Example sentences of "[noun] [be] more than [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | LVMH is the largest champagne company in the world with consumption of Moët et Chandon being more than double that of its nearest competitor . |
| 2 | Of the seats where Labour is second , there are 31 where it is behind by 5 per cent or less and a further 11 where the Liberal Democrat vote is more than twice the Tory majority and a differential split in Labour 's favour would produce a Labour gain . |
| 3 | For example , they claim that children of professional-managerial class parents are more than twice as likely to enter the professional-managerial class themselves , than the children of working-class parents . |
| 4 | But Birtwistle 's work is more than twice the length of Mason 's , and he more than justifies his larger span . |
| 5 | If the last column is more than twice that of the first , then the company 's profit trend will be enhanced ( positive measurement distortion ) . |
| 6 | But her desire to be a ballerina was more than just an adolescent fancy and she returned to New York to study at the American School of Ballet . |
| 7 | Coming back to England from one of these school-holiday visits to Hungary , Jane was more than ever struck by the contrast . |
| 8 | His attitude was more than just mockery . |
| 9 | The rest of us can make do with Profile 's fine new compilation ‘ Avanti ! ’ , 11 tracks to prove that Italian dance was more than just a passing fad . |
| 10 | Within a few minutes the basket was more than half full of food , and Mary was pouring the soup into the thermos . |
| 11 | Fats are more than twice as fattening as any other food . |
| 12 | WORKING-CLASS women living in poverty are more than twice as likely to smoke as middle-class females from professional backgrounds , according to a study published today . |
| 13 | WOMEN on low incomes were more than twice as likely to smoke as their better off counterparts , claims a new report out today . |
| 14 | Thus , older workers were more than twice as likely as those under 40 to say that they had a great deal of respect for the top management at the firm ( 72 per cent ) . |
| 15 | The tube was more than twice the length of an adult macaque 's arms . |
| 16 | To Abie Klugman , Celtic Crescent was more than just board and lodgings . |
| 17 | The KGB did not need proof ; suspicion was more than enough . |
| 18 | Meanwhile he had to tread very carefully , because if David suspected that his talk of cutting him out of the business was more than just talk , there was no telling how he would react . |
| 19 | But nervousness and vacillation over direct state intervention was more than just a problem of administration . |
| 20 | The French can supply perfect walnuts , but charge dear ; at £5000 a tonne the price is more than twice the price of California bits , and the reason is that the process is totally unmechanised . |
| 21 | But the point of departure was more than merely physical . |
| 22 | Yes , she was the first person who made me realise that acting was more than just speaking and doing . |
| 23 | When not at Forest Mere , her appetite was more than usually healthy . |
| 24 | Sam was more than ever convinced that she could not be . |
| 25 | A DRIVER who caused the death of a 16-year-old jogger while his blood alcohol was more than twice the limit was jailed for 18 months yesterday . |
| 26 | Gustave 's vanity was more than just literary . |
| 27 | Luke 's no fool ; he could see that so far as I was concerned Elise was more than just a client . |
| 28 | So test-tube fusion was more than just a media event with dollars on the line for the University of Utah , there were many private agendas riding along with it . |
| 29 | Town planning was more than ever seen as a standard bearer for recovery , and the determination to rebuild pervaded the planning literature of the day . |
| 30 | Bureaucratism for Trotsky was more than just maladministration or red tape . |