Example sentences of "[noun sg] more than [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many garden centres offer a great deal more than the stock range of houseplants , I have seen unusual specimens like daturas laden with superbly scented flowers , anthuriums ( aptly named the flamingo flower ) , streptocarpus , the new pot gerberas ( huge flowers in fabulous colours ) and the much improved New Guinea hybrid impatiens . |
| 2 | Yesterday 's denoument will also turn out to be good for Edwards , who will be able to sell his stake for a good deal more than the £10m on offer . |
| 3 | Economic globalization implies a great deal more than the development of extensive trade links . |
| 4 | It was an age of militarism , though not yet of popular militarism ; its wars and battles were a good deal more than the courtly and rather ineffective rituals which some historians have tended to imagine . |
| 5 | Here was this young creature , beautiful and restless , married to a man almost old enough to be her grandfather , and apparently setting out to make the very best of it , too , with no signs of regret or self-pity ; but the prospect of having a girl of her own age in the house , even for a few days , might well matter to her a great deal more than the extension and acceptance of a mere conventional politeness . |
| 6 | THE sum of the parts is sometimes worth a good deal more than the whole . |
| 7 | For Guinnessness and Irishness go hand in hand , or glass in hand , and mean a good deal more than an island of soft green hues and a drink that 's a subtle black and white . |
| 8 | Nothing has broken the isolation more than the light aircraft . |
| 9 | Jo and Tina were chauffeured every day to a small exclusive private school for the cosseted daughters of those Bel Air families who valued high moral standards and hard work more than the pretence of being regular folks . |
| 10 | The findings indicated there was probably no major savings in efficiency to be made which would produce a commercial charge more than the present public authority cost . |
| 11 | The erm , yes these and it started to be like warfare more than a game you know at that stage but hopefully now we 're getting back to some sort of sanity with the membership cards you know , because we , the crowd is segregated from the away supporters now and that 's cos if Walsall go into the second division again they 'll have to spend so much I believe on the ground to cage the away supporters in which they do n't have to do in the third division . |
| 12 | If the marriage between small businesses and financiers is to have a happy ending , the couple need more than a guiding hand from a few enthusiasts dedicated to their cause . |
| 13 | The playgroup leasers support this petition and say that they would have a valuable role preparing the children for nursery education , feeling that the children at four plus need more than the s playgroup can offer . |
| 14 | Forty one per head more than the average of all comparable Authorities . |
| 15 | was wanting each other more than the rest |
| 16 | ‘ Well , I moved out , came to live here in a rented house I ca n't really afford , Susan sold the flat , which seemed a bit more than a symbolic act , I continued to love her and miss her , I tried to understand what she felt and hoped it was something she 'd eventually work through so that we could be together again . |
| 17 | ‘ I might make a little bit more than a social worker and I get to enjoy myself with my clients ’ . |
| 18 | Ken Russell 's production is certainly easy on the eye , but fans are expecting a bit more than a well-turned ankle . |
| 19 | I 've been doing fair bit more than a lot of them because they |
| 20 | When Chelsea wanted a bit more than the £2.5million United offered for Andy Townsend , the club pulled out of the deal . |
| 21 | That 's a bit more than the others , so keep stumm about it . ’ |
| 22 | It takes a bit more than the tuppence for paper and string which contented the children in Mary Poppins to make one of these . |
| 23 | I 've told you , we ca n't afford a penny more than the asking price . ’ |
| 24 | I think I shall have to get is a decent FM radio , I use a radio more than a tape actually in the car , but mine 's only a long medium wave job . |
| 25 | Community care requires a lot more than a syringe . |
| 26 | And there is a lot more than a little . |
| 27 | Some hot lemon drinks contain only a painkiller as the active ingredient and these can cost a lot more than an unbranded painkiller . |
| 28 | But it would have taken a lot more than the doctor 's understandable caution to dispel the general euphoria . |
| 29 | If Mr Kaifu fails to revive the parliamentary bill designed to support the anti-Iraq forces in the Gulf , the Americans are likely to ask for a lot more than the $4 billion Japan has so far promised to contribute towards the growing expenses there . |
| 30 | Should a victim die , they could find their good samaritan act has cost them a lot more than the penny which was paid to the Jericho-Jerusalem Motel . |