Example sentences of "[prep] more than a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | An island of Czech reaction can not survive among its metamorphosed neighbours for more than a geopolitical instant . |
| 32 | So take a tip from none other than Graham Greene : " A story has n't room for more than a limited number of created characters . " |
| 33 | To date the representation of detailed clinical descriptions for more than a narrow area of medicine has never been achieved by use of an enumerative approach . |
| 34 | Danger signals arise when the normal pain and unhappiness that accompanies all emotional growth enlarges to become a depression which you simply can not shift , particularly if you feel ( for more than a passing moment ) that there 's nothing left to live for — or if you realise in time that you 've stopped being able to look after yourself . |
| 35 | Interest rates will stay high , and while the pound remains in thrall to the mark , there is no scope for more than a token cut . |
| 36 | Various visitors are exempt : students here for more than a six-month course , EEC residents and those from countries who give UK residents free treatment ( reciprocal arrangement nations ) . |
| 37 | But there was no time to admire the view , no time for more than a swift impression of airiness and light , of deep , comfortable furniture in maize-coloured linen , before she closed the door quickly . |
| 38 | I had little time for more than a quick glance round the room . |
| 39 | Time travellers forbidden from remaining in one place for more than a short while , The Shamen are taking pop to places it 's hitherto been excluded from . |
| 40 | Time travellers forbidden from remaining in one place for more than a short while , The Shamen are taking pop to places it 's hitherto been excluded from . |
| 41 | We see no reason why the word should seem strange for more than a short time . |
| 42 | Of course not all policemen are in absolute positions of command even though they represent the maintenance of structure in more than a symbolic way ; and few can move into communitas to experience the temptations described above . |
| 43 | Narratorial frustration is evident in the disjointed structure of the novel which focuses briefly on a number of subcultures of professional London without bothering to link them in more than a cursory manner . |
| 44 | It had about 164,000 regulars , of whom only some 80,000 were on more than a three-year engagement . |
| 45 | One about Flaubert , one about Ellen , one about myself My own is the simplest of the three — it hardly amounts to more than a convincing proof of my existence — and yet I find it the hardest to begin . |
| 46 | After all , Levi admits to more than a passing interest in things financial , shall we say . |
| 47 | Whether citizens ' charters on the model of those introduced in Great Britain from 1991 onwards amount to more than a symbolic empowerment of consumer-citizens remains to be seen . |
| 48 | Harsh and angry with undercurrents of lovelorn bitterness , but you ca n't imagine them amounting to more than a mere outlet for crowd frustration . |
| 49 | A significant variance could be defined as one amounting to more than a given percentage of the budget but which is not explained by the general level of prices , i.e. inflation or deflation . |
| 50 | This most frequently involved the use of ceilings : banks being told not to allow advances to expand by more than a certain percentage compared with the previous year . |
| 51 | Conservative backbenchers put pressure on the government to provide safeguards for households which would lose by more than a certain amount . |
| 52 | Training teams were not specifically mentioned by more than a small number of respondents although ‘ involvement in training ’ of all professional or supervisory staff , or all senior management , was more likely to be noted . |
| 53 | For a trait influenced by more than a small number of genes we can not work out the genotype by a Mendelian experiment . |
| 54 | But that 's not such a bad deal for customers because the law does n't allow any pack to be underweight by more than a small amount . |
| 55 | Consent of the shareholders by ordinary resolution is required , unless the articles permit the board to sanction payments without shareholder approval , or provide that a resolution passed by more than a simple majority of shareholders must be obtained . |
| 56 | Perhaps Mr Heseltine 's sudden interest in television is motivated by more than a simple desire to boost British exports . |
| 57 | All too often , the antecedents of revolution are separated by more than a human lifespan from their fruition . |
| 58 | It is already clear that , for example , if the objective of the central government is to encourage local authority spending in some service , a matching grant will be preferred to a lump-sum grant , even though the lump-sum may increase the welfare of the local authority residents by more than a matching grant . |