Example sentences of "[prep] a more than " in BNC.
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| 1 | The prayer was answered and , says John , ‘ he had all his lifetime after a more than ordinary fear of God and His presence ’ . |
| 2 | It is of a more than usually splendid birthday party , of jolly music , beer and sausages , goose-stepping , displays of rocket transporters and President Gorbachev saying ( without mentioning his loaded off-the-cuff remarks , or those by his spokesman , Gennady Gerasimov ) all the right things about West German revanchism . |
| 3 | Opportunities for informal contacts and the exchange of information and experiences are , in consequence , extensive , and they probably serve the individualistic-minded members of this particular labour force as a more than satisfactory substitute for trade unions . |
| 4 | This Spring , BBC2 is televising a Primetime production of one of the great theatrical stagings of the 1980s — Trevor Nunn 's landmark production of Othello , with Willard White in the title-role , Ian McKellen as Iago , and Imogen Stubbs as a more than usually childlike Desdemona . |
| 5 | A real page-turner , with a more than satisfying conclusion . |
| 6 | I also like it because it does n't offer any false promises of amazing results ; instead , what it has to offer is a reasonably priced , workable upgrade from four tracks to eight with a more than creditable end result ( as long as the guidelines in the manual and certain obvious rules are observed ) . |
| 7 | England 's Nigel Redman gets beats the Eagles ' Chuck Tunnacliffe ( left ) and Norm Mottram ( black headband ) to the ball with a more than a little help from prop Jason Leonard as England beat the USA 37–9 in their World Cup Pool One clash . |
| 8 | The guests must be persuaded to return to the restaurant , where it is imperative they be served with a more than satisfactory meal and be completely pacified . |
| 9 | His first significant speech was in August 1625 , when he opposed a grant of subsidies and suggested that proper enforcement of the recusancy laws would provide the king with a more than adequate revenue . |
| 10 | With a more than halving of losses in the second quarter to $48.7m ( 1992 : $100.2m loss ) , the worldwide underwriting deficit at the mid year was down by $106.2m from $235.2m ( representing 12.3% of premiums ) to $129.0m ( 6.1% of premiums ) , a reduction due largely to a substantial improvement in the UK result . |
| 11 | Tuppe returned to Peter 's Pets , composing as he did an improbable yarn about animal rights activists and the forcible abduction of a furry fish , into a more than plausible truth . |
| 12 | A little to the west of Casa Litta is the church of San Vito al Pasquirolo , a church in a more than usually pretty Baroque style that once stood in meadow land , its position explaining the name — ‘ San Vito in the pasture ’ . |
| 13 | To write a novel is to conduct imaginary personages through imaginary space and time in a way that will be simultaneously interesting , perhaps amusing , surprising yet convincing , representative or significant in a more than merely personal , private sense . |
| 14 | I still wanted to believe that he had been fooling me , or testing my credulousness in a more than averagely cruel manner . |