Example sentences of "[be] [adj] [prep] more [subord] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are 5,733 empty council houses , almost 2,000 of which have been empty for more than a year . |
| 2 | We shall continue to put pressure on local authorities with stock that has been empty for more than a year . |
| 3 | It 's been women-only for more than a century . |
| 4 | The Soviet Union has now been a socialist state for more than sixty years : many countries in Western Europe have been socialist for more than a quarter century ; and Asia has not only the Chinese experiment in socialism but other countries in Asia , Africa and the Americas have experimented with socialism . |
| 5 | Nearly one million people have been JOBLESS for more than a year and personal BANKRUPTCIES soared by a third to more than 16,000 in the six months to June . |
| 6 | But that 's not such a bad deal for customers because the law does n't allow any pack to be underweight by more than a small amount . |
| 7 | Since then , observed levels of legal abortion can not be responsible for more than a fifth of the decline in legitimate fertility , although its impact of illegitimate births is greater . |
| 8 | If you have any surplus seeds such as peas , beans , lupins — all nitrogen fixers — then sow them if the ground is going to be vacant for more than a few weeks . |
| 9 | Problems usually arise because many reef species are capable of more than a little antisocial behaviour — and it is difficult to lay down precise guidelines regarding their compatibility because marine fish , like people , are individuals and do n't necessarily conform to generalised behaviour patterns . |
| 10 | It frightens me , sir — I 've been frightened for more than a week now , and I just ca n't go on any longer . ’ |
| 11 | In fact , a draft of the report of group I — on the effects of acid rain on the environment — has been ready for more than a year . |
| 12 | The fire had been dead for more than a day . |
| 13 | As a result of that demoralising experience Biggs was inactive for more than a year , a cut eye then leading to a stoppage against Francesco Damiani , the Italian he defeated in the Olympic final . |