Example sentences of "[conj] [v-ing] more than [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 ? |
| 6 | 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 . |