Example sentences of "[noun sg] of [noun] more [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Riven received many odd looks , and was the subject of much behind-hand whispering , but it seemed the result of awe more than anything else . |
| 2 | AT the stroke of midnight more than 500 further education , tertiary and sixth form colleges left local authority control and became state-funded corporations . |
| 3 | And once she was sure I would n't — because I did make it clear , you know , that I had no intention of doing more than agreeing to the legal business — she felt safe again . ’ |
| 4 | You were round , round to the side of Colchester more or less . |
| 5 | According to the chairman of CND more than 100 Members still belonged to it late last year . |
| 6 | [ See Fig. 2 ] Stromboli has been showing the same kind of activity more or less continuously for centuries , and is often called the ‘ lighthouse of the Mediterranean ’ . |
| 7 | In the case of storage more than 20 metres in height and of buildings beyond the upper limit of extendable fire authority equipment it is questionable whether such an attack could be effective . |
| 8 | As Pascal observes in The Pensées , ‘ Nothing strengthens the case of scepticism more than the fact that there are people who are not sceptic . |
| 9 | You 've got your shop stewards , your activists , you , in my region , we 've got some great officers , the one that I have , Pat is great to work with , but in the last two years , I 've had to get hold of Pat more and more , myself . |
| 10 | Mums and dads , on the other hand , have to muddle through this supreme test of parentship more or less on their own — except for the inevitable mock-exam post mortem . |
| 11 | Nearly two-thirds have used the same type of credit more than once in the last two years . |
| 12 | Some were of servile status and others free , although with the passage of time more and more secured their freedom ( Ch.4 ) , some might occupy barely enough land to sustain themselves and their families , while others accumulated substantial farms and became themselves employers of labour . |
| 13 | He said : ‘ We are seeing this sort of thing more and more often . ’ |
| 14 | They influence the outcome of discussions and persuade others of their point of view more than women do . |
| 15 | Feminist psychology recognizes the importance of theory more than most other psychology , and it is growing increasingly sophisticated in its theoretical approach . |
| 16 | Backwards and forwards the engine passes , increasing its load at each operation , until behind its tender it may have a string of vehicles more than two hundred yards in length with a brake van in the rear . |
| 17 | First , we built a factory , with a paint shop so clean no particle of dust more than 5 thousandths of a millimetre thick can get inside . |
| 18 | Thus , in spite of substantial emigration , the population of Lewis more than trebled during the course of the 19th century . |
| 19 | Tonight I feel I 'd enjoy a pint of ale more than a text from the New Testament . |
| 20 | Few things test the conventional notion of self more than MPD . |
| 21 | ‘ What is the matter , you Christian men , that you so greatly esteeme so little portion of golde more than your own quietnesse … |
| 22 | Rebellion was a mark of achievement more than a sign of weakness . |
| 23 | What had influenced Hollywood , thought Moley , was the ample evidence that ‘ the generality of the public takes its movies seriously and is adversely responsive to any effort which offers the least suspicion that they are being used for some purpose other than entertainment ’ and that in particular ‘ nothing hurts a picture 's chance of success more than the whisper that it contains propaganda ’ . |
| 24 | They do not regard it as offensive to say they want a quality of life more than they want challenge and promotion . ’ |
| 25 | By the last week of April more than 10 countries , including Belgium , Czechoslovakia , Germany Hungary , Japan , Spain , and Sweden , had been notified by the Libyan authorities that their presence in Libya had to be reduced within 14 days . |
| 26 | It was delightfully snug and companionable there in the firelight , with the roar of the seas outside muted , all draughts excluded , sufficiently warm without being too hot ; for the fireplace was no less than twelve feet wide , its lintel a massive slab of stone more than that in length , reputedly taken from a Pictish stone circle , so that the ingle was like a little open room of its own in the thickness of the walling . |
| 27 | Why then did they seal off an area of Tottenham more than one mile across ? |
| 28 | He was seen with a pretty young woman , was able to paw her a little without having the effort or commitment of doing more and had also enjoyed himself complaining about his wife . |
| 29 | This obviously applies to some areas of life more than to others , to choice of friends more than to the choice of legal argument in a court case . |
| 30 | Nothing destroys a sense of humour more than fear . |