Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] more [conj] " in BNC.

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1 Some of the consequences were outlined in a study released on the eve of the conference by Arthur Andersen Petroleum Services which claimed that 20 per cent of future UK projects had been delayed for more than a year by the cash flow situation and other uncertainties .
2 This policy was not without its critics within the Bolshevik Party , and the Left Communists — among whom was Bukharin — pressed for more and far-reaching measures to be taken against capitalist property .
3 The A grade in computing which may result from the obsession is regarded as more than adequate compensation for the dismal Cs in all other subjects .
4 Although the chance to split votes is from the British standpoint a novelty which a commentator can not ignore , it should not be regarded as more than a minor feature of the WGMS .
5 The Document Examination Laboratory with its cabinets and range of monorail cameras took up what some of his colleagues , notably Edwin Lorrimer , regarded as more than its share of room .
6 No doubt it appealed to his vanity and his ambition to be regarded as more than a mere fiddler ; but after a harrowing year it must have been a decision he bitterly regretted .
7 For him , the " Panopticon principle " ( p 216 ) should be regarded as more than just a particular example of ingenuity in architectural design ; rather : " … it was an event in the " history of the human mind " .
8 But with the spiralling expense of Christmas , crackers are coming to be regarded as more and more of a luxury .
9 They should devote themselves wholly to the problem of making life in South Africa , regarded as more or less a foreign country , bearable for self-respecting British men and women .
10 This is the tone about which least needs to be said , and which is usually regarded as more or less ‘ neutral ’ .
11 But he had wished for more than that .
12 Through George Wigg I became reasonably close to Richard Crossman who consulted me on a number of occasions — I have already described the Spectator libel case — but who , I must confess , turned out to be a disappointment to me , since the reputation he had earned for more than occasional unreliability I found to be entirely justified .
13 The attack took place on April 30th and was not reported for more than a month .
14 Nigel had been very healthy all his life and , apart from a slipped disc and the odd bout of ‘ flu , had never been incapacitated for more than a day or so .
15 When these are considered of more than local importance , they are taken up at a national level .
16 The following afternoon , as she approached the laundry , she wondered what was in store ; and dread , mixed with more than a grain of excitement , gnawed at her innards .
17 To claim that 1 know that my postal code is NW3 2RT is evidently to claim or be committed to more than that 1 believe it .
18 The Micom Communications Corp subsidiary of MB Communications Inc , Lawrence , Pennsylvania has announced a new model in its Marathon range of data and speech network servers which is claimed to more than double the performance of the previous products .
19 The permanent members of the Security Council , who during the cold war were excluded from some operations , are being looked to more and more .
20 They get picked on more than white drivers . ’
21 In 1990 , these amounted to more than half of its Dm25.9 billion budget .
22 On contemporary art sales undoubtedly enduring a difficult period at present he noted that even at the highest point of the market , revenue had not amounted to more than about 20% of the house 's total sales .
23 The show is dominated by more than life-size naked bronze men inspired by the majestic Hellenistic bronze warriors rescued from the sea off southern Italy in the 1970s .
24 * Changes in the UK population structure may had radical effects on the markets for housing , accommodation and personal pension finance , as the age structure of the population becomes dominated by more and more people aged 40 plus .
25 but then if you read the report of the match it said they could have won by more than that , they did all playing they were just unlucky , but he 's pleased with the result
26 This would require that for the same amount of light energy ( measured incident solar radiation has not varied by more than 0.5% since the beginning of the twentieth century ) more carbon is fixed per unit chlorophyll ( the quantum yield has changed ) .
27 Priests in the Tambov area , the centre of peasant revolt in 1921 , reported in 1922 that church attendance had dropped by more than half as compared with pre-1914 .
28 Since the introduction of a differential fee , however , the number of visits in Berkshire undertaken by deputies has dropped by more than half , yet overall numbers have risen steeply .
29 The Tokyo stock market had dropped by more than a fifth in 1990 , with the Nikkei average falling on April 3 by 1,978.38 points to 28,002.07 , a drop of 6.6 per cent , the second largest one-day fall in the exchange 's history and the steepest decline since the crash of October 1987 .
30 In an historic decision to break with Moscow , the Lithuanian Communist Party has voted by more than 5-1 to declare itself an independent party .
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