Example sentences of "be [adj] [prep] more than [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are 5,733 empty council houses , almost 2,000 of which have been empty for more than a year . |
| 2 | We shall continue to put pressure on local authorities with stock that has been empty for more than a year . |
| 3 | It 's been women-only for more than a century . |
| 4 | Equally importantly , those which were remembered appear to have been unusual in more than the fact that they were busier than other situations , risk appears to have had a quite separate effect . |
| 5 | The Soviet Union has now been a socialist state for more than sixty years : many countries in Western Europe have been socialist for more than a quarter century ; and Asia has not only the Chinese experiment in socialism but other countries in Asia , Africa and the Americas have experimented with socialism . |
| 6 | Nearly one million people have been JOBLESS for more than a year and personal BANKRUPTCIES soared by a third to more than 16,000 in the six months to June . |
| 7 | Local schools , for example , might be involved in more than an annual carol service . |
| 8 | But that 's not such a bad deal for customers because the law does n't allow any pack to be underweight by more than a small amount . |
| 9 | Since then , observed levels of legal abortion can not be responsible for more than a fifth of the decline in legitimate fertility , although its impact of illegitimate births is greater . |
| 10 | If you have any surplus seeds such as peas , beans , lupins — all nitrogen fixers — then sow them if the ground is going to be vacant for more than a few weeks . |
| 11 | The husband who bought them to placate her may not be aware of more than the fact that they are red ( the wife too , come to think of it , if she was only signalling forgiveness ) . |
| 12 | In your sexual relations with other people , you need to be aware of more than the behavioural aspects . |
| 13 | Problems usually arise because many reef species are capable of more than a little antisocial behaviour — and it is difficult to lay down precise guidelines regarding their compatibility because marine fish , like people , are individuals and do n't necessarily conform to generalised behaviour patterns . |
| 14 | But Schatzman 's point , like my own , is concerned with more than the ‘ physicalistic ’ character of speech heard or overheard in childhood . |
| 15 | The full basic pension for a man or woman ( April 1992/93 ) is £54.15 a week , £86.70 for a married couple ( unless your spouse is entitled to more than the £32.55 spouse 's addition on his/her own contributions , in which case you will receive more ) . |
| 16 | It frightens me , sir — I 've been frightened for more than a week now , and I just ca n't go on any longer . ’ |
| 17 | In fact , a draft of the report of group I — on the effects of acid rain on the environment — has been ready for more than a year . |
| 18 | The fire had been dead for more than a day . |
| 19 | Similarly , if I treat someone 's urgent need of money solely as an opportunity to buy cheap from him , you may well doubt whether I am aware of more than the fact that he is in trouble , and try to rouse me from my callousness : ‘ How would you feel if I did that to you ? ’ |
| 20 | It was concerned with more than the effing and blinding of other ranks or what Cyril Connolly published in Horizon . |
| 21 | As a result of that demoralising experience Biggs was inactive for more than a year , a cut eye then leading to a stoppage against Francesco Damiani , the Italian he defeated in the Olympic final . |