Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] more than a " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's much too late to make a pitch on consistency no one person knows or understands more than a fraction of one discipline among many anymore . |
| 2 | None of the proposals would raise overall retail sales or have more than a tiny effect on prices . |
| 3 | This is done as soon as some function is declared ( the simplest necessary declaration is that some solid entities are being entered ) and some volume exists , ie geometric entities that give more than a single coordinate value in each orthogonal direction . |
| 4 | Tactfully , he designed a 4–6–0 express passenger locomotive that owed more than a little to Jones 's influence , and it was very successful on the demanding gradients of the Perth–Inverness line . |
| 5 | Wearing the latest active weekend wear from Debenhams — the perfect survival kit for every man 's wardrobe — they prove that sporting more than a dash of style is no sweat . |
| 6 | or him that thought more than a handful |
| 7 | In France too , corruption has played a part , though so has the ennui that follows more than a decade of rule by one party . |
| 8 | Ron Evans had the idea that we should interview her in a terrace street that bore more than a passing resemblance to the famous TV set . |
| 9 | ‘ So what 's it to be ? ’ he asked in clipped tones that held more than a hint of impatience . |
| 10 | This will mean adjusting the time outbound , and allowing more than a single drift on the outbound leg . |
| 11 | This rare and peculiar fossil looks rather like a sea-lily without arms , and has more than a passing resemblance to a tennis racket ! |
| 12 | If you see and screen more than a certain target number of patients you will get paid more . ’ |
| 13 | Her shoulder-length hair obscured her face , though Alice moved position to try and see more than a slab of cheek . |
| 14 | Others were less fortunate and spent more than a week exploring the delights of the Senegalese capital before completing their journey . |
| 15 | It deserves to succeed , and hints more than a little at a film soundtrack . |
| 16 | James Boiling also returned career-best figures in that game , and deserves more than a regular one-day place . |
| 17 | They moved more than 3,000 tonnes of soil and sourced more than a 1,000 tonnes of clean building rubble , completing this task by the middle of January 1990 . |
| 18 | In a deal that will create America 's second-largest coal company and second-largest copper firm , Cyprus Minerals is paying between $1 billion and $1.4 billion , and assuming more than a $1 billion in debt , for loss-making Amax . |
| 19 | Further , the failure of the police and courts to prosecute and convict more than a small proportion of rapists means that there is little effective legal deterrent . |
| 20 | She gave her mother fifteen shillings for her keep , and had more than a pound left to spend on herself . |
| 21 | This means that members in the Republic of Ireland who are over twenty five years of age and have more than a three year no claim bonus have had no increase in premium for over three years and for all other policyholder there has been no increase for over two years . |
| 22 | This remake of Jackie Mittoo 's Studio One organ classic is typical of current Taxi fare : subtle , gently rocking , and offering more than a nod to rocksteady , right down to the drum fills probably sampled from the original version . |
| 23 | This is Lockheed L.1049G-82-81 Super Constellation serial 4618 , now a dainty 36 years old , but looking more than a little worse for wear . |
| 24 | His eyes , dark as bottomless pools , were hard to read , but held more than a trace of cynicism . |
| 25 | On the foreign exchanges , the pound was a fraction down at $1.6020 but gained more than a pfennig to DM2.7760 . |
| 26 | Can we expect to achieve sufficient political agreement to formulate the necessary dispute-resolving rules in an ideologically divided world , even if the avowed intention is to establish rules which are neutral as between such ideologies , the acceptance of which would not be taken as manifesting more than a commitment to getting some agreed rules ? |