Example sentences of "[adv] more than the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The point is worth considering for a moment , partly because it is of relevance to greatly more than the present conceptual issue . |
| 2 | With a proper programme of training , based on what we know from human athletes and extended by our own work , it should be possible to increase the performance of young horses much more than the empirical methods most trainers use . ’ |
| 3 | Ami Pro 3.0 uses the mouse much more than the previous version . |
| 4 | We have increased expenditure on crime prevention and the police much more than the previous Labour Government , who cut it by 3 per cent . |
| 5 | The mood had changed by the end of the Sixties , and became more romantic , more allusive , softer and with many references to the past , which suited Lagerfeld 's handwriting much more than the brash futuristic Sixties looks had done . |
| 6 | ‘ But I walk a fine line of ambiguity because I 'm also reaching a straight audience who need the education much more than the gay audience . |
| 7 | Last year GM 's turnover was $123.6bn ( £77bn ) — comfortably more than the gross domestic product of a good few developing countries . |
| 8 | In the case of the working class — possibly more than the middle class — the unemployment of families and the depressed economic conditions that prevailed during the inter-war years encouraged the reduction of family size , even though there were still many areas where the birth rate remained high or increased , almost oblivious of the economic conditions . |
| 9 | Rome had probably more than the average number of beggars . |
| 10 | This involves first cutting the panel down to slightly more than the largest measurement , and then supporting it in place , so that it is spaced slightly away from the wall or ceiling , but is exactly vertical or horizontal . |
| 11 | The 200 must be perceived as a refined car , if Rover is to justify charging slightly more than the going rate for its class . |
| 12 | The North African wild cat weighs only slightly more than the average moggie . |
| 13 | These figures show that the project cost slightly more than the estimated amount saved in Ipswich , and about £16,000 — £18,000 more in Newham ( where the amount spent on support workers was much higher ) . |
| 14 | It merits consideration , even though there is still keen advocacy for cash flow accounting , and even though there are inevitably additional costs and a long lead-time to production ( probably rather more than the two years in NZ ) as departments switch to accrual accounting . |
| 15 | This tended to affect the capital-intensive professions , such as medicine and engineering , in the form of regulation of capital spending and student numbers , rather more than the cheaper ones , but there have been direct or indirect consequences for fields such as nursing , teaching and social work as well . |
| 16 | As is usual in such cases her body trudged on obstinately , knowing that one foot hurt rather more than the other , but deciding not to admit this until some sort of objective was reached , while her mind , rejecting the situation in time and space , became disjointed and childish . |
| 17 | By 1982 , the state 's accumulated ‘ debt ’ with RENFE was rather more than the annual operating revenue ( RENFE 1984a : 45 ) . |
| 18 | To have produced one important poem is rather more than the vast majority of poets could claim in any age . |
| 19 | At least he seems likely to prosper rather more than the unfortunate Zola Budd . |
| 20 | Yes this colourful expedition requires rather more than the obligatory three points of contact , but it 's well worth seeking out , despite the alarm bells which may well have been triggered by now in the more squeamish reader . |
| 21 | He has also , inquiries revealed , sold rather more than the 40 or 50 paintings suggested by the Saatchi Collection spokeswoman in mid-week , and the pattern of his sales suggests that what we are seeing is rather more radical than a ‘ refinement ’ of the collection . |
| 22 | If Norway qualify he will have problems getting in the 22-man squad for USA-94 if he is not a regular starter for Leeds — Frank knows this and i expect him to deliver when / if he gets the chance to play a little more than the last 5 minutes . |
| 23 | Characteristically , he charged considerably more than had been agreed for the work ; the ewer and basin weighed 570 ounces , substantially more than the requested maximum . |
| 24 | At the end of the seventies , after annually spending substantially more than the yearly income , the price for this extravagance was a reduction in the number of staff . |
| 25 | An implant is far more than the simple visual component . ’ |
| 26 | But drinking too much over a period of months or years damages far more than the nervous system . |
| 27 | Indeed , both these companies target the corporate market far more than the professional publishing sector which , while entirely understandable , means that a great many potential users simply never hear about the products . |
| 28 | The weak intensity is caused by upward continuation through the mantle : the small-scale non-dipolar transition field is attenuated far more than the axial dipole . |
| 29 | This interrelation of various disciplines is fundamental to science : the word ‘ science ’ itself derives from a Latin word meaning ‘ knowledge ’ — a term that embraces far more than the circumscribed disciplines just mentioned . |
| 30 | These deep structural problems are cultural and political as well as economic , and will require far more than the odd adjustment to monetary or fiscal policy if we are to begin to solve them . |