Example sentences of "[adv] more [subord] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moreover , although a great cult may have brought in more than enough wealth to compensate for the damage caused by those fleeing from the king 's anger , that wealth could still attract the attention of would-be thieves . |
| 2 | Galleries are much more than simple exhibition spaces . |
| 3 | As the child grows , leg length increases in relation to full body height much more than other body parts , so the head becomes proportionally smaller . |
| 4 | As the child grows , leg length increases in relation to full body height much more than other body parts , so the head becomes proportionally smaller . |
| 5 | As the child grows , leg length increases in relation to full body height much more than other body parts , so the head becomes proportionally smaller . |
| 6 | As the child grows , leg length increases in relation to full body height much more than other body parts , so the head becomes proportionally smaller . |
| 7 | A much more than nice woman . |
| 8 | 2. can it offer an adequate , and perhaps more than adequate explanation of the phenomenon of existence than a denial of the existence of God can ? |
| 9 | Born in Romania ( and thus sharing part of Leonard 's eastern European background ) , transferred by his parents to Canada in the harsh years of the early century , he represents , perhaps more than any other , not the genteel ‘ English ’ background common to many of his fellow-workers , but a rough , raw Canadian view that is intensely patriotic , proletarian , passionate and pure . |
| 10 | This last element , perhaps more than any other , is crucial for understanding why Marx and Engels attached so much more importance to the work of Morgan than they did to the work of the other evolutionist anthropologists whom they read . |
| 11 | It was this aspect of Althusserian theory , perhaps more than any other , that led many orthodox Marxists to consider that Althusser was not really a Marxist at all . |
| 12 | TRADITIONAL MUSIC , perhaps more than any other , is a music of intimacy , its strength lies in its informality — that marvellous drop-of-a-hat feeling where a session can occur as if by spontaneous combustion — whereupon stylistic and generational gaps are forgotten , consigned to the four winds , as tunes and songs from other times draw both practitioner and casual listener alike into their seductive glow . |
| 13 | And in religious communities , perhaps more than any other , the experiences and perceptions of the insider will contrast with those of the outsider . |
| 14 | This is the background to the event which perhaps more than any other has fuelled the arguments that the Soviet Union has ‘ expansionist ’ designs on Latin America which can only be countered by US strength . |
| 15 | More than this , he appears to have served on numerous committees dealing with a wide range of bills : in this way , perhaps more than any other , he may be considered to have , as he put it , ‘ done my country some good , whereunto we are all called ’ . |
| 16 | The deal is startlingly altruistic , and the racetrack owners are always generous with their political contributions ; but Arizona 's Republican governor , Fife Symington , thinks there is already more than enough gambling in his state . |
| 17 | To some extent this is true , since Michael Chisholm 's research has shown that subsistence land use results in settlements being not more than 1 kilometre ( ½ mile ) or so from most of their land ( Fig 59 ) and hence settlements should perhaps be expected to be 1–2 kilometres ( ½-1 mile ) apart . |
| 18 | ‘ If the pelargoniums were overwintered in their old containers then it is best to remove them , shake off much of the old potting compost from the roots and repot in fresh compost — moderately heavy , with good drainage but not more than one-quarter peat or other organic matter . |
| 19 | Farmers can set aside more than minimum requirement ( this takes in farmers on previous five-year scheme ) . |
| 20 | ‘ Wagnerian ’ is for once more than apt description , for just after he composed this symphony Korngold set to work on the score for one of Hollywood 's composer bio-pics , Magic Fire . |
| 21 | Most of them went to the cities , or at any rate out of traditional rural pursuits , to find their way as best they could in strange , frightening , but at best boundlessly hopeful new worlds , where the city pavements were said to be paved with gold , though immigrants rarely picked up more than some copper . |
| 22 | The City has been hit by hi-tech , probably more than other employment sectors . ’ |
| 23 | This fact , probably more than any other , has caused homoeopathy to be viewed with considerable scepticism by the orthodox ‘ scientific ’ medical profession . |
| 24 | Or rather they would be if they had a side of slightly more than average demeanour . |
| 25 | Since 1979 however , demand has fallen slightly more than total energy demand so that the proportion of total energy demand accounted for by gas in 1983 was marginally below the 1979 level . |
| 26 | Those who know better will not rest contented with such a meagre peep of a lake so singularly grand , but will round the hill rather more than another mile to the west , and when the dark lake is full in view , sit down to drink a long look from that favourable point of view . |
| 27 | That they are rather more than irrelevant epiphenomena , at least in experimental colitis , is indicated by the anti-inflammatory effects of specific antioxidants . |
| 28 | The yard in front of the house and the dirt track were little more than liquid mud . |
| 29 | Banks today are little more than expensive money shops with remote managers and fewer staff at the counters . |
| 30 | The costumes , props and scenery are little more than recycled scrap . |