Example sentences of "[noun] more [subord] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The computer is very fast ; it can be set to scan the text of journal articles and print out the titles of all which use significant key words more than a stated number of times , and it can be set to tell us how many times Shakespeare used a particular expression , and in each case it can give the results quite astonishingly quickly . |
| 2 | SENIOR defence officials held private talks with Devonport dockyard on securing its future more than a year before the ministry unveiled plans to strip Rosyth of its nuclear refitting work . |
| 3 | By midlife more than a nightly application of cream may be needed to keep feet happy and comfortable . |
| 4 | And nothing appeals to an experienced hunter more than a wounded or somehow disabled prey . |
| 5 | The most romantic period of the whole adventure now followed as , often resembling a ragged beggar more than a would-be king , the young prince moved across to the west coast , hiding in caves and foresters ' huts , until at the end of June he made his most famous journey , ‘ over the sea to Skye ’ , posing as an Irish sewing maid . |
| 6 | It was an admonition more than a reprimand . |
| 7 | External Ba 2+ was left out so that uptake would not depolarize the cell more than a few mV from its -90mV resting potential . |
| 8 | From the 1660s , however , Louis XIV began to press very intransigently pretensions of this kind which had already been raised unsuccessfully by Cardinal Richelieu more than a generation earlier . |
| 9 | All animals more than a few thousand cells big need to have some sort of scaffolding to keep their bodies in shape . |
| 10 | The imprisoned Mr Mandela has met in recent months more than a dozen of the chieftains and assorted dignitaries — his Xhosa wife , Winnie , among them - who were on the podium . |
| 11 | One obvious problem , with implications for any GIS input , is that the effects are highly localized , with little measurable field effect more than a few dozen metres away from the route centre-lines . |
| 12 | A campaign costing five hundred million pounds over three years is underway to combat credit card fraud which cost companies more than a hundred and sixty-five million pounds last year . |
| 13 | At a meeting with the consortium more than a week ago , Caledonian directors said they would help only if they were given a controlling interest in the pit . |
| 14 | The War Wagon itself can sustain 5 wounds as shown on its profile ; this is 2 wounds more than a chariot to take into account its heavier construction . |
| 15 | You had the feeling , when you pictured her , that she looked like a boy more than a woman . |
| 16 | You can drive an Essex girl more than a hundred yards ! |
| 17 | Nothing obscures the outlines of an orchestral passage more than a drum roll on an unrelated note . |
| 18 | Cinzia was beginning to remind Zen more than a little of his wife . |
| 19 | Even in his defence of Needham , Dr Chapman admits that at one mill more than a third of the apprentices died , absconded or had to be returned and only two out of 780 apprentices recruited were later employed as adult workers . |
| 20 | After events at Chelmsford on April 30 poor Scotland probably need a guide-dog more than a Guide . |
| 21 | It weighs 300 grams , 20 grams more than a large man 's heart . |
| 22 | Indeed , he has never really fitted in since Kendall brought him down from Scotland more than a year ago . |
| 23 | I never heard his wife or son exchange more than a few words with him . |
| 24 | Riding on the back of a tempestuous wind , this journey became an epic of its time , being accomplished at a speed which remained unequalled until surpassed by an aeroplane more than a century later . |
| 25 | In the recital series , Demidenko ( inspired by a series given by the great Anton Rubinstein in Russia more than a century ago ) will explore the development of music for piano from the 18th century to the 20th . |
| 26 | This is equivalent to five days ' trading volume on the New York Stock Exchange , 2.5 times more than a couple of years ago . |
| 27 | Dataquest , a market-research company based in California , is now forecasting that a 4-megabit chip will cost barely three times more than a 1-megabit chip by next year ( see chart ) . |
| 28 | Mr Heseltine had accepted the Monopolies and Mergers Commission recommendation that the merger should not be allowed , because it would give the board more than a 50 per cent share of the market . |
| 29 | Its a reunion of two men who last teamed up at Chelsea more than a few years ago . |
| 30 | A DOCUMENTARY programme from NBC-TV in January 1973 , had such an impact that in the following 48 hours more than a quarter of a million copies of the associated book were sold . |