Example sentences of "more than [adv] [art] [adj] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 It was identified as a six gilled shark weighing 315lbs — more than double the current Irish record of 154lbs landed by Essex angler Andrew Bull in 1968 .
2 If you are pregnant , or breastfeeding , for example , you will need more than double the recommended daily amount of calcium .
3 For to say that Jesus was a ‘ rightful king ’ means far more than it might simply in today 's world — far more than just a legitimate inherited position as head , symbolic or otherwise , of a secular state .
4 Should the term mean more than just a circumscribed spatial area ?
5 He said : ‘ The Manchester bid is more than just a superb technical achievement .
6 Still , the Carolingian Renaissance in the mid-ninth century touched far more than just a select clerical few .
7 More than just a few grey hairs here and there .
8 With typical Teutonic thoroughness , the Bölkow 's operating handbook is as comprehensive and useful a document as any I have encountered , with a proper alphabetical index and much more than just the bare minimum information required by the authorities .
9 When Sally got off the bus he was waiting for her , leaning against the bonnet , smoking a cigarette and looking more than ever the dashing young man-about-town .
10 Schrader refers to the short , written out cadenza-like flourish just before the final cadences of the Prelude in F minor BWV534 as a precedent , but this does not seem justification enough , particularly as the cadenza he provides in this case is much more than merely a brief manual flourish .
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