Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb -s] more [subord] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such a framework has more than a passing similarity with the career structure observed by Howard Parker in his study of young delinquents in Liverpool . |
| 2 | ROWLAND S HOWARD These Immortal Souls ' Australian exile recounts more than a decade on the musical edge … |
| 3 | The symbolic value of law involves more than a volitional commitment to legal institutions and legal process , or the rhetorical effectiveness of international law arguments . |
| 4 | Then too , Sun has more than a touch of the ‘ not invented here ’ syndrome . |
| 5 | Sketching out the good and bad side of human nature … cartoons get a fleeting glance in daily papers … but for many there 's a more serious side … the cartoonists work raises more than a smile . |
| 6 | Apparently it is not intended to decide that a bowler with a long run pays more than a dashing opening batsman , but rather to ensure that a highly-paid Test cricketer does not necessarily pay the same amount as a young uncapped player . |
| 7 | The Bible has more than a few things to say about astrology and fortune-telling . |
| 8 | As a rough guide , if a fever persists more than a day or two in a child under 2 years then consider seeking advice . |
| 9 | They 've learned a manoeuvre or two from the Red Arrows , but the Chileans ' repertoire includes more than a few party-pieces of their own . |
| 10 | We must remember , however , that today 's uprating comes more than a year after the Conservative leadership coup and that there can be no excuse for the provisions . |
| 11 | The British system of government involves more than a network of departments headed by ministers . |
| 12 | The Maastricht Treaty represents more than a consolidation of the process of centralisation in the EEC . |
| 13 | Secondly , you should be aware that VMS itself becomes very slow once a directory has more than a few thousand files in it . |
| 14 | Second , the duty involves more than a duty of obedience . |
| 15 | The list includes more than a quarter of the noctuid moths and ichneumonid wasps on the British list , a third or more of the hoverflies ( Syrphidae ) , butterflies and bumblebees , more than half the Serphidae ( also wasps ) , and six cf the seven social wasps ( Vespidae ) . |
| 16 | This means that the breeding cycle takes more than a year to complete , with the result that the birds are unable to breed every year . |
| 17 | Both the Germans and the French claim him as a hero , and in this sense the Emperor becomes more than a mortal ruler . |
| 18 | It contains no spices ; but sip with care , for at the bottom of every cup lurks more than a little sediment . |
| 19 | Willy Russell 's Liverpool-based woman-at-play film has more than a passing resemblance to Letter to Brezhnev but is none the worse for that . |
| 20 | On the other hand , if the rocket has more than a certain critical speed ( about seven miles per second ) gravity will not be strong enough to pull it back , so it will keep going away from the earth forever . |
| 21 | Since these have to do with complex processes of political control and relationships between industrial relations actors and the state , an adequate understanding of them and their historical context requires more than a superficial acquaintance with the countries concerned . |
| 22 | The four-point agreement follows more than a year of contacts with the Fund by Peru 's foreign debt negotiator , Abel Salinas , and is an about-turn by President Alan Garcia . |
| 23 | There is nothing that the disease likes more than a circuitous argument in search of absolute proof on precise definitions of addiction . |