Example sentences of "[coord] more [conj] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The external walls of all buildings are therefore required to have the requisite period of fire resistance , unless the building is placed at , or more than a specified distance from , the boundary . |
| 2 | In the opposite case where the market value was greater by 15 per cent or more than the theoretical value of the P/E ratio they found that shares underperformed the market . |
| 3 | The response rate to a verbal questionnaire can easily be 90% or more but a mailed questionnaire can have a response rate as low as 30% even with follow-up reminders . |
| 4 | There was no passion amongst them now , nor more than a vague comprehension of Roxborough 's purpose in forming what he 'd called the Society of the Tabula Rasa , or the Clean Slate . |
| 5 | Inclusion criteria were the classical clinical findings of acute pancreatitis ( abdominal pain and tenderness , nausea , and vomiting ) and more than a twofold increase in urinary amylase activity ( in 34 patients the increase was more than threefold ) . |
| 6 | Finally he lowered the papers on to the desk and whistled through his teeth in astonishment , and more than a little dismay . |
| 7 | Joanne and the other members of the team of teachers working with the intake year embarked on the new curriculum with a good deal of enthusiasm and more than a little apprehension . |
| 8 | One or two of the instructions are ambiguous , some of the parts do not fit together as they are supposed to and more than a little initiative is required to complete the project . |
| 9 | It was uncanny and more than a little unnerving to watch : the perfect hunter at work . |
| 10 | After two months of solid work and more than a little imagination , John and Jenny have created a marvellous centrepiece for their home . |
| 11 | THERE IS a paranoiac frisson , and more than a little insight , to be had from the thought that we humans are not really in control of our own fates , and that someone or something is using us . |
| 12 | All the competitors agreed that they had a challenging game and more than the usual number of wet balls and soggy bunkers ! ! |
| 13 | It was the notion of literariness that made Russian Formalism scientific and systematic , and more than an eclectic set of insights into the workings of literature . |