Example sentences of "[adv] more than [art] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In my view Labour 's stunning defeat requires of it much more than a commitment to PR and a pre-electoral arrangement with the Liberal Democrats . |
| 2 | But The Orb are much more than the sum of their parts . |
| 3 | Deep sleep appears to be a response to our life-style and reflects the amount of prior wakefulness much more than the time of day when sleep is taken . |
| 4 | But Lij Yasu 's partiality for Islam was apparently more than a question of convenience . |
| 5 | Eleven years on , this continues , though now there is perhaps more than a tinge of pity for my ‘ lonely ’ existence . |
| 6 | Perhaps more than the end of work , these had continued to spell riches and freedom . |
| 7 | Only thirty-four had been to other secondary schools , scarcely more than the number from the second most popular public school , Harrow . |
| 8 | As Father Johnson approached the altar , the man for whose soul he prayed was writing a letter , not more than a couple of miles away . |
| 9 | All I can say at the moment is not less than about six hours , not more than a couple of days . " |
| 10 | Except that , under the Broadcasting Act , passed last November , not more than a quarter of the music INR1 broadcasts can be ‘ pop ’ . |
| 11 | Lord Jauncey stated that the issue was whether clause 3 amounted to an unlawful and invalid fetter on TBL 's statutory power to increase its share capital or whether it was not more than an agreement between shareholders about their manner of voting in a given situation . |
| 12 | I know the test is fairly expensive but it 's certainly not more than the cost of caring for babies born with the defects . ’ |
| 13 | Over a long period then , the cost of elections was still more than the cost of the permanent organization , and this cost was so great as to rule out all but a tiny minority . |
| 14 | Ermold 's final section covering the reception of the Danes at Ingelheim was written within hardly more than a year of the event , and with an explicit purpose : every detail was calculated to please Louis and Judith in 827 . |
| 15 | One chair at the bottom of the table was empty , and as I came in Dr Barton , with hardly more than a nod in my direction , indicated the chair and said sternly , ‘ You may sit , Doctor Masters , while we ask you a few questions . ’ |
| 16 | It was hardly more than a flicker in the eyes , but suddenly Ruth felt she glimpsed Adam again , her own brother , looking out at her desperately . |
| 17 | Alina peered toward the lake , which was hardly more than a sliver on the horizon . |
| 18 | Now , with hardly more than a month of 1920 remaining , they were being honoured with the presence of the JNF 's top secretary , who would make the final arrangements , tie up the loose ends , perhaps name the day . |
| 19 | The thought was scarcely born before James Lambert himself appeared , hardly more than a shadow in the dusk , but unmistakable as he walked past the pile of kegs . |
| 20 | Office rents have soared in London over the past couple of years but political factors are also significant as government departments make up more than a quarter of moves . |
| 21 | The pound is up more than a cent at one dollar , eighty-eight but down at two marks , ninety-one . |
| 22 | In the 1970s money just was not available to smarten up more than a handful of Provincial stations . |
| 23 | There is also more than an echo of Piaget 's notion of schematic development ( Ginsburg and Opper , 1979 ) . |
| 24 | They would have to wait only very slightly more than a second between the astronaut 's 10:59:58 signal and the one that he sent when his watch read 10:59:59 , but they would have to wait forever for the 11:00 signal . |
| 25 | Nearly 6 out of 10 of our sample take exercise regularly ; slightly more than a quarter of them smoke cigarettes . |
| 26 | However , he is not an unmitigated success , giving the show something slightly more than the banality of most sitcoms . |
| 27 | Leapor is given 22 full pages , slightly more than the Countess of Winchilsea [ see ECWP , 194–217 and 4–26 ] . |
| 28 | An art critic also needs a gift for persuasion , perhaps rather more than a head for exposition and argument . |
| 29 | In 1856 the Paris Bourse alone listed the share of 33 railway and canal companies , 38 mining companies , 22 metallurgical companies , 11 port and shipping companies , 7 omnibus and road transport undertakings , 11 gas companies and 42 assorted industrial undertakings ranging from textiles to galvanised iron and rubber , to the value of about 5½ million gold francs , or rather more than a quarter of all securities traded . |
| 30 | Established , in close co-operation with the Communist Party , by the publisher Victor Gollancz in March 1936 , the Club rapidly became rather more than a purveyor of books — though , with 50,000 members by the beginning of 1938 , it did that effectively and in vast numbers . |