Example sentences of "[adj] [subord] [adv] [art] [noun] of " in BNC.

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1 They were afraid because elsewhere a group of armed cossacks had besieged the ship , threatening to kill anyone who disembarked .
2 Presumably stray magnetic fields will not be that high as otherwise the efficiency of the motors would be low .
3 It would , however , be too simple to portray antislavery after the late 1830s as purely a scene of contending sects more concerned with maintaining their own kinds of purity than achieving anything practical .
4 Our country , as a nation , has a spirit and will — it is much bigger than merely the mechanisms of markets .
5 An account of professional courses — at least with respect to PGCE — is in principle just as complex because even the advent of accreditation has not enforced uniformity .
6 The growth in occupational pension provision for women was even more marked with more than double the proportion of 60–69 year olds having them ( 32 per cent ) compared with the over-80s ( 15 per cent ) .
7 The Micom Communications Corp subsidiary of MB Communications Inc , Lawrence , Pennsylvania has announced a new model in its Marathon range of data and speech network servers which is claimed to more than double the performance of the previous products .
8 On housing , I have increased Scottish Homes ' grant in aid next year by £27 million compared with 1991-92 planned expenditure — excluding repayments to the national loans fund — more than double the rate of inflation .
9 The Roads Minister , Kenneth Carlisle , defended the decision to more than double the costs of the road by citing " the beauty and sensitivity of the countryside " .
10 Even 17.8 per cent , however , was still more than double the growth of average earnings over that period .
11 The CBI points out that UK corporate taxes , at more than 4% of GDP in 1989 , are more than double the amount of state aid to industry .
12 A task force set up two years ago to raise extra money from international business has enabled it to more than double the number of support staff to five ( last year it raised £300,000 ) .
13 They comprise some 21 per cent of rural housing stock on average , and Shucksmith ( 1981 ) indicates that , during 1968–73 in England and Wales there were usually more than double the number of local authority houses being built per 1,000 population in urban than in rural districts .
14 In doing this , they make it easier to understand why some form of local government continues to survive as more than simply a creature of the centre .
15 Resource-based learning therefore turns out to involve much more than simply a method of revitalizing and individualizing learning .
16 When , for example , the BBC began in 1922 , a great deal more than simply the use of the new technology had to be established .
17 The meanings of certain types of phrases have come to mean more than simply the combination of words from which they are composed ( sometimes they bear no relation to their constituents ) .
18 JUNE 's CD Review will feature ZUBIN MEHTA ; more than simply the conductor of the ‘ Three Tenors ’ concert , Mehta 's work in Romantic opera remains a significant undercurrent in his career .
19 Section 2 to read : The Coordinator as part of his/her responsibility is part Area Secretary for a geographical area with no more than approximately a quarter of a million population .
20 Perhaps now , in the same way , Judith Cowan 's new range or work can also be effective in a climate which desperately seeks more than just a checklist of intention .
21 But it 's more than just a question of who the patients prefer to be treated by .
22 Mirth is close to creativity for to see the absurd in something is to twist reality around in a way creative thought is fashioned — a good jest is a delight and should be regarded as much more than just a bit of frivolity .
23 The full story of the WM & CR is more than just a recalling of the day-to-day running of a railway .
24 The crews are mostly ‘ medical assistants , ’ which means possessing more than just a knowledge of first aid .
25 This is more than just a case of increased differentiation in local voting behaviour .
26 But it 's more than just a problem of pollution .
27 Sociology , as a social science , is more than just a collection of empirical findings and is also more than just a set of speculative armchair ‘ theories ’ .
28 However , one detects more than just a hint of resentment when he talks of the ‘ middle-class ’ , who , with their penchant for rationalisation and organisation , appear to have appropriated the game .
29 Other ways of making life more interesting for the housebound are the occasional holidays in the homes of various members of the family ; also offering to help them to entertain their friends in their own home to more than just a cup of tea , by arranging to take a pre-cooked , easily served meal round to them beforehand .
30 This suggest that the governance of Ulster is more than just a matter of security and that there are urgent needs for an independent environmental protection agency , subsidies for green farming , and more money in general for the administration of conservation .
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