Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] a more than " in BNC.
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| 1 | Opportunities for informal contacts and the exchange of information and experiences are , in consequence , extensive , and they probably serve the individualistic-minded members of this particular labour force as a more than satisfactory substitute for trade unions . |
| 2 | I still wanted to believe that he had been fooling me , or testing my credulousness in a more than averagely cruel manner . |
| 3 | England 's Nigel Redman gets beats the Eagles ' Chuck Tunnacliffe ( left ) and Norm Mottram ( black headband ) to the ball with a more than a little help from prop Jason Leonard as England beat the USA 37–9 in their World Cup Pool One clash . |
| 4 | His first significant speech was in August 1625 , when he opposed a grant of subsidies and suggested that proper enforcement of the recusancy laws would provide the king with a more than adequate revenue . |
| 5 | A little to the west of Casa Litta is the church of San Vito al Pasquirolo , a church in a more than usually pretty Baroque style that once stood in meadow land , its position explaining the name — ‘ San Vito in the pasture ’ . |
| 6 | The prayer was answered and , says John , ‘ he had all his lifetime after a more than ordinary fear of God and His presence ’ . |