Example sentences of "[noun] [adj] more [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Under the Prime Minister 's leadership , in the last 12 months alone more than 800,000 jobs have gone and during that period the number of people in employment in Britain has gone down by 800,000 . |
| 2 | And though the surprise early closing of the bar peeved more than one punter ( and certainly one reviewer ) , the blasting semi-hardcore rendition of ‘ Bad Motorcycle ’ sent all home with a smile of their lips . |
| 3 | And though the surprise early closing of the bar peeved more than one punter ( and certainly one reviewer ) , the blasting semi-hardcore rendition of ‘ Bad Motorcycle ’ sent all home with a smile of their lips . |
| 4 | Is n't the House of Commons looking more and more like his Temple of Doom ? |
| 5 | ‘ They care about their promises to Anchor International more than their duty to the people , ’ he said . |
| 6 | Mr Gilchrist , 52 , formerly joint managing director of Leyland Daf , told a news conference : ‘ In the last 24 hours alone more than 30 legal contracts have been finalised and signed . ’ |
| 7 | The figures given by Vermeij ( 1976 ) suggest that N. lapillus more than 25 mm long are safe from even large shore crabs , Carcinus maenas , and velvet swimming crabs , Liocarcinus puber , ( Table 6 ) . |
| 8 | On any given day sonic booms rattle the land near Edwards Air Force Base , while soldiers practising tank battles at Fort Irwin leave dust clouds visible more than a hundred miles away . |
| 9 | During this century alone more than 83 000 Cape Verdians have died of starvation — an astonishingly high proportion of the population . |
| 10 | This is her first live appearance in Britain — the country responsible more than any other for creating the Kylie phenomenon . |
| 11 | Income from the TV Times jumped from £1.4million to £2.1million with interest receivable more than doubling to £3.2million . |