Example sentences of "[to-vb] more [conj] [det] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This principle , that within each diplomatic rank ( ambassador , minister-resident , etc. ) precedence should be decided merely by seniority , was to lead more than half a century later , by the international convention of 1818 , to a final solution of most of the issues on which for generations so many energies had been expended and so much ink spilt . |
| 2 | Of 32 planned gas-fired power stations , three-quarters are badly designed and likely to waste more than half the gas they use . |
| 3 | In order to travel all together in one compartment , we had to arrive more than half an hour before the train was to start . |
| 4 | To us , the glacier now appeared to lie more than half a mile away from the river , but scrambling across the black gravel of the terminal moraine , we were surprised to find that this rubble concealed the true icy snout . |
| 5 | It was in defence of the presumed ‘ sovereignty ’ of this peculiar nation — a product of the Quai d'Orsay rather than the creation of any Arab national aspiration — that countless thousands were to die more than half a century later . |
| 6 | Hell' she cried , ’ 'I used to get more than that an hour for softening them' . |
| 7 | France agreed to pay more than half the cost of the programme provided that it was entrusted with its production and provided , also , that the rocket remain geared to the commercial needs of the 1980s and early 1990s . |
| 8 | He says that it seemed to take more than half an hour . |
| 9 | Well , I agreed not to speak more than half an hour , but I see that I have been speaking for a little longer than forty-five minutes . |