Example sentences of "and more than [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Inclusion criteria were the classical clinical findings of acute pancreatitis ( abdominal pain and tenderness , nausea , and vomiting ) and more than a twofold increase in urinary amylase activity ( in 34 patients the increase was more than threefold ) .
2 Finally he lowered the papers on to the desk and whistled through his teeth in astonishment , and more than a little dismay .
3 Joanne and the other members of the team of teachers working with the intake year embarked on the new curriculum with a good deal of enthusiasm and more than a little apprehension .
4 One or two of the instructions are ambiguous , some of the parts do not fit together as they are supposed to and more than a little initiative is required to complete the project .
5 It was uncanny and more than a little unnerving to watch : the perfect hunter at work .
6 After two months of solid work and more than a little imagination , John and Jenny have created a marvellous centrepiece for their home .
7 THERE IS a paranoiac frisson , and more than a little insight , to be had from the thought that we humans are not really in control of our own fates , and that someone or something is using us .
8 All the competitors agreed that they had a challenging game and more than the usual number of wet balls and soggy bunkers ! !
9 It was the notion of literariness that made Russian Formalism scientific and systematic , and more than an eclectic set of insights into the workings of literature .
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