Example sentences of "[coord] more than [art] " in BNC.
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| 31 | It was uncanny and more than a little unnerving to watch : the perfect hunter at work . |
| 32 | More than a year since they had last spoken , and more than a week since he had last examined his memory of those meetings . |
| 33 | The smile was still there , but behind it now was a hint of trouble , and more than a hint of tiredness . |
| 34 | Brooks Brothers ' past success was based on the personal touch and more than a soupcon of snobbery . |
| 35 | Unlike true appendages , processes of the body-wall are by no means invariably represented by embryonic counterparts ; they may or may not be segmentally arranged , they may be originally paired or unpaired , and more than a single pair is sometimes borne on a segment . |
| 36 | This was in turn succeeded by a Vietnamese-backed administration in 1979 , headed by the Revolutionary Party of Kampuchea , which failed to secure widespread international recognition and more than a decade later had not yet established effective control of the entire national territory . |
| 37 | Whilst it has been installed at a number of specialist publishers , such as Rhinegold , and more than a few local and regional newspapers , AM has never made much of an effort to actually sell the device on its merits to either the corporate market or the publishing community . |
| 38 | Regarding the Red Lion lunch , the town searched its soul , and more than a century later was still justifying the inedible meal . |
| 39 | A fruit and vegetable mixture with a delicately balanced flavour and more than a hint of summer . |
| 40 | About half these pupils are black and more than a third are girls . |
| 41 | There were many people about working at the common land between the walls , and more than a few seated outside the few inns they passed . |
| 42 | The keys of old harpsichords are indeed often seen to be hollowed ; however , what this suggests is not that Handel had been assiduously practising on it for many years , but rather that ( being at least loo years old when Hawkins saw it ) it had never had the keys replated. 19th-century scholars were intrigued by this tale , and more than a century after Handel 's death embarked on the quest to rediscover the instrument . |
| 43 | Joanne and the other members of the team of teachers working with the intake year embarked on the new curriculum with a good deal of enthusiasm and more than a little apprehension . |
| 44 | ‘ I can only assure you that you have the wrong person , Mr Wyatt ; there are many models , and more than a few work in the Midlands , and several must have other business interests . |
| 45 | One or two of the instructions are ambiguous , some of the parts do not fit together as they are supposed to and more than a little initiative is required to complete the project . |
| 46 | His voice sounded husky and more than a little tired , but it brought her back to the present with painful clarity . |
| 47 | Kate , hurt and more than a bit shattered under his look of acute dislike , felt she had to try to justify her actions . |
| 48 | At this moment , she realised , all she felt was cold and stiff and tired and more than a little queasy . |
| 49 | I 've been a fool and more than a fool . |
| 50 | Lucy felt embarrassed and more than a little annoyed with her aunt . |
| 51 | Inclusion criteria were the classical clinical findings of acute pancreatitis ( abdominal pain and tenderness , nausea , and vomiting ) and more than a twofold increase in urinary amylase activity ( in 34 patients the increase was more than threefold ) . |
| 52 | Shiona looked across at him , touched by his kindness , and more than a little bewildered by it , too . |
| 53 | Leith supposed she must still be feeling shaken at being grabbed at by Alec Ardis , and more than a touch bruised by her dismissal , and the unfairness of it . |
| 54 | Speechless , and more than a little shaken , Paige returned to where she had left her things . |
| 55 | The tiles would be located after dinner when Thomas , who was heavy-lidded and more than a little cranky , had been put to bed . |
| 56 | High levels of unemployment , mortgage arrears and family break-ups are the chief causes of homelessness and more than a third of the properties will be targetted at those groups . |
| 57 | All the competitors agreed that they had a challenging game and more than the usual number of wet balls and soggy bunkers ! ! |
| 58 | The two 19″ × 30″ cylinders with a capacity of approximately 23 litres will give a tractive effort of 33,170lbs , when in steam , the same as a class 52XX , and more than an A3 Pacific or a Castle , although without their top speed . |
| 59 | I simply do not know , at least not if the properties are to be non-trivial , and more than an acceptance of certain machines into the category of human beings by fiat or polite convention . |
| 60 | ‘ Out , ’ said Edwards with a nerve sharpened by cold and more than an hour in the company of Mrs Kathy Grogan . |