Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] more than a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | None of the proposals would raise overall retail sales or have more than a tiny effect on prices . |
| 2 | This is done as soon as some function is declared ( the simplest necessary declaration is that some solid entities are being entered ) and some volume exists , ie geometric entities that give more than a single coordinate value in each orthogonal direction . |
| 3 | Ron Evans had the idea that we should interview her in a terrace street that bore more than a passing resemblance to the famous TV set . |
| 4 | This will mean adjusting the time outbound , and allowing more than a single drift on the outbound leg . |
| 5 | This rare and peculiar fossil looks rather like a sea-lily without arms , and has more than a passing resemblance to a tennis racket ! |
| 6 | If you see and screen more than a certain target number of patients you will get paid more . ’ |
| 7 | James Boiling also returned career-best figures in that game , and deserves more than a regular one-day place . |
| 8 | Further , the failure of the police and courts to prosecute and convict more than a small proportion of rapists means that there is little effective legal deterrent . |