Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] more [subord] [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They comprise some 21 per cent of rural housing stock on average , and Shucksmith ( 1981 ) indicates that , during 1968–73 in England and Wales there were usually more than double the number of local authority houses being built per 1,000 population in urban than in rural districts . |
| 2 | Even 17.8 per cent , however , was still more than double the growth of average earnings over that period . |
| 3 | Now that I 'd definitely decided to welcome the baby , I 'd have to start planning with a bit more efficiency than in the past , when , so far as one could see , I had been working vaguely on the basis that God would provide ; and why the hell He should in a case like this was probably more than even the most devout believer could have told me . |
| 4 | But such an identification was probably more than merely an exercise in wish-fulfilment by the ego on behalf of the id . |
| 5 | Chief Inspector was slightly more than just a copper , Meredith thought wryly , amused at his apparent self abasement . |