Example sentences of "[det] more than the [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Clumping of cones of the same type is apparent , but is this more than the chance aggregation that arises in any random distribution ? |
| 2 | This unofficial ‘ Mk II ’ V8 is much more than the flagship saloon Audi wanted from the start and a fitting testament to a decade of technological advancement . |
| 3 | Yet Nishikikoi themselves are a product of much more than the profit motive . |
| 4 | The idea behind trying to get together with Imperial was to create a world-size food company with , as it happened , tobacco money to back it up , because the cashflow from tobacco is much more than the tobacco business actually requires to sustain it . |
| 5 | In developed countries , the birth rate fluctuates much more than the death rate ( due to social and economic changes ) and is the major cause of difficulty in population projection . |
| 6 | In such circumstances education becomes much more than the dead-end routine it so often seems in the industrialized world . |
| 7 | Two thirds of all Clio sales were conquest sales from buyers who previously owned cars from other manufacturers — much more than the industry average of 50% . |
| 8 | At one extreme ( for instance , when grass-letting ) you can get by with little more than the dwelling house : at the other ( on an intensively-run livestock farm ) special buildings are essential . |
| 9 | So I says to Pete , right , start as we mean to go on , I refuse to pay any more than the cleanup rate . |