Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] more [conj] [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 I mean more than the nuclear umbrella and the massive and rapid reinforcement capability that America offers within a NATO structure .
2 Feminism is a given — but I want more than the political outline .
3 Any more than I give more than an irritated passing thought to turning up a heater when the temperature drops .
4 Er I think I am on version ten , I do n't know whether that 's one or two more than , but er , the officers have worked , worked very hard and I 'm very grateful to them , erm I 'm also very grateful to the primary heads , secondary heads , their own staff associations , and the representatives of the governors for whom Hilary , Bob and I have met , and er we 've listened very carefully to what they have to say and we 've done our modest best to er to er use their priorities as well as our own perhaps political one , we 've looked at the educational value er , I suspect more than the other two groups erm than the political sum .
5 His use of skilled craftspeople to make his objects , his thorough-going professionalism , his choice of imagery — ‘ whitened ’ black pop star Michael Jackson , porno-politician La Cicciolina — pose questions about the relationship between the commodity and the object of affective value which deserve more than a one-line dismissal .
6 However , most laboratories which produce more than a modest number of thin sections are now equipped with appropriate automatic and semi-automatic systems .
7 Admit you want more than a mere boy can offer .
8 The following are our special letter services which you should use when you want more than the ordinary letter post .
9 The following are our special letter services , which you should use when you want more than the ordinary post .
10 ‘ I think you deserve more than a certain amount of punishment for making me wet and nearly giving me a heart-attack — Do you know how difficult it would have been to get an ambulance out here to you ? ’
11 Erm you could n't put erm anything that was you know more than a small pedal bin size .
12 With our ingenious roofrack , you get more than a practical convertible .
13 ‘ Or you risk more than a mere snub . ’
14 New users of water or those who require more than the maximum amount scheduled in an existing licence have to apply for permission to take the estimated quantity to the water authority in the area in which the works is situated , which will then decide whether sufficient water is available for the new abstraction .
15 There 's nothing they love more than an interesting little family tragedy , or a nice little disease to muck themselves up with . ’
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