Example sentences of "[pron] [noun pl] [prep] more [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But just let the poor little woman open her legs to more than the statutory one , and she 's cheap , a woman of easy virtue , a social outcast . |
| 2 | When you shorten distances between elements in a line of jumps , the horse simply has to bring its hocks under more than it is currently doing … while doing so the horse has to shift more weight from its forehand to its quarters , which are thus lowered and ‘ engaged ’ . |
| 3 | In some cases this is apparently not as arduous a task as it may seem , simply because dischargers find it extremely difficult to portray themselves as ‘ similar ’ to their rivals on more than a very few criteria . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | It was noted that Stefan did not play with his toys for more than a few seconds before leaving them , so she was advised to reward him for playing longer ( so that he would have less time for wandering out of the house ) . |
| 6 | Certainly he waved his arms about more than most men when in action . |
| 7 | In 1985 , a primary school headmaster in Cornwall was found , in an inquiry published by the County Council , to have been sexually molesting his pupils for more than a decade . |