Example sentences of "[prep] more than the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the end of each tax year the DHSS takes the figure for your PAYE earnings and any credits , and calculates whether you have earned or had credits of more than the lower earnings limit . |
| 2 | In your sexual relations with other people , you need to be aware of more than the behavioural aspects . |
| 3 | Chancellor faces Budget decisions of more than the usual complexity |
| 4 | Furthermore , is it certain that the consumption of more than the daily requirement of methionine in this combination would be safe for all the more than 20 million adults in the United Kingdom who currently consume paracetamol each year without harm ? |
| 5 | Believe it , brothers and sisters , no other band anywhere can so consistently articular what 's little short of a full-scale earthquake — one that 's flavoured with more than the odd hint of Isaac Hayes , James Brown , Blue Cheer , Swans and vintage Black Sabbath ! |
| 6 | Believe it , brothers and sisters , no other band anywhere can so consistently articular what 's little short of a full-scale earthquake — one that 's flavoured with more than the odd hint of Isaac Hayes , James Brown , Blue Cheer , Swans and vintage Black Sabbath ! |
| 7 | It was concerned with more than the effing and blinding of other ranks or what Cyril Connolly published in Horizon . |
| 8 | Look , I know I have a reputation for serving up the truth with more than the traditional British accompaniments . |
| 9 | As an extreme right-winger , I have read your recent post-apocalypse editions with more than the usual merriment . |
| 10 | Many textbooks now do this with more than the usual letters , menus , maps , and newspaper cuttings ( old favourites chosen as much for ease of reproduction as for their usefulness ) and include pictures of cans and bottles and packets with legible labels , video covers , road signs , brochures , telex print-outs , and so on ( as in Task 54 ) . |
| 11 | He tried to cover his embarrassment by starting to rub his hands together with more than the usual combustive force , and was secretly rather proud of how she had managed to annoy Special Branch and the intelligence services . |
| 12 | Special mention has to be made of staff serving the Regional Chambers and headquarters who had to cope with more than the usual pressure ! ’ |
| 13 | Even allowing it the benefit of this doubt , our hypothetical small party would be very unlikely to end up with more than the same percentage of seats , 8.4 , as the Irish party . |
| 14 | Pearce could have done with more than the seven years he had at British Aerospace to achieve the kind of management culture he would have liked to have bequeathed to the company . |
| 15 | Kelly said : ‘ It 's not right that the end of year events are worth more than the early season classics just because the interest has got to be maintained to the finish . ’ |
| 16 | Which bit 's worth more than the other two ? |
| 17 | In the context of hospitality and friendship , little and often is worth more than the grandest of annual social jamborees . |
| 18 | Add up the value of your home , car , shares and belongings and you may well find you are worth more than the current threshold . |
| 19 | The most casual obscenities , the most hackneyed endearments , coming to me from your rose-red lips , are worth more than the sagest advice of all the old men in the world . |
| 20 | Surely polymeric surfactants , which are becoming increasingly important as dispersing agents , are worth more than the three pages devoted to them here . |
| 21 | But the new property must not be worth more than the old one . |
| 22 | On performances I personally think we are worth more than the 2 pts per game average . |
| 23 | She spoke as if she should have known about more than the dying town . |
| 24 | On internal British politics , Ken speaks for more than the Labour leadership might imagine , but when he leaves England for abroad he starts to get very muddled-up . |
| 25 | The Roman Research Trust says the publicity from the case helped to sell the manor for more than the reserve price . |
| 26 | If it is sold for more than the final payment , a small profit has been made in cash terms . |
| 27 | He was responding to an observation made by planning chief , Mr Ross Chisholm , who said parked buses often ran their engines for more than the permitted two minutes . |
| 28 | His overcrowded programme allowed no time for more than the barest formalities between himself and Merrill , and his manner was coolly polite — a situation for which , she told herself , she was profoundly grateful . |
| 29 | Following your excellent exposé of our ambiguous one , and Danny Baker 's candid assessment of the Boy In The Bubble , I had hoped for more than the arselicking articles printed . |
| 30 | Readers interested in more than the bare formula of a dish will appreciate the charming , simple and well explained recipe below . |