Example sentences of "[adv] more [subord] [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The health service has its fair share of people who want a quiet life and perhaps more than its fair share of Authority members who , for political reasons , opposed the policy itself . |
| 2 | Every boy charters a hansom and the spectacle of a mite of ten or twelve years , with stick and blue ribbon bow complete , gravely trying to fold his arms on top of the hansom doors above which scarcely more than his top hat is visible is an amusing one … |
| 3 | ‘ My dear Tim , ’ he says , ‘ fifteen thousand dollars is slightly more than my annual pension . ‘ |
| 4 | It was a satisfying sort of job , good for working off frustrations — of which she seemed currently to have rather more than her fair share . |
| 5 | Had Norman Cowans , Ricky Ellcock and Angus Fraser all been healthy , the script would surely have taken its expected course ; as it is , the Middlesex seam attack deserves that ‘ pop-gun ’ tag rather more than its national counterpart . |
| 6 | Likewise , to give the fistula-suffering monarch ( Hugh Ross ) rather more than his fair share of Fisher King-like significance , he is made to stagger about in a stagy , enfeebled agony that could compete with Amfortas 's travails in Parsifal . |
| 7 | This eye-catching hairstyle really suits Debbie 's personality far more than her original style which was quite flat and lacking body . |
| 8 | While Chancellor Kohl 's CDU-CSU alliance holds 309 of the 652 seats , far more than its closest rivals , the Social Democrats , who have 239 , it could not govern without the support of Hans Dietrich-Genscher 's FDP — which is why Genscher has managed to hold on to the post of Foreign Minister for so long . |
| 9 | Trinidad , which now has around a million inhabitants , has also produced far more than its fair share , and it is interesting to note the differences between the two . |
| 10 | Craig Walker now has far more than his native Dublin and its age-barred ghetto to examine and write about . |
| 11 | But still , Coe says he enjoyed writing this one far more than his previous books , and it shows ; The Dwarves of Death is a light and pacey piece of whimsical London noir . |
| 12 | Even more than their magnificent appearance , I think it was the movement of the birds that captivated me — their ability to fly fast or , in the case of the owls , slow and in absolute silence , and pinpoint their prey with breathtaking accuracy , even in total darkness . |
| 13 | The later Wordsworth is usually presented as a very unattractive figure ; the case against his poetry will be examined separately , but what annoys people even more than his apparent repudiation of the principles underlying Lyrical Ballads is his political attitude . |
| 14 | Dusty Hare , true , played as well for England as he did for his club , and deserved to win even more than his 25 caps . |
| 15 | The brilliance of his gaze was almost more than her steeled defences could stand . |
| 16 | A couple of thousand was considerably more than her own car was worth ! |
| 17 | The Ministry was to spend considerably more than its total allocation for the period 1964–69 . |