Example sentences of "[adv] more [subord] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The point is worth considering for a moment , partly because it is of relevance to greatly more than the present conceptual issue . |
| 2 | Deep sleep appears to be a response to our life-style and reflects the amount of prior wakefulness much more than the time of day when sleep is taken . |
| 3 | He stood out among them not only because he had a surer command of his people at home , but also because Cuba is where it is , so the Russians helped him much more than the rest . |
| 4 | If someone is given too much change in a supermarket , for instance , they might keep the money claiming that they need it much more than the supermarket does and , anyway , nobody would find out . |
| 5 | The job was n't arduous , but she knew that gradually she was taking on much more than the advertisement had suggested and she sensed that the main anxiety of their life was whether she would stay . |
| 6 | ‘ But I walk a fine line of ambiguity because I 'm also reaching a straight audience who need the education much more than the gay audience . |
| 7 | Nevertheless , in terms of practical results , the deforestation of vast areas of Brazil affects the rest of the world much more than the oppression and murder of relatively small numbers of people . |
| 8 | But The Orb are much more than the sum of their parts . |
| 9 | The mood had changed by the end of the Sixties , and became more romantic , more allusive , softer and with many references to the past , which suited Lagerfeld 's handwriting much more than the brash futuristic Sixties looks had done . |
| 10 | With a proper programme of training , based on what we know from human athletes and extended by our own work , it should be possible to increase the performance of young horses much more than the empirical methods most trainers use . ’ |
| 11 | Ami Pro 3.0 uses the mouse much more than the previous version . |
| 12 | We have increased expenditure on crime prevention and the police much more than the previous Labour Government , who cut it by 3 per cent . |
| 13 | Perhaps more than the end of work , these had continued to spell riches and freedom . |
| 14 | The last sort of objection , perhaps more than the others , consists in certain alternative views . |
| 15 | It was perhaps more than the chill air that flushed the parson 's cheeks as he bent to fasten his skates . |
| 16 | Last year GM 's turnover was $123.6bn ( £77bn ) — comfortably more than the gross domestic product of a good few developing countries . |
| 17 | Private investors account , on average , for about 20 per cent of the equity of privatised companies — scarcely more than the market norm . |
| 18 | Only thirty-four had been to other secondary schools , scarcely more than the number from the second most popular public school , Harrow . |
| 19 | In the time we had been there I had learnt scarcely more than the theatre and the streets about our lodgings . |
| 20 | Over a long period then , the cost of elections was still more than the cost of the permanent organization , and this cost was so great as to rule out all but a tiny minority . |
| 21 | I believe that perhaps the best example is an accident which attracted hardly more than the most casual public attention . |
| 22 | In the case of the working class — possibly more than the middle class — the unemployment of families and the depressed economic conditions that prevailed during the inter-war years encouraged the reduction of family size , even though there were still many areas where the birth rate remained high or increased , almost oblivious of the economic conditions . |
| 23 | Rome had probably more than the average number of beggars . |
| 24 | This is slightly more than the distance that most pilots would like for a spot landing at the gliding site because you need a little more time for the approach in a strange place . |
| 25 | The 200 must be perceived as a refined car , if Rover is to justify charging slightly more than the going rate for its class . |
| 26 | Leapor is given 22 full pages , slightly more than the Countess of Winchilsea [ see ECWP , 194–217 and 4–26 ] . |
| 27 | These figures show that the project cost slightly more than the estimated amount saved in Ipswich , and about £16,000 — £18,000 more in Newham ( where the amount spent on support workers was much higher ) . |
| 28 | The North African wild cat weighs only slightly more than the average moggie . |
| 29 | However , he is not an unmitigated success , giving the show something slightly more than the banality of most sitcoms . |
| 30 | Booths were competitively priced at $3,200 for a 120-square-foot space , slightly more than the Wilson fair , and slightly less than the Lester fair where the minimum rental is 288 square feet . |