Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [det] than [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their imaginations are eager to go rather more than half-way to meet the audacious writer . |
| 2 | Mixed up more than ever before . |
| 3 | I would suggest that it has done rather more than just reveal them . |
| 4 | No system has been described in which positional signals have to be transmitted over more than about half a millimetre , or about 30–50 cells . |
| 5 | Cut off more than ever from the society of my peers , I fell back on my mother . |
| 6 | I 'd put on weight while I 'd been in bed , and the zip on my slacks would n't do up more than half-way . |
| 7 | YITZHAK Rabin was looking even more than usually impassive on Wednesday night as he watched Israel Television 's special programme marking the second anniversary of the outbreak of the Palestinian uprising . |
| 8 | YITZHAK Rabin was looking even more than usually impassive on Wednesday night as he watched Israel Television 's special programme marking the second anniversary of the outbreak of the Palestinian uprising . |
| 9 | Indeed , I have said considerably more than enough . |
| 10 | If , as they fervently hope , Waqar Younis has recovered sufficiently from the stress fracture in his back to bowl as he did in taking 113 first-class wickets last season at a cost of 14 each — a wicket for every 30 balls he bowled — and Imran 's shoulder injury permits him , after all , to play as more than just a batsman-captain , theirs will be a fast bowling attack as strong , at least on paper , as any the West Indies had during the 16 years of world supremacy which came to an end here last summer . |
| 11 | CAMRA is needed today more than ever |
| 12 | But last year 's event raised far less than previously and organisers say the public are looking for a fresh approach . |
| 13 | Lorraine Monk , of Kingston-upon-Thames , said Labour would have to do far more than merely reverse NHS cuts . |
| 14 | Still , the Carolingian Renaissance in the mid-ninth century touched far more than just a select clerical few . |
| 15 | By the time he had finished slowly reading his face was wet with sweat , his body hunched even more than before . |
| 16 | I am very conscious of what I would not be putting forward but I would include Rachel Whiteread for her contribution to Documenta : I 'm watching Anya Gallachio who has just shown at the ICA , and I would include Angela Bulloch who has been understood abroad more than here . |
| 17 | Add to this the fact that everything here can cost considerably less than almost anywhere else , and it becomes hard to see why young people go anywhere other than this sophisticated , cosmopolitan , exciting and dynamic resort , which we think is particularly good for those going abroad for the first time . |
| 18 | Launer , which carries the Royal Warrant , offers far more than just the style for which the Queen is famous . |
| 19 | The issue of planning is complex since it involves far more than merely accepting new structures and new forms of co-operation — for in effect it involves recognising a new dimension of financial commitment at a time when money is short . |
| 20 | I think that cuckoo nestlings must be doing rather more than just ‘ fooling ’ their hosts , more than just pretending to be something they are n't . |
| 21 | Their keen intellects and powerful personalities could spark off more than just brilliant ideas at times . |
| 22 | Comparisons with previous records showed an extensive decline along the chalk cliffs , where Walpole-Bond recorded never less than about 30 pairs , and nearly 100 in 1919 , but the survey found only 10 pairs . |
| 23 | The number of individual schools developing their own non-sexist and anti-sexist initiatives is increasing continuously , and most tackle far more than just the official curriculum , aiming to provide verbal and physical ‘ space ’ for girls , to tackle careers and option choices and to involve parents . |
| 24 | This does not mean that they are drinking significantly more than before . |
| 25 | In the centuries preceding the scientific renaissance in the West , Muslim scholars did far more than merely reproduce their heritage from the Greeks . |
| 26 | In doing this , they make it easier to understand why some form of local government continues to survive as more than simply a creature of the centre . |
| 27 | Art means far more than just learning to draw and paint . |
| 28 | The team working on the Elton project says it 's had definite results — increasing some children 's concentration and that they join in more than before . |
| 29 | But settling a potential employment dispute tends to involve rather more than just signing a letter prepared by the company or initialling a few sheets of paper which explain the agreed terms . |
| 30 | But a serious accident can cause far more than purely physical damage . |