Example sentences of "[v-ing] more than a [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another member , Bernard Edwards , entered for the second time with his partner Steve Kenning and achieved the excellent time of 2 hours 34 minutes and a few seconds , knocking more than a quarter of an hour off their time last year . |
| 2 | When the dark blue uniforms of a sergeant and constable appeared in the doorway , they stood out like sore thumbs , causing more than a ripple of interest from the somewhat less than friendly clientele . |
| 3 | Arkwright certainly picked a great spot for his country residence : south facing and above a lazy curve in the river , with the high cliff opposite guaranteeing more than a modicum of privacy , and only five minutes from work ! |
| 4 | At regional level the western states have for months managed to wriggle out of paying more than a fraction of the growing unity bill . |
| 5 | There is always some moisture around , many rocks containing more than a gram of water either crystallised or trapped in the spaces between the rock 's atoms . |
| 6 | Alex Miller 's team asked no questions of a drastically altered Ibrox side containing more than a smattering of Rangers ' impressive reserve strength . |
| 7 | The results for those universities producing more than a total of 10 theses on Scottish geology between 1960 and 1983 are shown ranked as Table 5 — Changes in proportion of Scottish geology theses with time . |
| 8 | The time-consuming nature of Janet 's part in the process , combined with a bad back which prevents her spending more than a couple of hours at the drawing board every day , means she can not keep up with her husband 's prolific output . |
| 9 | Ebullient in character , a Nobel laureate retaining more than a touch of the New York kid , Feynman is keenly interested in teaching physics as well as creating it . |
| 10 | Plus he 's English , which is very important in European games when the UEFA ruling prevents you from fielding more than a couple of non-nationals . |
| 11 | Wearing the latest active weekend wear from Debenhams — the perfect survival kit for every man 's wardrobe — they prove that sporting more than a dash of style is no sweat . |
| 12 | In a way , the fat lady doctor turned sex on to its head and in those prepermissive days when no woman appeared on screen showing more than a couple of inches of cleavage , it was enough . |
| 13 | Amazingly , 1986 has seen a reappearance of the singer-songwriter , with Peter Case , Stan Ridgway and Andy White receiving more than a smattering of applause . |
| 14 | If you 're casting more than a couple of rod-lengths it 's advisable to use a waggler if only to avoid tangles . |
| 15 | He had obtained the auctioneer 's catalogue only a day before the sale and the purported effect of the clause was to relieve the sellers from telling more than a part of the material facts , thereby obliging the buyer to check the remainder for himself . |
| 16 | Teller did not succeed in attracting more than a handful of Oppenheimer 's brilliant team back to Los Alamos to work on the H-bomb . |