Example sentences of "[vb past] more [subord] [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We obtain a national picture of crime and people 's attitudes towards it from the three BCS , but for their critics these surveys have emphasised this national picture at the expense of the inner cities , which suffered more than their fair share of crime . |
| 2 | It is arguable that Russia suffered more than her fair share of famine and plague , and her wooden cities were again and again ravaged by fire . |
| 3 | Blumler also suggested that parliamentary television was markedly bipartisan , paying relatively little attention to the Liberal Democrats and Members of other smaller parties , but analysis of the actuality contributions of various participants shows that they received more than their proportionate strength in the House ; Liberal Democrats were given 4.3% of total actuality contributions and took part on 7.8% of contribution occasions . |
| 4 | Tremayne made more than his usual fuss over Fiona , sensing some sort of turmoil , telling her comfortably that Mackie had just come back from Ascot races where he 'd sent a runner for the apprentice race which had proved a total waste of time . |
| 5 | Thus Norway sent two-thirds of its population increase to the United States , surpassed only by the unfortunate Irish who sent more than their entire increase abroad : the country lost population consistently in every decade after the Great Famine of 1846–7 . |
| 6 | It is also true that the twentieth century list contained more than its fair share of abnormal personalities . |
| 7 | This store always looked most unhygienic and no doubt saw more than its fair share of rats . |
| 8 | They battled tremendously well and earned more than their fair share of chances . |
| 9 | The only aspect of play where 'Mere could be said to have played to their ability was in the lineout where Gibbons and Daly won more than their fair share of ball . |
| 10 | THIS year had more than its fair share of depressing news , but one TV programme managed to make light of it all . |
| 11 | With their mother gone they already had more than their fair share of shopping and cooking . |
| 12 | And there was no escaping the fact that he had more than his fair quota of attraction . |