Example sentences of "[det] more than [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Lord chancellor 's proposals , contained in Regulations due to come into effect on 12th April , would potentially affect about 12–14 million adults : some would cease to be eligible for legal aid ; some would have to pay much more than at present ; and some would be required to pay a contribution for the first time . |
| 2 | In Britain and elsewhere in Europe , CDs commonly cost much more than in America . |
| 3 | If prosecutors , magistrates , judges and jurors were to proceed on an entirely sceptical footing , many fewer search and arrest warrants would be issued , fewer people would be prosecuted , even fewer would be committed to trial , and , of those tried , many more than at present would be acquitted . |
| 4 | Life was not all work and no play for women any more than for men ; even if they had chores to do at home , the women compositors — who almost by definition young and/or unmarried — had the chance to escape duty for pleasure from time to time . |
| 5 | There is no simple answer with Dostoevsky any more than with Dickens . |
| 6 | The Institute can not make instant assumptions of guilt , any more than of innocence . |
| 7 | Yet there is nothing in the wording of any of these charters ( any more than in Charles 's later recollections of his mother ) to suggest special affection . |