Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [prep] more [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He first of all distinguishes human suffering from that of animals but then defines the latter as ‘ the unpleasant emotional response to more than minimal pain and distress ’ ( 1989 : 97 ) . |
| 2 | ‘ The Cosmological Pictures ’ , which have been winding through West and East European cities for more than a year , arrive at the Tate Gallery , Liverpool , at the end of next month , and Gilbert & George will be pioneering in China with exhibitions in Shanghai and Peking next autumn . |
| 3 | THE Egyptian government has declared open war on Muslim militants , ordering police to shoot to kill and plunging the country into its worst political violence for more than a decade . |
| 4 | Above all we can not ignore it : whereas at one time we might have been able to smile at the perversity of the local watch committee in another town , the collective action of several dozen politically motivated local authorities to ban News International publications effectively took censorship in libraries well beyond the silly season in the Press ; and whereas we could once afford to hang back with our copies of Fanny Hill secure in the knowledge that we would be nowhere near the top of the prosecution list , Section 28 is in place and ready to pick us off should we try to share our enthusiasm for homosexual literature with more than a few of our consenting adult users . |
| 5 | Their success attracted a worldwide following as the Lisbon Lions and their successors dominated Scottish football for more than a decade . |
| 6 | These are only a few of his victories , for he is a consistent and careful horse with more than his fair share of intelligence . |
| 7 | The Kabalevsky sonata — which , too was given its first USA hearing by Horovitz — is a lesser work with more than a suspicion of playing to Russian wartime tastes , especially in the finale ; but it could scarcely be presented more convincingly . |
| 8 | As Becky drew her bath , she thought about Daphne 's words , delivered with humour and affection but still highlighting the problems she faced when trying to cross the established social barriers for more than a few moments . |
| 9 | Though the campaign scarcely gripped the imagination as the victories in the west had done — some reports hinted that the significance of the campaign had not been properly grasped , and that the victories had been unable to affect the popular mood for more than a very short time — it seemed to provide yet another example of Hitler 's strategic genius . |
| 10 | Their swollen feet had bled profusely and they had hobbled painfully among the rubber trees for more than a month before they recovered . |
| 11 | In July I was readmitted a second time , having finally obtained recognition of my French doctorate after more than a year . |
| 12 | The former communist party , now the Socialist Democracy of the Republic of Poland ( SDRP ) confirmed on Nov. 7 that it had received an interest-free loan worth more than US$1,200,000 in January 1990 from the Communist Party of the Soviet Union ( CPSU ) . |
| 13 | The Labour movement does use electronic communications for more than organising international bean feasts . |
| 14 | The Flemish cities , Laon , and Toulouse were all commercial centres of more than local importance before they launched their campaigns for privileges ; and if their leaders were not highly educated men at the beginning of the century — it has been suggested that the reason why weaving was concentrated in towns in Flanders was that illiterate merchants could not keep the complicated records necessary for a scattered cottage industry — then they rapidly acquired learning along with their corporate awareness in the course of the century . |
| 15 | for alcoholic drinks with more than 1.2% alcohol , the alcoholic strength by volume |
| 16 | The French education system has had many of the features now introduced into the British system for more than a century and studying them may shed some light on future possibilities for schooling in this country . |
| 17 | Dissatisfied with mainstream Christianity they were impressed by his apparent certainty , but he persuaded his potential British followers with more than just his Biblical knowledge . |
| 18 | In the South-East , as one would expect , the South Downs mines supplied the raw material for more than half the axeheads analysed from that region . |
| 19 | This means that resonant photoionization offers no particular advantages and photoelectron spectroscopy is best done using a monochromatic light source with more than sufficient energy to ionize the electrons of interest . |
| 20 | One of the principal problems facing anglers fishing on Benbecula and the Uists , is knowing where to begin ; there are so many fine waters to choose from and never enough time to do proper justice to more than a handful . |
| 21 | The Manuel d'artillerie was a technical work of more than average competence , a 500-page closely-reasoned and well-documented study designed to appeal to professionals . |
| 22 | But the biggest loss will come if the giant Russian republic carries out its decision , taken last week , to cut its contribution to the central budget by more than four-fifths . |
| 23 | Omagh boss Paul Kee had been chasing the tall Limerick central defender for more than a fortnight . |
| 24 | And driving a motor caravan is a real pleasure with more than enough power to keep on going . |
| 25 | When Mr Bush lost and Mr Clinton became the first Democratic president for more than a decade , the much-valued special relationship between Britain and America suddenly looked decidedly shaky . |
| 26 | Together with MBB , Daimler will have annual sales of more than DM80 billion ( close to 4% of West Germany 's CHI' ) and 380,000 employees . |
| 27 | TONY Greener , who took over as chairman of Guinness last year , has presided over the first fall in its annual profits for more than a decade , reflecting the effects of the recession on sales and margins and the high marketing spending necessary to support the group 's premium brands . |
| 28 | But between 1846 and 1850 an annual average of more than a quarter of a million left Europe , in the next five years an annual average of almost 350,000 ; in 1854 alone no less than 428,000 arrived in the United States . |
| 29 | Rocked by an interminable succession of scandals , shamed by its inability to stop the inexorable rise of unemployment to a record three million , and increasingly alienated from ordinary people after more than a decade in power , the Socialist Party was no longer simply ailing ; it was moribund . |
| 30 | Rocked by an interminable succession of scandals , shamed by its inability to stop the inexorable rise of unemployment to a record three million , and increasingly alienated from ordinary people after more than a decade in power , the Socialist Party was no longer simply ailing ; it was moribund . |