Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adj] than [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Insurance premiums for works travelling to and from Paris have risen sharply over recent years , often representing more than a third of the total cost of an exhibition . |
| 2 | ‘ We should like to see parents control the amount of time their children spend on computer games , especially if it becomes clear that it is becoming more than a normal hobby , ’ said the PAT deputy general secretary , Jackie Miller . |
| 3 | A note on a field of collecting which shows every sign of becoming more than a passing fad — that of old cheques . |
| 4 | Even the Salvation Army , formed specifically with the ‘ unrespectable ’ poor in mind , hardly succeeded in becoming more than a welcome addition to free public entertainment ( with its uniforms , bands and lively hymns ) , and a useful source of charity . |
| 5 | It was a day or two before I realized that his behaviour was becoming more than a little frenetic , to say the least . |
| 6 | T. B. You 're walking slower than the average person , when you 're first about . |
| 7 | Guillamon stepped out of the Manse ; he was grey and brittle in the cold but his eyes were flashing brighter than the hard sky . |
| 8 | Both of these Brooklyn comics , however , are now growing colder than a rubber chicken . |
| 9 | The 75th anniversary flypast is one of the most ambitious displays the RAF has ever staged , ivolving more than a third of it 's aircraft . |
| 10 | There is nothing to stop Humberside Heavy Haulage from paying more than the legal minimum if the company really wishes to show appreciation of Peter 's loyal service over the years . |
| 11 | when they discover that they are not paying more than the 20 per cent . |
| 12 | It took a great deal of effort not to wriggle about as much as I normally did , but I feared him panicking more than the physical discomfort . |
| 13 | Scorning more than a small peppermint humbug , I went into the little church of St. Nicholas . |
| 14 | To her surprise , he wrote to her more that winter than at any time before and she was touched to find him attempting more than the sweet but stilted compositions he had managed previously . |
| 15 | Following the talks a joint communiqué reiterated both governments ' adherence to the protocol signed in Damascus in August 1987 , and in addition Turkey committed itself to releasing more than the current 500 cubic metres of water a second to Syria . |
| 16 | ‘ Looking after ’ their workers most definitely does not mean paying higher than the prevailing rate of wages , but it does imply a genuine concern for their employees ' welfare ( including help with personal and domestic problems ) , the provision of decent housing facilities and frequent individual acts of generosity like small gifts on family birthdays and at Christmas , the allowance of various perquisites and even the provision of occasional ‘ treats ’ like harvest suppers and days out at local agricultural shows . |
| 17 | Dowty 's three-pronged attack in areas of high technology where profit has often been elusive is proceeding better than the interim results suggest . |
| 18 | A WHIFF of competition sent shares in United States chip maker Intel tumbling at the end of March , wiping more than a fifth off the value of what is arguably Silicon Valley 's most important firm . |
| 19 | My sons ’ dragons are incapable of flying more than a few miles before they fade . ’ |
| 20 | Ownership Tough restrictions on cross-media ownership will prevent national newspaper owners holding more than a 20 per cent stake in television companies , with a similar limitation on cross interests between commercial televison , satellite television and national radio channels . |
| 21 | Other leakages include : ( a ) the holding of excess reserves by banks — that is holding more than the minimum reserve requirement ; ( b ) an increase in the public 's desired cash holdings ; and ( c ) a net outflow of currency overseas as a result of a balance of payments deficit . |
| 22 | Buying less than the best is a false economy . |
| 23 | BR complained that the result was likely to be deteriorating services , especially since there was simultaneous pressure to keep down tariffs , while BR 's costs themselves were rising faster than the retail price index . |
| 24 | Also , it may be worth pointing out that most shareware distributors offer a policy whereby users buying more than a certain number of disks pay less per disk . |
| 25 | Elsewhere on the steeper slopes leaching removes enough mineral content from the thin poor soils to render them infertile and incapable of supporting more than a poor vegetation carrying very little stock . |
| 26 | But as two months had already elapsed since the end of the previous contracts , this would mean that for some weeks the players would be getting more than the permitted £4 a week maximum . |
| 27 | i can just verify that Frank is having talks with a spanish 1 div club ( i do nt think they have any ‘ premier div ’ down there — so first is first … ) — i guess Frank feels he does n't get the chance he + me + others thinks he deserves — Dino and Wallace just not delivering goals and Frank never getting more than the 10 last minutes from time to time . |
| 28 | ( In practice , however , the calculations required for systems containing more than a few electrons are so complicated that we can not do them . ) |
| 29 | Two million people drink water containing more than the European Commission 's Maximum Admissible Concentration ( MAC ) of aluminium , which is increasingly believed to cause Alzheimer 's disease ( incurable dementia ) . |
| 30 | And probably getting less than a third of the pay of most MPs round here . |