Example sentences of "[prep] more [conj] [adv] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So the coppicing at Westonbirt arboretum may help to ensure the survival of more than just the trees . |
| 2 | Liam Brady 's choice of more or less the side who lost to Falkirk in the Scottish Cup the previous weekend — Rudi Vata was replaced by Brian O'Neil — was not so much a vote of confidence as a challenge to those players to prove they could not be so bad again . |
| 3 | They are up against more than just the law though . |
| 4 | The Cabinet accepted the recommendation that a substantial British aircraft industry was required to hold off competition , and should be developed with more than just the Empire in mind ; also the premise that work on new aircraft should proceed under government direction , with the Treasury accepting responsibility for new types . |
| 5 | 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 ) . |
| 6 | Two of his partners protested promptly that the said Susy was fully deployed on their cases , and Peter Yeo settled down to reorganize the workload , emerging after ten minutes ' hard negotiation with more or less the conclusion he had wanted . |
| 7 | Unemployment has fallen by 70 per cent since the mid-eighties in Telford but it 's about more than just the number of jobs , it 's the quality of jobs , the skills that erm are offered in terms of the training that 's available in the area , and the whole atmosphere of the town has been completely transformed by moving from an older and established industrial climate to one that encompasses a wide range of modern and high tech industries . |
| 8 | That is understandable , but it neglects the fact that press freedom is an issue for more than just the press . |
| 9 | ‘ You 're a good boy , Wayne , ’ Angelica had said , and they 'd both known that she was meaning for more than just the errand . |
| 10 | That the owners are not described may imply that they have withdrawn from the close relations with tenants , servants , and labourers that is called for from lords of the manor ; they have grown remote in more or less the way described by Bloomfield in his discussion of the harvest feast . |
| 11 | The Vision 's control fascia is so good looking that it will turn on more than just the gas . |
| 12 | The profit diagrams for options ( Figs 7.5 and 7.6 ) are a little more complex than those for securities as the profit is dependent on more than just the share price at expiry ( S ) . |
| 13 | But the effect of this series of pessimistic changes was to more than double the estimates for wave power up to a range of 8–12 p/kWh . |
| 14 | Two hydrocyclone separators are to be installed on the Gyda platform next year to more than double the installation 's water handling capacity to 35,000 barrels a day in readiness for an anticipated increase in produced water from the reservoir . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 " . |
| 17 | Gordon Owen , the managing director in charge of Mercury , says the group is anxious not to more than double the network in a year as it is a case of ‘ how fast you can go without falling over ’ . |
| 18 | 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 ) . |
| 19 | The idiots sending these devices are a danger to more than just the public . |
| 20 | DRIVING at more than double the speed limit cost a young Newton Valence woman her driving licence . |
| 21 | At more or less the middle of the night , every night , for a week , I 'd been woken first by one child crying , then by two , then by three . |