Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] more [conj] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | An art critic also needs a gift for persuasion , perhaps rather more than a head for exposition and argument . |
| 2 | The index of the city 's wealth is its contribution of £1,704 to the subsidy , which , although far ahead of that of any other provincial town , was only slightly more than a tenth of London 's £16675 . |
| 3 | Liza spoke in barely more than a whisper . |
| 4 | In the earliest versions , which date from 1959 — 60 , Gironella turns her into a sort of rag doll ; perhaps never more than a well-dressed shell , she is now simply a collage of fragments of coarse , torn cloth that appear to be pasted down with thick smears of paint ( Fig. 5 ) . |
| 5 | Credit union Savings and loan clubs of people with common bond ( for example , tenants ' association , factory employees ) , cash loaned for particular purpose , not usually more than a few hundred pounds ( but could be £4,000 ) ; usually fixed weekly repayments ; interest paid on what is still owed at rate fixed at start . |
| 6 | The plan was for a short gathering , possibly not more than a month long , which would reassert the unity of the Church and its authority in matters of the faith . |
| 7 | Both show potential , but Farthing 's effort winds up little more than a diagrammatic doodle and Thompson 's feels like a hip TV sketch . |
| 8 | Though formerly something of a manufacturer , God is clearly rather more than a management guru . |
| 9 | As Table 13 shows , although 20th Century publications , taken as a whole , are known to contain a low proportion of defective items ( 3% ) , they make up significantly more than a third ( 41.6% ) of all defective items issued , simply because more than eight out of every ten issues ( 82.6% ) are 20th Century publications . |
| 10 | Yet serious research into the history of textiles goes back little more than a century . |
| 11 | Anna 's reply came out as hardly more than a whisper . |
| 12 | There is a range of waste pipe fittings similar to those used for fresh water plumbing , except that elbows and tees are often slightly more than a right angle ( 91½° to 92½° ) to make sure that the pipes fall properly . |
| 13 | No details were discussed : ‘ I was n't there more than a couple of minutes , but I did n't feel rushed and I am not quite sure how I was shown the door . |
| 14 | I 'm never away more than a few minutes . |
| 15 | They would have to wait only very slightly more than a second between the astronaut 's 10:59:58 signal and the one that he sent when his watch read 10:59:59 , but they would have to wait forever for the 11:00 signal . |