Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] more [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It will be hard , as only one in ten succeed in abstaining for more than a year . |
| 2 | Mineral extraction and quarrying were the only other enterprises producing for more than immediate local demand , though practical considerations must generally have limited the distances stone could be transported . |
| 3 | The retailers Carpenter 's have been trading for more than a century . |
| 4 | DRIVING at more than double the speed limit cost a young Newton Valence woman her driving licence . |
| 5 | With Neodata , and its partner on the project , Electronic Data Systems Corp , Kendall Square is working on a project to create the largest production of relational database in the commercial sector , consisting of more than 1Tb of data when it is complete this autumn . |
| 6 | With Neodata , and its partner on the project , Electronic Data Systems Corp , Kendall Square is working on a project to create the largest production of relational database in the commercial sector , consisting of more than 1Tb of data when it is complete this autumn . |
| 7 | What evidence there is on sett size suggest that it does n't necessarily increase with group size , and certainly the four individuals in the Brighton group would hardly seem to need a complex consisting of more than a kilometre of tunnels . |
| 8 | I 'm looking for more than a secretary , you understand . |
| 9 | I have a chance to catch up with all my paper work , do a bit of teaching , work on any horses , and go looking for more if need be . |
| 10 | David Linley , 31 , and 22-year-old Serena , who is the grand-daughter of wealthy Lord Harrington , have been dating for more than a year . |
| 11 | Rory told Jessica about his girlfriend Rosie , not a great deal but nothing too disloyal , while she for her part realised after some moments that she was not listening with more than half an ear , but wondering what she should tell him about Parr . |
| 12 | Rory grimaced , remembering with more than a touch of bitterness Candy 's original theory that Adam had tried to spoil her pleasure in singing because on stage she was public property , and he wanted her for himself . |
| 13 | The Glass-Steagall Act and the McFadden Act prevented banks from operating in more than a few states at a time , and also restricted their scope for involvement in the securities markets and other financial services — areas where their international competitors already had wide powers . |
| 14 | We had not been going for more than half an hour when the driver of the sick man 's bullock cart came to me and said that all was now well , we need go no further . |
| 15 | I suppose I 've seen Matthew with the safe open , and I may have noticed the books , but this firm has been going for more than a century and one does n't take much notice of such things , one has grown up with them . ’ |
| 16 | The seats are cushioned , and in the dark I am waiting for more than entertainment . |
| 17 | Some had been waiting for more than an hour , arriving while it was still dark and the little windows of the cells were still lit . |
| 18 | ‘ Pardon me if I write vehemently , ’ he apologized disingenuously to Poole in his second letter , adding with more than a hint of picturesque excess : |
| 19 | The policemen on the cordon had lifted the barrier-pole to let the small convoy of police cars and vans past , ignoring with more than a little impatience the fusillade of questions thrown at them by the remaining newspeople . |
| 20 | In addition there was the tension of waiting for news from the Ministry of Sport and despite all Herr Nordern 's warnings , based on his own profound experience of bureaucracy , he , as well as the rest of the family , found himself waiting with more than usual interest for the postman 's knock . |
| 21 | From a slow start in the 1950s , and after a great deal of scepticism , as well as a great deal of research , triticale is now growing on more than half a million hectares , in the USSR , Europe , the United States and South America . |
| 22 | The next decade will see a somewhat different trend emerging as demographic changes result in the number of school leavers declining by more than one-third . |
| 23 | While fashion magazines announce that longer skirts are in style , the princess has again appeared in the multi-coloured striped skirt she has been wearing for more than a year . |
| 24 | I shall not strain the good will of hon. Members who have supported the Bill by speaking for more than a few moments . |
| 25 | Turnover rose 62 per cent from £120m to £193m , with sales of construction equipment accounting for more than half at £106m . |
| 26 | The plan is to create a market of 190m people , accounting for more than half the GDP of Latin America and the Caribbean . |
| 27 | As in previous years the largest single items of expenditure were debt service , accounting for more than one-third of the budget , and defence spending , accounting for 20 per cent . |
| 28 | In 1992 , achieved exports of £55.7m , accounting for more than half of the UK 's total malt exports . |
| 29 | Thus quantified , the environmental cost of oil comes to 5.56p per kilowatt-hour ( kWh ) , with corrosion and damage to buildings accounting for more than half the total and damage to crops from pollution for just under a fifth ; " old " coal burned in conventional power stations without emission controls has a cost of 5.00p/kWh ; " new " coal 1.18p/kWh ; combined heat and power ( CHP ) stations 0.45p/kWh ; nuclear pressurized-water reactors ( PWR ) between 0.32p and 0.37p/kWh ( not including effects on plants and animals ) ; and solar , wind and hydroelectric power between 0.04 and 0.07p/kWh ( not including visual impact or disruption caused by construction of dams , etc ) . |
| 30 | Also , given what has been said , that a mental event is wholly within consciousness , it is also true that in speaking of the mental life of people , in a large sense of the term , we are speaking of more than mental events . |