Example sentences of "[adv] with more [subord] " in BNC.
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1 | These boroughs , like the London borough of Newham , are weighed down with more than their fair share of problems . |
2 | Had they done so with more than ordinary intensity so that they had left behind something of themselves — a persistent aura ? |
3 | Then it will be abolished , along with more than half the country 's other trains . |
4 | He tried to cover his embarrassment by starting to rub his hands together with more than the usual combustive force , and was secretly rather proud of how she had managed to annoy Special Branch and the intelligence services . |
5 | But by the time Rachel arrived at the factory gates the October sunshine was doing its best to struggle through with more than a promise of a fine day to come . |
6 | Daily passenger figures are averaging 100 but weekends are looking up with more than double that figure each afternoon . |
7 | It seems to me that quite a few of our senior British players have had to put up with more than their fair share of criticism in recent years , when perhaps a bit of encouragement might have been more appropriate . |
8 | ‘ Knowing James , you may end up with more than you bargained for . ’ |
9 | Even allowing it the benefit of this doubt , our hypothetical small party would be very unlikely to end up with more than the same percentage of seats , 8.4 , as the Irish party . |
10 | Numbers of influential visitors to Germany , mostly connected with commerce , the aristocracy , or both , came back with more than a little sympathy for what Hitler was achieving . |