Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] more [subord] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those of the Indus and Ganges dolphins even lack lenses , so that their eyes can tell them little more than the difference between light and darkness , between day and night . |
| 2 | Things like Fade To Black and Ironhand are untouched , and I like them rather more than the ‘ worked on ’ stuff . |
| 3 | After 1942 programmes for economic and social reform after the war began to take shape ; they had popular appeal and Labour was identified with them rather more than the Conservatives . |
| 4 | It was quite apparent that he enjoyed them far more than the excellent dinner which Winnie had spent hours in preparing . |
| 5 | The show continued until Christmas by which time Mr Smith and Doris realized they were facing up to a new way of life that would challenge them even more than the lean and difficult times of the thirties . |
| 6 | He had been knocked unconscious on so many occasions that the process of revival had become for him little more than the formality of asking three simple questions as soon as his senses could be trusted to provide reliable answers . |
| 7 | He stood out among them not only because he had a surer command of his people at home , but also because Cuba is where it is , so the Russians helped him much more than the rest . |
| 8 | What worried him far more than the prospect of change , was the fact that he shied away from it , as a man set in his ways , and that was something he had never considered himself to be . |
| 9 | In normal circumstances , this would have infuriated her far more than the clumsy attentions of Lee , but tonight a treacherous part of her soul kept hissing , ‘ Why not ? |
| 10 | That brief confrontation with Luke Calder had unsettled her far more than the incident in the garage , if she was honest . |
| 11 | That thought disturbed him almost more than the events of the previous night . |
| 12 | Was he really ‘ guided ’ in his wanderings or were they no more than the meanderings of an old man ? |
| 13 | If someone is given too much change in a supermarket , for instance , they might keep the money claiming that they need it much more than the supermarket does and , anyway , nobody would find out . |
| 14 | He moved and the slaves cowered back , as if , thought Nuadu , they had witnessed the next part before and feared it even more than the mutilating of the boy . |