Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] more than [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's much too late to make a pitch on consistency no one person knows or understands more than a fraction of one discipline among many anymore . |
| 2 | When one is ill it 's the knowledge that somebody cared enough to come and see one that matters more than the flowers and the lemon barley water . |
| 3 | You can choose glasses that cost more than the value of your voucher and pay the difference yourself . |
| 4 | Wearing the latest active weekend wear from Debenhams — the perfect survival kit for every man 's wardrobe — they prove that sporting more than a dash of style is no sweat . |
| 5 | or him that thought more than a handful |
| 6 | In France too , corruption has played a part , though so has the ennui that follows more than a decade of rule by one party . |
| 7 | ‘ So what 's it to be ? ’ he asked in clipped tones that held more than a hint of impatience . |
| 8 | But there is little doubt in my mind that the future will only go to the large company if that large company is really able to release the energies and the synergies that ought to be a part of the grand design and make more than the sum of the parts . |
| 9 | Her shoulder-length hair obscured her face , though Alice moved position to try and see more than a slab of cheek . |
| 10 | Others were less fortunate and spent more than a week exploring the delights of the Senegalese capital before completing their journey . |
| 11 | The educational background and training of chartered librarians in Britain has not been well understood by teachers , and in particular it has been noticeable how reluctant spokesmen of the School Library Association have been to acknowledge that some librarians have received a special training in work with children of school age , with materials for children of school age , and involving more than an acquaintance with the study of educational systems and methods and of child development . |
| 12 | In a deal that will create America 's second-largest coal company and second-largest copper firm , Cyprus Minerals is paying between $1 billion and $1.4 billion , and assuming more than a $1 billion in debt , for loss-making Amax . |
| 13 | She gave her mother fifteen shillings for her keep , and had more than a pound left to spend on herself . |
| 14 | This remake of Jackie Mittoo 's Studio One organ classic is typical of current Taxi fare : subtle , gently rocking , and offering more than a nod to rocksteady , right down to the drum fills probably sampled from the original version . |
| 15 | His eyes , dark as bottomless pools , were hard to read , but held more than a trace of cynicism . |
| 16 | On the foreign exchanges , the pound was a fraction down at $1.6020 but gained more than a pfennig to DM2.7760 . |
| 17 | Can we expect to achieve sufficient political agreement to formulate the necessary dispute-resolving rules in an ideologically divided world , even if the avowed intention is to establish rules which are neutral as between such ideologies , the acceptance of which would not be taken as manifesting more than a commitment to getting some agreed rules ? |
| 18 | Free men on the frontiers of industry , shocking the respectable of all classes , the heroes of an unofficial folklore of masculinity , they played the same sort of role as sailors and frontier miners and prospectors , though earning more than the ones , and lacking the others ' hope of making their fortune . |