Example sentences of "[v-ing] more [subord] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Insurance premiums for works travelling to and from Paris have risen sharply over recent years , often representing more than a third of the total cost of an exhibition . |
| 2 | THE Government 's efforts to ensure that all 10 water authorities are successfully floated on the Stock Exchange in December are becoming more than a little disingenuous . |
| 3 | His elders were becoming more than a little worried because people were saying his teaching was heretical . |
| 4 | The waits were officially disbanded in 1832 but existed as am independent body until the late nineteenth century , by which time their peculiar custom was becoming more than a little irritating to certain residents of the town . |
| 5 | A note on a field of collecting which shows every sign of becoming more than a passing fad — that of old cheques . |
| 6 | It was a day or two before I realized that his behaviour was becoming more than a little frenetic , to say the least . |
| 7 | Even the Salvation Army , formed specifically with the ‘ unrespectable ’ poor in mind , hardly succeeded in becoming more than a welcome addition to free public entertainment ( with its uniforms , bands and lively hymns ) , and a useful source of charity . |
| 8 | ‘ We should like to see parents control the amount of time their children spend on computer games , especially if it becomes clear that it is becoming more than a normal hobby , ’ said the PAT deputy general secretary , Jackie Miller . |
| 9 | Another member , Bernard Edwards , entered for the second time with his partner Steve Kenning and achieved the excellent time of 2 hours 34 minutes and a few seconds , knocking more than a quarter of an hour off their time last year . |
| 10 | This is Lockheed L.1049G-82-81 Super Constellation serial 4618 , now a dainty 36 years old , but looking more than a little worse for wear . |
| 11 | When the dark blue uniforms of a sergeant and constable appeared in the doorway , they stood out like sore thumbs , causing more than a ripple of interest from the somewhat less than friendly clientele . |
| 12 | Arkwright certainly picked a great spot for his country residence : south facing and above a lazy curve in the river , with the high cliff opposite guaranteeing more than a modicum of privacy , and only five minutes from work ! |
| 13 | It is clear that we do not in fact have the capability of sharply recalling more than a very few of our mental events as defined , even immediately afterwards . |
| 14 | The 75th anniversary flypast is one of the most ambitious displays the RAF has ever staged , ivolving more than a third of it 's aircraft . |
| 15 | At regional level the western states have for months managed to wriggle out of paying more than a fraction of the growing unity bill . |
| 16 | Both sides are gambling because the defendant may be paying more than a judge would award at trial . |
| 17 | At the end of September 143 people had been waiting more than a year . |
| 18 | The authority aim to cut the number of patients waiting more than a year , and meet the national target of no patients waiting more than two years . |
| 19 | ‘ Numbers waiting more than a year have already been significantly reduced from 367 to 293 at the end of January , ’ said Mr Flook . |
| 20 | Scorning more than a small peppermint humbug , I went into the little church of St. Nicholas . |
| 21 | ‘ County ’ men were transferred around at short intervals , while we were static in the city , never moving more than a mile or so between the three divisions to undertake real ‘ city work ’ . |
| 22 | After a show in Groningen , several complained and the next night they played a mammoth set lasting more than a hour , boasting four encores . |
| 23 | Temporary jobs lasting more than a week can be considered in terms of whether they open or reopen rights to Unemployment Benefit . |
| 24 | In the year beginning November 1917 National Service Medical Boards conducted nearly 2.5 million medical examinations in Great Britain : of every nine men , only three were perfectly fit and healthy , while two were on a definitely ‘ unfirm plane ’ of health and strength , three were incapable of undergoing more than a very moderate degree of physical exertion and the remaining one was a chronic invalid . |
| 25 | A WHIFF of competition sent shares in United States chip maker Intel tumbling at the end of March , wiping more than a fifth off the value of what is arguably Silicon Valley 's most important firm . |
| 26 | My sons ’ dragons are incapable of flying more than a few miles before they fade . ’ |
| 27 | Ownership Tough restrictions on cross-media ownership will prevent national newspaper owners holding more than a 20 per cent stake in television companies , with a similar limitation on cross interests between commercial televison , satellite television and national radio channels . |
| 28 | Also , it may be worth pointing out that most shareware distributors offer a policy whereby users buying more than a certain number of disks pay less per disk . |
| 29 | Elsewhere on the steeper slopes leaching removes enough mineral content from the thin poor soils to render them infertile and incapable of supporting more than a poor vegetation carrying very little stock . |
| 30 | ‘ With actresses you 're getting more than a face — a character and a personality as well . ’ |