Example sentences of "more [subord] [adv] [art] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Is it because all the people who have lived here have left little bits of themselves behind , so that it has become more than just a shelter against the wind and the rain ? |
| 2 | And Liberal leader Paddy Ashdown 's popularity actually increased after the revelation that he 'd dipped more than just a toe into the typing pool . |
| 3 | Nevertheless , it has taken more than just a pinch of the new S-class 's style with its first real attempt at a grille , cut down into the front bumper . |
| 4 | But nervousness and vacillation over direct state intervention was more than just a problem of administration . |
| 5 | Is he more than just a basher of indifferent bowling , of which there is currently plenty ? |
| 6 | In de Gaulle 's mind , the empire was more than just a source of potential recruits . |
| 7 | There was more than just a matter of fifty years separating her life from that of Johnny Latimer . |
| 8 | Everything here was different and therefore better : the stiff-backed brass taps , the cut of the banister , the genuine oil paintings ( we had a genuine oil painting too , but not as genuine as that ) , the library which somehow was more than just a roomful of books , the furniture old enough to have woodworm in it , and the casual acceptance of inherited things . |
| 9 | Having you family portrait done by a professional photographer gives you more than just a reminder of what your children looked like as they grew up , because a professional has all the best equipment necessary for a top-quality portrait . |
| 10 | But the speech was more than just an attack on the Commission , for it was also an astute defence of his good name and reputation . |
| 11 | Company liquidation figures have been more than double the level of a year before , with about half the companies dying within the first five years . |
| 12 | Investment activity by unit was more than double the percentage of North Side units contained by the neighbourhood . |
| 13 | The ministers approved a budget of 192,000,000 ECU for the period to 1992 , more than double the award for the expiring two-year phase ; they also agreed to open talks with the EFTA members with a view to extending the scheme . |
| 14 | Meanwhile , the bank said it will more than double the cost of counter charges for providing services for those who do not have an account or investment with the bank or financial services division . |
| 15 | The acquisition of Caradon , whose brands embrace Twyfords , Mira showers and Everest double glazing , will more than double the size of MB Group 's building products business which feature Stelrad and Henrad radiators , Ideal boilers and Stelrad Doulton sanitary ware . |
| 16 | The largest city in the world in 2000 will be Mexico City with a population of some 24.4 millions , more than double the size of any city in 1960 except New York . |
| 17 | That will more than double the size of the market to 2.5 trillion RPMs in 2005 . |
| 18 | That would more than double the income for the exchequer next year providing two point three billion pounds . |
| 19 | For the year , revenues were $140m , up 10% , more than double the rate of growth of the workstation market as a whole ; profit and loss details were not given . |
| 20 | The annual growth in the number of patients treated , at 1.9 per cent per year , was more than double the rate of growth in spending ( Robinson 1991 ) . |
| 21 | It 's up to one pound eighty two , an increase of eight per cent , more than double the rate of inflation . |
| 22 | All told , it will more than double the number of computers in Californian schools . |
| 23 | The proposed development at Meadow House , though not associated with any community , would more than double the number of habitable dwellings in the immediate vicinity . |
| 24 | The will point to his agreement , however reluctantly , to the introduction of the Compaq Grand Slam Cup last year — the ITF 's official end of the season competition — which offered $2m to the winner and $6m overall , more than double the amount on offer at the ATP Championships and which even some of the players , including Boris Becker and John McEnroe , described as exorbitant . |
| 25 | American studies on skin health have indicated that the over-use of steam treatments ( more than twice a week over many months ) can cause ‘ jungle acne ’ — a disorder brought about by the presence of excess moisture in the skin . |
| 26 | In spite of having more than twice the capacity of the old Grassmarket theatre it has been recording 85 per cent audience capacity since opening last year . |
| 27 | The French can supply perfect walnuts , but charge dear ; at £5000 a tonne the price is more than twice the price of California bits , and the reason is that the process is totally unmechanised . |
| 28 | They are largely illiterate , often unemployed , have families more than twice the size of their non-gypsy neighbours ' and live in cement slums without running water . |
| 29 | This is more than twice the size of Trevor Pinnock 's English Concert ( Archiv ) , for example , and substantially larger than Sigiswald Kuijken 's Petite Bande ( Deutsche Harmonia Mundi ) . |
| 30 | The principal excursion is to the churches and ruins of Old Goa , which in the sixteenth century had a population more than twice the size of London . |