Example sentences of "[adj] more than the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Suppose I can identify a range of cases in which I am wrong more than the putative authority . |
| 2 | Dunlop 's surplus was therefore distributed and nearly all of it went to Morrison to put him 819 above McLachlan which was much more than the undistributed surplus of Lindsay . |
| 3 | They should be much more than the over-all journey broken down into smaller sections . |
| 4 | One of the things that makes his account so useful — so much more than the anecdotal triviality of which he is so carelessly accused — is his ability to compare and contrast this informal repair work with the formal structures of explicit legal process . |
| 5 | My attitude is that somebody has to do the job and if I get bumped off , I have experienced much more than the average bloke . |
| 6 | She used her face and hands much more than the average Englishman , though perhaps not more than the average Italian . |
| 7 | However , we found the machine could still be used for much more than the average heat gun . |
| 8 | Highly skilled and highly trained stockmen on intensive livestock farms can , it is true , earn much more than the average wage ( though often for longer and more awkward hours ) , since such workers are in relatively short supply , but they are the industry 's élite and constitute no more than 15 per cent of the labour force . |
| 9 | In all , this incidence of reported problems can not be said to suggest much more than the occasional misunderstanding , difficulty or other problem which must mark a small proportion of virtually every type of consumer transaction . |
| 10 | It proposed a shot-gun marriage between two parties who , so far from having anticipated the bliss of that honourable estate , had ventured nothing much more than the frozen smile of recognition that passes for politeness between opponents who see in one another much to dislike and little to love . |
| 11 | ( g ) Skipp is to be treated as a case where " there was much more than the mere consent of the owner . |
| 12 | Halifax Property Services offer much more than the traditional role of the estate agent . |
| 13 | The word favoured by headline-writers was ‘ tarnished ’ , although any lustre North had had in the media was not much more than the borrowed glow of stars whom he superficially resembled . |
| 14 | The reinstatement was thorough , taking place over two years and costing much more than the original estimate . |
| 15 | With earnings of £188 per week ( Nov. 1984 figures ) , the family would have a disposable income ( after tax , national insurance and mortgage and typical rate payments , but including child benefit ) of £89 per week : this is not much more than the Supplementary Benefit Long-term Scale Rate for that family of £76 per week at that time . |
| 16 | The Manager , with the ache he had in his hand from welcoming people , realised that much more than the invited number had arrived . |
| 17 | I would like to examine them with you this evening , because they appear to me to contain much more than the permissible percentage of nonsense . |
| 18 | The hon. Gentleman has said that it is in the process of acquiring two incredibly beautiful works and the point is that it is acquiring them even though they cost much more than the nominal amount of Government grant available . |
| 19 | Given what we now know , this is much more than the expected attempt to find out a demon 's identity , though it sounds very like it . |
| 20 | The first day 's publication of the photos produced an incredible increase in sales of 482,118 more than the same day the week before . |
| 21 | The toll of serious accidents among young people in Darlington last year was 14 , three more than the previous year . |
| 22 | Henry Ratter set up a moodified Quality in Action workshop for a group of 25 heads and LEA officers , many more than the usual number . |
| 23 | Lot 45 ( est. $20–25,000 ) a Tiffany mixed-metals pitcher , with copper and mokume gourds , brought a strong $37,000 , eleven thousand more than the same model brought at Christie 's last January . |
| 24 | B — indicate little more than the immediate place of work during the construction of the pavements of a single building . |
| 25 | Shabby brick apartments stretch for block after block , dotted with little more than the odd liquor store , fried-chicken shack and cheque-cashing shop , well buttoned up with wire mesh and bullet-proof glass . |
| 26 | In larger tanks the fish will establish their own territories , and little more than the odd display will be seen . |
| 27 | The trade union rates so jealously guarded in the inter-war period by the Association became little more than the minimum wage of the 1950s , producing salaries insufficient to attract the ambitious tour operator and dynamic advertising manager and leading in turn to a failure to compete effectively . |
| 28 | In the shopping mall you can see these employees , working alone for little more than the minimum wage , surrounded by some of the world 's most sophisticated monitoring systems . |
| 29 | The rest of the human was normally little more than the wrong end of a pair of nostrils , a long way up . |
| 30 | Cars such as the Vauxhall Cavalier SRi , Rover 416 GSi and Ford Sierra 2.0i Ghia are worth little more than the same model with a lower spec . |