Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [prep] more than [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nicaragua was an American obsession and a dream , a proving-ground for ideology , and had been so for more than a century . |
| 2 | How has it been for yourself , obviously you 've been here with your children , your husband 's been away for more than a month , in Iraq , there must have been er terrible thoughts going through you mind at certain times ? |
| 3 | I had n't been there for more than a minute when the skipper bellowed : ‘ This is melanoma country , mate . |
| 4 | Those papers have been there for more than a century . |
| 5 | No war correspondent , however , could have described the gloom that pervaded the air , or the look of hopelessness ingrained on the faces of anyone who had been there for more than a few days . |
| 6 | The sculpture of Medardo Rosso is also worth more than a passing glance . |
| 7 | It is not the fact that a coin is often worth more than the value of the bullion it contains . |
| 8 | But lovely Leslie soon lifted the lid on her co-star 's antics for the camera — and made it clear she was there in more than an ad-visor-y capacity . |