Example sentences of "[adj] more than [noun] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The alternatives — studying people , tissue culture , computer modelling etc. — are actually used much more than animal studies . |
| 2 | And even if not , the lessons from the end of the Ice Age suggest that we are going to need much more than Thames Barriers in the absence of an effective international policy response to the greenhouse effect . |
| 3 | It is estimated that there are 6.5 to 8.5 million pavement accidents per annum , many more than road accidents . |
| 4 | Indeed , such progress has not been common to all publishers — some still produce little more than typesetting tapes with cryptic codes labelling the various components of each entry , and little or no accompanying software or documentation for their search or extraction . |
| 5 | In many cases , they are provided as little more than typesetting tapes , in need of considerable ’ cleaning up ’ or normalisation . |
| 6 | State authorities attempting to regulate youth culture are seen as little more than parent substitutes . |
| 7 | In effect , these were intended to be little more than reconnaissance raids on a large scale . |
| 8 | Credit managers have traditionally been regarded in many companies as little more than debt collectors , albeit often highly effective ones . |
| 9 | He could do little more than watch porpoises and gulls with them . |
| 10 | The self-centred and materialistic climate of the decade corrodes ideals and concerns about social justice , narrowing perspectives to the point where conversations comprise little more than house prices or retiling the bathroom . |
| 11 | Second , the institutions of government , apart from the Council , did little more than process decisions made elsewhere . |
| 12 | The H3 building had been put up hastily in the early 1950s to get the scientists out of their first accommodation that had been little more than Nissen huts . |
| 13 | The war was not a concept which claimed Julia 's attention any more than land girls . |
| 14 | All the other people are getting younger too , but they do n't seem to mind , any more than Tod minds . |
| 15 | Bees do not need to be labelled ‘ Honey ’ any more than honey pots do : all that 's needed in each case is a memorably distinctive appearance . |