . |
| 23 | The names differ far more than the flavors , and help to stretch these latter further apart . |
| 24 | Retailing analysts in the City believe Kingfisher will have to pay far more than the 120p a share now on offer for Dixons to have a realistic chance of winning its cash bid . |
| 25 | It takes a great deal of time and money to establish a brand which explains why predators may be willing , when purchasing a company with strong brand identification , to pay far more than the stock market valuation of that company . |
| 26 | ‘ Entry forms are available now , closing date is June 7 , and anyone not entered by then will have to pay substantially more than the £4.50 for the half marathon and £3.50 for the fun run fees now in force . ’ |
| 27 | The Church has to be the voice of the voiceless , but that means far more than the cardinal and bishops making statements . |
| 28 | But , bit by bit , Haringey found that in setting 1989-90 's rate , it had rather more than the year 's expenditure to cover . |
| 29 | Zuwaya found that those elements in their image which depended on solidarity among kinsmen — on the massing of cousins , on the exclusion of women — had rather more than an echo in the words of their head of state . |
| 30 | The squalls of driven snow had now more than a hint of frost , so that the part of George 's face that was uncovered was almost numb with cold and stung beneath the bombardment of icy slivers . |