Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] more than the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | If the seller is able to sell the goods elsewhere for more than the buyer had agreed to pay , the seller will in fact make a profit ( i.e. will be better off than if the buyer had fully paid the seller before going into liquidation ) . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The other three preconditions , according to FMCG , are : that the acquiring bank has a proven record of controlling its non-interest expenses ( that is , the costs of computer systems , branches , staff and so forth ) ; that the acquiring bank will be getting a mix of businesses , which , combined sensibly with their own , add up to more than the sum of the parts ; and that the two banks are physically close together . |
| 5 | The most important thing to know about them is that they work synergistically with minerals : that is they enhance each other , adding up to more than the individual sum of their parts . |
| 6 | It is not the fact that a coin is often worth more than the value of the bullion it contains . |
| 7 | Yet Gloria herself never seemed to hold on to more than the bare essentials that they had in their two paper carriers . |