Example sentences of "[adv] [noun] [prep] more [subord] " in BNC.
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1 | Towards the close of A Call to the Unconverted you can well imagine tears rolling down his cheeks as he pleads with his hearers , ‘ If I came hungry or naked to one of your doors , would you not part with more than a cup of water to relieve me ? |
2 | There 's not space for more 'an two of 'em in that there chest . ’ |
3 | It is well known to every hon. Member that under the old system , councils could put up rates by more than the rate of inflation . |
4 | The most usual method of sending out information to more than a few broadcasting stations or publications is by post . |
5 | At Rome there had been some disagreement and even contention for more than a century on the possibility of restoration for believers who committed adultery , murder , or apostasy ( participation in idolatrous rites ) . |
6 | So take a tip from none other than Graham Greene : " A story has n't room for more than a limited number of created characters . " |
7 | The World Health Organisation recommends that all polio vaccines that are exposed to temperatures over 10°C for more than a day ( five days for measles vaccines ) should be used within three months . |
8 | That the kindred of Osbern of Eu and the kindred of William fitzOsbern with their friends had succeeded in carrying Duke William to a resounding victory against the invasion of his combined enemies was therefore news of more than ordinary importance . |