Example sentences of "[noun sg] [coord] more [subord] a " in BNC.
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1 | Certainly he came under such guidance from within his family which clashed with his own predilections , for his varsity life seems to have been plagued by vocational uncertainty and more than a touch of its weakening indifference . |
2 | Elizabeth Mowbray was baffled by the girl 's refusal to see the matter in its true light and more than a little troubled by what she was beginning to see as something other than a passing infatuation . |
3 | This was in turn succeeded by a Vietnamese-backed administration in 1979 , headed by the Revolutionary Party of Kampuchea , which failed to secure widespread international recognition and more than a decade later had not yet established effective control of the entire national territory . |
4 | After two months of solid work and more than a little imagination , John and Jenny have created a marvellous centrepiece for their home . |
5 | I 've been a fool and more than a fool . |
6 | Joanne and the other members of the team of teachers working with the intake year embarked on the new curriculum with a good deal of enthusiasm and more than a little apprehension . |
7 | A fruit and vegetable mixture with a delicately balanced flavour and more than a hint of summer . |
8 | High levels of unemployment , mortgage arrears and family break-ups are the chief causes of homelessness and more than a third of the properties will be targetted at those groups . |
9 | Brooks Brothers ' past success was based on the personal touch and more than a soupcon of snobbery . |
10 | They believed that in his teaching and life , God had ‘ visited his people ’ and sent a prophet and more than a prophet , an example and teacher of the way of truth and righteousness surpassing John the Baptist ; the ‘ Messiah ’ or anointed leader of ancient expectation . |
11 | I learned that sex without emotional involvement or more than a fleeting physical attraction was more sad than fulfilling and that ‘ getting even ’ could only motivate me for so long — particularly since my husband was blithely unaware that I was evening the score . |
12 | WITH CHARACTERISTIC PRECISION AND MORE THAN A SOUPÇON OF INSPIRATION , THE SWISS CREATED THE DUROMATIC |
13 | His glorious book is more than a history and more than a 25,000-mile travelogue , although it is also both of those . |
14 | Today , it seems , for many of us , these words hold an altogether different promise and more than a few terrors . |