Example sentences of "[pron] more [subord] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | The 20 percenters , as they are colloquially known , receive benefits which more than compensate this year for their 20 per cent . |
2 | The international airline business is a fiercely combative arena , where competitors enjoy nothing more than slitting each other 's throats ; Virgin 's tribulations showed the difficulties in allowing it to be governed by free market principles . |
3 | Some aspects of Kuhn 's writings might give the impression that his account of the nature of science is a purely descriptive one , that is , that he aims to do nothing more than to describe scientific theories or paradigms and the activity of scientists . |
4 | In their view it was nothing more than delayed public spending in instalments . |
5 | Nothing delighted him more than to feel twenty-five pairs of eyes fixed upon him . |
6 | The attitude of the church has made it difficult for governments to openly promote birth-control programs , that do anything more than advocate natural methods . |