Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] [prep] more [subord] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whether this amounts to more than a row of beans these days is questionable . |
| 2 | That came from more than a few crossed twigs and dry leaves . |
| 3 | Such excellence sometimes has the effect of creating an ‘ us ’ and ‘ them ’ attitude in parishes , where their parish musicians feel unable or unwilling to settle for more than a mediocre level of performance . |
| 4 | Although Frankie had been dozing , he was too hungry to sleep for more than a few minutes at a time . |
| 5 | As long ago as 1976 , the marine resources committee of the FAO believed that ‘ populations of all three dolphin and porpoise species were probably being exploited in the Turkish fishery at levels they would not be able to survive for more than a few years . ’ |
| 6 | Lisa had been smoking for twenty years and felt unable to stop for more than a day . |
| 7 | The Collector , his mind too feverish to recollect for more than a moment what all this activity was about , became absorbed in the contemplation of this pariah dog . |
| 8 | The so-called Anabaptists ' take-over of Munster in 1536 became for more than a century afterwards a byword among the respectable for the supposed anarchy , savagery and madness which were bound to result if ever the " multitude " gained political power . |