Example sentences of "[vb base] more than a [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Today , of course , the process is mechanized ; four hundred razor-sharp cutting discs slice more than a yard of cloth in one swift pass . |
| 2 | Glancing back through what I have written so far , I detect more than a note of cynicism . |
| 3 | But though such temperate-zone parasites can be unpleasant and dangerous — Lyme disease can kill — they rarely affect more than a handful of people . |
| 4 | So if you 've more than a mite of sense you 'll point your base somewheres else . |
| 5 | Cars , trucks , planes and boats currently contribute more than a quarter of the annual greenhouse gases worldwide , a percentage that is likely to increase . |
| 6 | You need more than a bowl of water to solve your , to salve your conscience and to , and to be free from innocent blood . |
| 7 | Though of course Müller-Claudius 's ‘ sample ’ was hardly a representative one , the responses have more than a ring of plausibility about them , and , coming from Nazis who had been in the Party since before Hitler 's ‘ seizure of power ’ , can be extended a fortiori to ‘ non-organized ’ Germans . |
| 8 | Its fine architecture decorated with giant banded pilasters have more than a hint of northern Mannerism in spite of the fact that they were finished as late as 1653 . |