Example sentences of "[conj] more than [art] " in BNC.

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1 Currently sport occupies a quarter of the BBC 's own production and 17 per cent of its total output , though the fees for broadcasting have risen by as much or more than a thousandfold for certain sports like tennis and golf .
2 The external walls of all buildings are therefore required to have the requisite period of fire resistance , unless the building is placed at , or more than a specified distance from , the boundary .
3 I learned that sex without emotional involvement or more than a fleeting physical attraction was more sad than fulfilling and that ‘ getting even ’ could only motivate me for so long — particularly since my husband was blithely unaware that I was evening the score .
4 In two hours or a little less , it would end , and Thorfinn would come in , a little drunk or more than a little drunk , as he could afford to be only in Caithness and Orkney , and so deliver himself , briefly , into her charge .
5 Take special care with long quoted passages ( more than a couple of sentences or more than a few lines of a poem ) , as a lengthy quotation which is not then followed by detailed analysis and discussion is probably being used ( illegitimately ) as a way of replacing rather than supporting your argument ; you should guide your readers through the significance of what you have selected for their attention .
6 It cost my host , Andrei Nikitenko , one US dollar to park his Lada Riva with central locking and alarm a sum equivalent to 900 roubles or more than a day 's pay for the average Russian .
7 Brontosaurus was 25 metres long and weighed 30 tons , while Brachiosaurus was a long-necked , lizard-hipped creature weighing 80 tons ( or more than the weight of sixteen elephants ) .
8 Constance , her family and friends showed forth their feelings artlessly , with simple language and gestures , seldom seeming aware of any call for emotional discretion or more than the most basic politenesses of society .
9 On the hearing of a debtor 's petition , the court must not make a bankruptcy order where the total of the debtor 's debts would be less than the " small bankruptcies level " , currently £20,000 , the minimum value of the debtor 's assets would be equal to or more than the " minimum amount " , currently £2,000 , the debtor has not been adjudicated bankrupt nor entered into any composition with his creditors or scheme of arrangement within the last five years and it would be appropriate to appoint an insolvency practitioner to prepare a report ( s 273 ) .
10 According to some estimates this amounted to $3,600,000 million , or more than the annual US gross domestic product .
11 In the opposite case where the market value was greater by 15 per cent or more than the theoretical value of the P/E ratio they found that shares underperformed the market .
12 At stake is the undifferentiated circulation of sameness : the difference asserted in experimental media is an ethical and aesthetic imperative as much as or more than an ideological one .
13 This has led the funding bodies ( SERC , NERC , Agricultural and Medical Research Councils ) to introduce a sanctions policy , whereby departments will be penalized , by the withholding of research grants , where more than a given proportion of their students fail to submit theses .
14 This has led the funding bodies ( SERC , NERC , Agricultural and Medical Research Councils ) to introduce a sanctions policy , whereby departments will be penalized , by the withholding of research grants , where more than a given proportion of their students fail to submit theses .
15 Particular attention must be given to the following : ( 1 ) The secrecy obligation is closely linked to Rule 2.2(e) which requires that where more than a very restricted number of people ( ie those in the companies concerned who need to know and their immediate advisers ) are included in pre-offer negotiations or discussions , then an announcement must be made .
16 Local pupils have taken a great interest in the British Gas work , which is bringing gas supplies for the first time to the Bere Alston and Bere Ferrers communities , where more than a third of the 1042 homes in the area have taken up the offer of gas .
17 With risers of nor more than a foot , it will put more interest into the garden than twice the planting in the plain .
18 There was no passion amongst them now , nor more than a vague comprehension of Roxborough 's purpose in forming what he 'd called the Society of the Tabula Rasa , or the Clean Slate .
19 Interestingly , the projected shortfall in the availability of skilled labour has done more for equal opportunity employment than more than a decade of educational programmes .
20 The Ministry of Agriculture 's latest published studies show that more than a quarter of pig kidneys sampled in 1985 had residues of sulphadimidine at average levels 11 times higher than the Government 's safety limits .
21 Nevertheless , it seems to me that more than a few Frenchwomen are carrying powerful foglamps , and are doing a good job of raging against the dying light .
22 The study , by the Greater Glasgow Health Board , revealed that more than a tenth of all newborn babies in Glasgow entered the world with more lead in their blood than is considered safe for adults …
23 The report of that research — Accident risk and behavioural patterns of younger drivers , published last year — showed that more than a third of the men aged 17 to 25 were assessed as ‘ unsafe ’ drivers , and suggested that this had more to do with lifestyle than with driving skills .
24 The most recent studies suggest that more than a third of employers discriminate against black applicants for jobs , and that levels of discrimination are the same for Asian and Afro-Caribbean applicants , for men and women , and vary little between job categories , although previous studies have documented higher levels of racial discrimination in relation to unskilled manual jobs ( Brown and Gay , 1985 ; Smith , 1977 ) .
25 When examined in respect of his own involvement , von Keller denied that more than a few objects had been taken ; and stated that , as to his having appropriated the dormeuse for himself , there was never any question of sharing it .
26 However , of the studies I have mentioned it would be difficult to claim that more than a handful fulfilled the criteria I mentioned earlier : both ( a ) respected as an original scholarly contribution within its own discipline and ( b ) could clearly not have been done without a computer .
27 It is unlikely that more than a tiny proportion of farms will attain the bureaucratic structure associated with agribusinessmen farmers , but they are regarded suspiciously as possible Trojan horses introducing alien patterns of labour relations into the countryside .
28 The report reveals that more than a third of all regular smokers will be killed by their habit and whilst men are giving up more women are smoking .
29 ‘ As yet , there is no proof that more than a few score permanent jobs will be created by the industry , ’ she said .
30 ‘ As yet , there is no proof that more than a few score permanent jobs will be created by the industry .
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