Example sentences of "more [subord] slightly [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it is more than slightly worrying to find it still rampant in a largish UK company . |
| 2 | This was a more than slightly retouched version of his record . |
| 3 | ‘ Though no doubt Quirinus would be more than slightly curious as to our errand in the Greshorns . |
| 4 | I do not overlook De Gourmont 's plea for a meeting of the nations but I do believe that when they meet Paris will be more than slightly abashed to find parodies of the middle ages , Dante and Langue D'Oc foisted upon it as the best in United States poetry . |
| 5 | The nurses were well trained in dealing with rich patients who were used to doing as they pleased and often disliked accepting the discipline of routine ; they knew that the very old , the alcoholics , and the more than slightly batty patients ( called ‘ eccentric ’ ) had to be carefully supervised . |
| 6 | However , we think that Club Couples should be more than slightly special , and to this end our Couples Clubreps will be on hand with a few ideas , designed with a slightly more subdued mood in mind . |
| 7 | The voice was slightly husky , slightly slurred , and more than slightly disturbing . |