Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] more [subord] [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | SunSoft Inc borrowed the laid-back format of the Tonight Show and Johnny Carson — down to the band , the couch and the jokes — to make its announcements at the end of last month : it would be a shame if those well-crafted anti-Microsoft Corp anti-NT ads they ran as ersatz commercials during the breaks do n't get a wider airing , if for nothing more than their amusement value . |
2 | It 'd be a shame if those well-crafted anti-Microsoft anti-NT ads they ran as ersatz commercials during the breaks do n't get a wider airing , if for nothing more than their amusement value . |
3 | ‘ Such people , ’ I continue aloud , ‘ who are rendered suspect of nothing more than their swarthiness , are repulsive in their manifestation of a sinister attraction . |
4 | To get out of her more than his allowance , of course . |
5 | For to choose a man on the ground that you agree with him more than his rivals is quite clearly to choose a representative ; moreover , the set of people who agree with a candidate comes to look very like a party as soon as they concert their actions . |
6 | He had always been the gentleman with her , and if , at times , he had regretted what he would ultimately do to her , because he had begun to care for her more than his plan demanded , he could not let that deter him . |
7 | The misspelling may be because the child has not previously seen the word written down , but more likely because he has seen it in the context of his reading , without paying much attention to anything more than its contour — that is , he has recognised the word without having to decode it , and has understood it without giving its spelling structure close attention . |
8 | But Jamie Blandford can inherit a dukedom , a palace and a lifelong seat in the House of Lords without anything more than his blood to recommend him . |