Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] more [conj] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | In practice , of course , a large number of these relationships rarely involve more than a few people . |
| 2 | No more than one LM granule needs to be used in preparing the stock bottle since Hahnemann says ‘ one rarely needs more than a single globule of appropriately dynamised medicine ’ ( para. 248a . ) . |
| 3 | In the case of household waste , the price rarely covers more than a fraction of the cost of collection and sorting . |
| 4 | Arkwright certainly picked a great spot for his country residence : south facing and above a lazy curve in the river , with the high cliff opposite guaranteeing more than a modicum of privacy , and only five minutes from work ! |
| 5 | HERE ARE two compilations whose existence obviously means more than a desperate milking of the public udders . |
| 6 | Two other grandmothers who came on regular visits , one ‘ very generous ’ and the other an eloquent ‘ martinet ’ , died too soon to leave more than a dim recollection . ’ |
| 7 | Since the late 1950s , however , the importance of all of the above factors has diminished to the extent that , even taken together , they no longer offer more than a partial explanation for the restricted nature of Soviet — Latin American relations . |
| 8 | The basic structures of several pavilions have yet to be completed and the biggest universal exposition ever mounted still bears more than a passing resemblance to a building site — albeit a very colourful one . |
| 9 | perhaps this was because he could hardly see more than a yard in front of his face . |
| 10 | For Esteban Vicente , still busy at work in his Bridgehampton studio as he enters his ninth decade , the sweet blarings of Fame 's trumpet have always had more than a little in common with the songs of the sirens . |
| 11 | I told him about the cold-water tap , how it did not always produce more than a trickle , how frequently the pressure let us down . |
| 12 | I 'm sure it 'll cost more than a quid but seeing as you ca n't like get more than a mile long piece anyway so |
| 13 | They hardly spoke more than a couple of words in six months . |
| 14 | If neural networks are ever to become more than a lab curiosity with the odd exotic application in the real world , Intel Corp 's new Ni1000 chip , developed with Providence , Rhode Island-based Nestor Inc should provide the breakthrough . |
| 15 | These do n't usually rise more than a couple of hundred metres before falling back along parabolic paths . |
| 16 | Still feeling more than a little unbalanced , she glanced back over her shoulder . |
| 17 | I believe in trickle filters , but they rarely get more than a passing mention . |
| 18 | In the past , the guards have smacked of overkill , since it rarely takes more than a baton charge with their lathi sticks to quell the traditional rotten orange barrage that welcomes most touring teams . |
| 19 | ‘ He also had more than a crush , ’ Vitor declared . |
| 20 | I also have more than a thought for the people who do have homes but who are living in conditions of appalling squalor , for battered wives and abused children who stay at home because there 's nowhere safe for them to go , and for the husbands who choose to stay with their families in the north rather than abandon them for crazy periods of time because they could find work only in the south , And while we 're on the subject , I 'm sick and tired of listening to government and commerce saying it 's ‘ uneconomic ’ to locate businesses in the north of Britain when we 're currently importing billions of pounds ’ worth of consumer goods from the other side of the world . |
| 21 | A spokesperson for Upjohn says that the company prefers to maintain an independent anti-AIDS programme , which now receives more than a fifth of the corporate budget for drug discovery research . |
| 22 | This now contributes more than a third of Zurich 's total premium income , and well over 40% of its non-life business . |
| 23 | Malaysia now produces more than a third of the world 's 's palm oil , and oil palm nuts make an attractive food for the Malayan wood rat ( Rattus tiomanicus ) , the ricefield rat ( Rattus argentiventer ) , and the little rat ( Rattus exulans ) . |
| 24 | Insurance premiums for works travelling to and from Paris have risen sharply over recent years , often representing more than a third of the total cost of an exhibition . |
| 25 | It is clear that we do not in fact have the capability of sharply recalling more than a very few of our mental events as defined , even immediately afterwards . |
| 26 | Their inherent vulnerability in many societies — a condom often costs more than a prostitute — is often encouraged in political manipulations of religious precepts . |
| 27 | Although the names looked at so far dip more than a toe into this price region , we feel like trying a different brand . |
| 28 | They point out that the acquisition , which now comprises more than a quarter of the MAC 's permanent collection , is of extremely uneven quality , but the MAC policy practically forbids deaccessioning . |
| 29 | Yet , a number of democratic constitutions today contain more than a mere organisation chart of functions and powers ; they contain Bills of Rights , which may also include a charter of social and economic rights , something characteristic of constitutions of the twentieth century , although generally honoured more in the breach than in the observance . |
| 30 | But though such temperate-zone parasites can be unpleasant and dangerous — Lyme disease can kill — they rarely affect more than a handful of people . |