Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] more than a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Neither side had more than a couple of scoring chances in the first half , and Ecchinswell took advantage of the first of these , breaking through after dispossessing Martin Whiddett on the sideline and finding a vast opening in the Alton defence . |
| 2 | Immediately — and this can be well understood — Coastal Command had more than a passing interest because it was having a desperate struggle with the U-boats in the Atlantic and , naturally , it was very keenly supported by the Admiralty and the Navy to boot , to get hold of this latest model . |
| 3 | But the exiled soldier wanted more than a place to stay : he wanted , to a Peter Pan-ish degree , everything as it had been in his childhood home . |
| 4 | In the case of Sheffield City Council v A.D.H. Demolition Ltd the Divisional court of the queens bench made it clear , for the first time in a reported case , that ‘ premises ’ within s.1(1) of the 1968 Act covered more than a building standing on a particular piece of ground , but did include a vacant site . |
| 5 | The announcement ended more than a week of consultation and speculation about the scope of the mission during which the administration won UN backing for the operation and sought to involve its allies . |
| 6 | Radio signalling made more than a debut , helping toward the achievement of one of the decade 's miracles , not only the survival but with greater expectation of long life of much of the Highland lines and many more . |
| 7 | As he shaved his reflection seemed to be the face of a low criminal — or like one of Bodo 's associates — and when he went into the sitting-room his wife bore more than a passing resemblance to an exceptionally severe judge about to condemn that criminal to hard labour for life . |
| 8 | Anyone who succeeded in business in the past decade owed more than a little to the climate she created . |
| 9 | On the foreign exchanges , the mark fell more than a pfennig against the dollar and dropped against the currencies of West Germany 's partners in the EMS exchange-rate mechanism . |
| 10 | I do n't think Father played more than a couple of games of golf thereafter and he spent the next twenty years in pursuit of trout , salmon and sea-trout ; never happier than when he was waist-deep , regardless of time of year or weather . |
| 11 | With the engines as well , this train covered more than a quarter of a mile standing still . |
| 12 | The strategy for the catchment area looked more than a little unstable , since revenue funding for services beyond the DGH units was not necessarily secure . |
| 13 | I get the impression that the disappearance last year of Sounds and Record Mirror caused more than a slight fluttering in the dovecote and that the paper has since tended to concentrate more on This Week 's Sensation and less on the diverting things going on on the fringe . |
| 14 | The couple 's romance started more than a year ago when Stuart wed Lisa 's mother . |
| 15 | If James II were to recapture his throne , it would have to be by force , as the result of a successful foreign invasion , but William 's government proved more than a match , putting down the Jacobite rebellions in Scotland and Ireland , and defeating the prospect of a French-backed invasion with victory at La Hogue in 1692 . |
| 16 | His instincts finally rang the bell and told him this man had more than a casual interest in what might be going on downstairs . |
| 17 | Although rental accommodation comprised more than a third of Pittsburgh 's housing only 5 per cent of URA housing expenditure was expressly devoted to this sector . |
| 18 | My open support of the Irish struggle , reading pro-Sinn Fein poems at school assembly when it was my turn to choose a reading two weeks after the Birmingham pub bombing caused more than a little outrage and several stern pep talks , culminating in threatened expulsion from the headmistress . |
| 19 | Wytch Farm proved more than a match for Savills , the property services and estate management consultants to BPX , during a friendly game of cricket in August . |
| 20 | However , even given that restriction , the report gave more than a nod and a wink in the direction of the collective security that trade unions could provide if they nominated members of safety committees . |
| 21 | Much of James 's statement had more than a modicum of truth . |
| 22 | Men with periodontitis had more than a twofold increased risk of dying compared with men who had no periodontal disease at baseline . |
| 23 | Among the assaults on males , it was only the two acquittal cases where the media coverage lasted more than a single day . |
| 24 | A sick man who values a hi-fi set more than a bottle of medicine that will cure him needs to be made aware of the values involved . |
| 25 | Gerry Burton 's announcement in April last year that he would not be seeking re-election as Kidson Impey 's national senior partner caused more than a few raised eyebrows . |
| 26 | Inland , the Annamite Cordillera thrust its purple peaks towards the afternoon sky , but neither Joseph Sherman nor his mother gave more than a passing glance to the spectacular mountain and ocean scenery outside the car . |