Example sentences of "[prep] a [adv] more than " in BNC.
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| 1 | John Barratt seemingly owned the land for which the company paid him ( for a little more than , two acres ) £244 : 7s. : 6d . |
| 2 | The two year deal took nine months to negotiate , according to Neuron Data chairman and chief executive officer Patrick Perez , and is worth a little more than the company 's entire turnover for the month of December last year — see below . |
| 3 | Lolling on the bench beside the monitor , one foot on someone else 's chairback , she said , ‘ Maybe she 'll grace you with a little more than that , Danny . |
| 4 | I will be following their progress with a little more than a passing interest . |
| 5 | One minute Jesus is a sort of cross between Batman and Captain America , next thing he is ‘ just a bloke with a few special powers ’ , and before you know it he is a deranged Jew with a no more than ordinary claim on our imaginations . |
| 6 | While the proportion of pupils continuing to learn a foreign language to age 16 has improved in recent years , to a little more than two-fifths , the drop-out rate , particularly of boys , remains regrettable ’ . |
| 7 | The wound of entry was small and I 'd say the gun was held at a little more than an inch from the chap 's neck . ’ |