Example sentences of "[pron] more [subord] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pemberton-Billing 's invention comprised an add-on governor mechanism which could be attached to a clockwork turntable to give this effect ( 49 ) , and a few dozen records were made which more than doubled the average playing-time . |
| 2 | In particular , during the discrimination trials , the children ‘ dutifully ’ followed the example set by the model , even when she took an indirect route to the boxes , which more than doubled the distance to be travelled and ‘ was clearly incompatible with the subjects ’ eagerness to get to the containers ' . |
| 3 | But he said : ‘ What has upset me more than missing the Olympics is that people I like and respect are going to think I 'm a cheat . ’ |
| 4 | As The Sunday Times pointed out , there were staff who more than welcomed the CNAA 's judgments on the long-standing problems of the Polytechnic . |
| 5 | But if you leave a light bulb on for a year , it 'll cost you more than leaving the fan heater on for an hour . |
| 6 | She enjoyed living in London , she more than enjoyed the work she did , and she wanted to stay . |
| 7 | , for the benefit of future performance , we more than replaced the year 's production , adding more than 600 million barrels of oil equivalent to our reserves . |
| 8 | He more than filled the gap left by Alex ; his presence animated her with a mysterious excitement . |
| 9 | I am advised that it more than fulfils the requirements of the Standing Order , which is the basis on which I have proposed that the environmental impact assessment should proceed . |