Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] more than a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | True , this remedy contains more than an element of ‘ big brother ’ and it may be that it does no more than turn the criminals away from the areas covered by the cameras ' eyes . |
| 2 | ROWLAND S HOWARD These Immortal Souls ' Australian exile recounts more than a decade on the musical edge … |
| 3 | Alex Miller 's team asked no questions of a drastically altered Ibrox side containing more than a smattering of Rangers ' impressive reserve strength . |
| 4 | Neither side had more than a couple of scoring chances in the first half , and Ecchinswell took advantage of the first of these , breaking through after dispossessing Martin Whiddett on the sideline and finding a vast opening in the Alton defence . |
| 5 | But the exiled soldier wanted more than a place to stay : he wanted , to a Peter Pan-ish degree , everything as it had been in his childhood home . |
| 6 | Then too , Sun has more than a touch of the ‘ not invented here ’ syndrome . |
| 7 | Sketching out the good and bad side of human nature … cartoons get a fleeting glance in daily papers … but for many there 's a more serious side … the cartoonists work raises more than a smile . |
| 8 | In the case of Sheffield City Council v A.D.H. Demolition Ltd the Divisional court of the queens bench made it clear , for the first time in a reported case , that ‘ premises ’ within s.1(1) of the 1968 Act covered more than a building standing on a particular piece of ground , but did include a vacant site . |
| 9 | The concentration of chloride in interstitial water in the unsaturated zone is a chemical record that represents recharge to the saturated zone covering more than a century . |
| 10 | But there are too few projects like Cleevedon , and too little money to help more than a handful of youngsters every year . |
| 11 | There is also initial reluctance to spare more than an hour , though experience shows that interviewees will find time for three or four more sessions . |
| 12 | The announcement ended more than a week of consultation and speculation about the scope of the mission during which the administration won UN backing for the operation and sought to involve its allies . |
| 13 | Radio signalling made more than a debut , helping toward the achievement of one of the decade 's miracles , not only the survival but with greater expectation of long life of much of the Highland lines and many more . |
| 14 | As a rough guide , if a fever persists more than a day or two in a child under 2 years then consider seeking advice . |
| 15 | The complex was rebuilt after a firebomb attack more than a year ago , and its owners certainly have made the most of the opportunity . |
| 16 | On the foreign exchanges , the mark fell more than a pfennig against the dollar and dropped against the currencies of West Germany 's partners in the EMS exchange-rate mechanism . |
| 17 | I do n't think Father played more than a couple of games of golf thereafter and he spent the next twenty years in pursuit of trout , salmon and sea-trout ; never happier than when he was waist-deep , regardless of time of year or weather . |
| 18 | With the engines as well , this train covered more than a quarter of a mile standing still . |
| 19 | We must remember , however , that today 's uprating comes more than a year after the Conservative leadership coup and that there can be no excuse for the provisions . |
| 20 | The British system of government involves more than a network of departments headed by ministers . |
| 21 | The Maastricht Treaty represents more than a consolidation of the process of centralisation in the EEC . |
| 22 | True , this is on one of those detested and expensive 0898 numbers but I am assures that Directus keep the message as succinct as possible and that is rare for a call to last more than a minute . |
| 23 | The couple 's romance started more than a year ago when Stuart wed Lisa 's mother . |
| 24 | If James II were to recapture his throne , it would have to be by force , as the result of a successful foreign invasion , but William 's government proved more than a match , putting down the Jacobite rebellions in Scotland and Ireland , and defeating the prospect of a French-backed invasion with victory at La Hogue in 1692 . |
| 25 | Second , the duty involves more than a duty of obedience . |
| 26 | The list includes more than a quarter of the noctuid moths and ichneumonid wasps on the British list , a third or more of the hoverflies ( Syrphidae ) , butterflies and bumblebees , more than half the Serphidae ( also wasps ) , and six cf the seven social wasps ( Vespidae ) . |
| 27 | This means that the breeding cycle takes more than a year to complete , with the result that the birds are unable to breed every year . |
| 28 | Ebullient in character , a Nobel laureate retaining more than a touch of the New York kid , Feynman is keenly interested in teaching physics as well as creating it . |
| 29 | Wytch Farm proved more than a match for Savills , the property services and estate management consultants to BPX , during a friendly game of cricket in August . |
| 30 | However , even given that restriction , the report gave more than a nod and a wink in the direction of the collective security that trade unions could provide if they nominated members of safety committees . |