Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] more than a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fired by religious fervour and armed with weapons supplied by the United States and their Muslim neighbour Pakistan , the rebels resisted doggedly and fought a war in which their superior mobility and unconventional guerrilla tactics proved more than a match for the Soviet military machine . |
| 2 | Grant was withheld as a penalty if local authorities spent more than a specified amount and this involved detailed assessments of each authority 's needs for expenditure . |
| 3 | As has been indicated , some provisions implied more than a customs union : membership of the EEC meant a commitment to the free movement of both capital and labour , a common investment policy , and the coordination and rationalisation of social welfare goals . |
| 4 | Some 16 per cent of trees lost more than a quarter of their leaves or needles last year , although Swiss forests are better off than their German neighbours , where the figure was 27 per cent [ see ED 65/66 ] . |
| 5 | Police and firefighters took more than an hour to free the bodies from the wreckage . |
| 6 | More important , James IV lived in what J. R. Hale has described as a new age — the age when European wars became more than a matter of ‘ violent housekeeping ’ . |
| 7 | Voluntary members made more than a fair ‘ consumer contribution ’ to the costs of adult education , their unpaid efforts helped to keep those costs down and they were entitled to more grant-aid from public funds . |
| 8 | The march of uniformed members took more than an hour to pass the saluting base . |
| 9 | Three people have been charged with handling stolen goods after police seized more than a quarter of million pounds worth of luxury cars hidden in farm buildings . |