Example sentences of "[det] than [adv] [adj] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After those cuts , trading profits of the communications division were more than double those in the first half year and marginally ahead of the second half of last year as business held up . |
| 2 | After those cuts , trading profits of the communications division were more than double those in the first half year and marginally ahead of the second half of last year as business held up . |
| 3 | In 1989 , sales of unleaded fuel in Germany were more than double those in the UK . |
| 4 | These omission errors are small compared with the effects of changes in diagnostic criteria : rates in our broad class are more than double those in the probable class . |
| 5 | Kennedy was intent upon leading the Western World with an open-handedness that made Britain no more than just one of the Western European states . |
| 6 | Walker is more than just one of the all-time great middle distance runners , he was a pioneer , a barrier breaker who set new standards of performance and of attitude towards the art of miling . |
| 7 | It is true that Jacob will emerge more than just unscathed from the danger that fills his mind as he returns home . |
| 8 | But by 1989 Jamaica was heavily indebted and more than ever dependent upon the bankers and financiers . |
| 9 | We were more than pleasantly surprised at the result — a pleasant mixture of practical equipment choice and money saving tips . |
| 10 | ‘ Myth is alive at once and in all its parts , and dies before it can be dissected ’ , declared Tolkien , and his statement is more than usually true of The Lord of the Rings , as I have said on p. 100 above . |
| 11 | Yet I can perhaps perform a minimal interpretative function by putting together some of these ‘ mutual ’ sonnets which deal with the act of writing poetry , and in which Shakespeare seems more than usually sensitive to the weight of pronouns . |
| 12 | All the same , her dreamy enjoyment faded and as Felipe was almost smothered by Candace and Mitch was utterly involved with Ana , who refused to be more than primly polite to the new arrivals , Maggie found herself encumbered with Peter Rainford , who sat as close as he could get and set out to entertain her . |
| 13 | Thus , while Tough 's work may provide some interesting ideas for dealing with functional aspects of spontaneous speech , it may be less than entirely satisfactory as a means of obtaining reliable and objective assessment information . |
| 14 | This satisfaction is relative , one or either may emerge less than entirely happy with the result . |