Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pron] more [conj] a " in BNC.

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1 Next is Aled Williams of Bridgend , whose consistency in domestic matches , which might not be transferred to internationals , should have earned him more than a replacement honour ( out of position ) against Namibia in 1990 .
2 Dickins had had nothing more than a back pass and a free-kick to deal with in the first 30 minutes but showed signs of nervousness when Bull challenged for a Birch free-kick .
3 Land Rover has produced something more than a face-lifted Range Rover .
4 Damn him if she would explain that the young man to whom he 'd referred had merely been a fellow Briton attending a conference on international computing , that they 'd exchanged nothing more than a few polite comments natural to fellow compatriots abroad , and that his arm had been lying across the back of the bench seats and not round her shoulders .
5 In the last year , Henderson has proved himself more than a mere economic indicator by giving Lord Hanson a drubbing before he had even formally launched a takeover bid for ICI .
6 But to argue that such developments marked anything more than a beginning would be to over-estimate the significance of what was done .
7 Doctors have given her more than a fighting chance and I just have that to cling to . ’
8 Ron Robinson took charge of this element and the gathering that was achieved might have caused him more than a few ulcers , but he had to admit was more than worth the effort !
9 Ruth did n't want to get drawn into all that again and besides , his tone had n't indicated anything more than a passing interest .
10 Since membership required nothing more than a signature , it is difficult to assess the real weight of the movement .
11 Romer J. relied on William Whiteley Ltd. v. The King , 101 L.T. 741 and Slater v. Burnley Corporation , 59 L.T. 636 , in reaching his decision , and he also referred [ 1946 ] Ch. 236 , 241 , to the ‘ principle of duress colore officii ’ in a manner which showed that the necessary duress required something more than a simple demand by an official .
12 Now that , following Fryer v LTE ( see para 1.50 ) , a payment into court can be disclosed on an interim payment application , a defendant who has paid anything more than a small proportion of the value of the plaintiff 's claim into court will find it difficult to resist the application on this ground , especially as the court will usually order the interim payment to be paid out of the money in court .
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