Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] more than a [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 | 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 . |
| 3 | or him that thought more than a handful |
| 4 | In France too , corruption has played a part , though so has the ennui that follows more than a decade of rule by one party . |
| 5 | ‘ So what 's it to be ? ’ he asked in clipped tones that held more than a hint of impatience . |
| 6 | Her shoulder-length hair obscured her face , though Alice moved position to try and see more than a slab of cheek . |
| 7 | Others were less fortunate and spent more than a week exploring the delights of the Senegalese capital before completing their journey . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | She gave her mother fifteen shillings for her keep , and had more than a pound left to spend on herself . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | His eyes , dark as bottomless pools , were hard to read , but held more than a trace of cynicism . |
| 12 | On the foreign exchanges , the pound was a fraction down at $1.6020 but gained more than a pfennig to DM2.7760 . |
| 13 | 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 ? |