Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] more than [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact , it is possible to obtain more than enough protein to meet requirements without using animal sources at all . |
| 2 | For this reason few receive more than local news coverage . |
| 3 | This requires more than factual knowledge . |
| 4 | It is certainly true that conditions were such that developers were prepared to pay more than existing use prices for land ; but the conditions were extraordinary . |
| 5 | Even then it was found impossible to make more than rough estimates of overseas investment despite regulations concerning disclosure and the remittance of profits . |
| 6 | Some of his well-wishers have pointed out that it is difficult to use relations as general as these to provide more than schematic explanations , and have attempted to define them more precisely . |
| 7 | A 50 gram portion of canned sardines could contribute 0.8 mg fluoride ; and , in Britain particularly , many receive more than 1 mg fluoride daily from drinking tea . |
| 8 | None of us is starving , however , and we all have more than enough clothes to wear , but we still spend a large part of our lives worrying about our material needs — what should we eat ? |
| 9 | Your PC and Creation 6 has more than ample capacity to store all your patterns and is your main storage area , so keeping them in the console memory after they have been used is not only pointless , it is possibly dangerous . |
| 10 | The Russian ambassador in Kiev has described Ukrainian independence to other diplomats there as a temporary phenomenon , unlikely to last more than another year and a half . |
| 11 | A few unusual drugs such as digoxin may be secreted actively by the intestinal mucosa , but this process is unlikely to contribute more than passive diffusion does to the effect of activated charcoal on drug clearance . |
| 12 | Alexander 's disappointment was indescribable ; he now thought that he would never again be able to have more than temporary relief . |
| 13 | While FDR had avoided definite recognition of Russian control of much of Eastern Europe , he had not been able to get more than general promises of free elections and independent governments for Soviet-dominated areas . |
| 14 | United had more than enough chances but were defied by a 21-year-old Australian goalkeeper who left Old Trafford after Peter Schmeichel was installed as first-choice . |