Example sentences of "more than [adv] [art] [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the effect of this series of pessimistic changes was to more than double the estimates for wave power up to a range of 8–12 p/kWh . |
| 2 | Even before last week 's double blitz the Compensation Agency for Northern Ireland was facing record pay-outs this year — more than double the total for 1991–92 . |
| 3 | Prior to World War I , infant mortality rates in the workhouses were more than double the rate for the entire population . |
| 4 | Trading profits in the communications division were more than double the figure for the first half year thanks to the cost control programme . |
| 5 | As a sociolinguist Stubbs sees reading , for instance , as more than simply a mechanism for decoding written into spoken words : he prefers to concern himself with understanding meaning , pointing out that ‘ we do not normally read meaningless material ’ ( ibid. p. 15 ) . |
| 6 | In almost every other respect , certainly , the Celtic Church appears to have been something more than simply a repository for Nazarean thought — as Nestorian Christianity was , for example . |
| 7 | Your eurocheque card is much more than just a support for your eurocheques . |
| 8 | More than just a facelift for BMW 's most important model , the new 3-series marks a fundamental change of direction |
| 9 | The haircut , however , evolved into far more than just a one-off for a TV series . |
| 10 | This little rebellion annoyed the orthodox Communists , but maybe not the voters : the three rebels , all well known , provide voters with an assurance that the United Left is more than just a front for unreconstructed Communists . |
| 11 | But was it ever more than just a project for a project ? |
| 12 | This is the pub as social institution , so much more than just a place for drinking . |
| 13 | Launer , which carries the Royal Warrant , offers far more than just the style for which the Queen is famous . |
| 14 | More than likely the explanation for such results lay simply in the fact that the elderly , institutionalized patients who formed Cameron 's subjects were so pleased to be noticed and made a fuss of in experiments of this sort that their memories improved as a consequence . |