Example sentences of "[was/were] more [conj] [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it was more than just the paparazzi versus the Penns . |
| 2 | And it was more than just the light reflected from their balding , silvery heads . |
| 3 | It was immediately apparent that the main challenge to the ingenuity of the designers was the considerable width of the building , which , at 20m ( 66ft ) , was more than double the dimension usually found in residential buildings . |
| 4 | Investment activity by unit was more than double the percentage of North Side units contained by the neighbourhood . |
| 5 | Unfortunately for the credibility of the Northern Ireland administration , murders during December 1972 numbered twenty which was more than double the November figure . |
| 6 | The number of reported seroconversions has risen steadily since 1986 ; the number of cases in which transmission of HIV-1 was known to have occurred during 1990–2 ( 157 ) was more than double the number recorded during 1987–9 ( 74 ) . |
| 7 | Recurrent spending for 1990/91 was targeted at TSh160,000 million , a 35 per cent rise ( although inflation stood at 30 per cent for 1989 ) ; development spending , at TSh46,000 million was more than double the previous year 's level of TSh22,000 million . |
| 8 | The government conceded that the projected 1991 deficit was more than double the DKr16,100 million originally planned ; the growth , it said , was due to a rapid rise in unemployment which had swelled the cost of social transfers while reducing tax revenues . |
| 9 | The annual growth in the number of patients treated , at 1.9 per cent per year , was more than double the rate of growth in spending ( Robinson 1991 ) . |
| 10 | This was more than twice the 80 litres/t volume running from grass that was ensiled with 50kg/t of sugar beet plus an inoculant , and 10 times the 20 litres seeping from grass wilted to 30% dry matter . |
| 11 | The tube was more than twice the length of an adult macaque 's arms . |
| 12 | A DRIVER who caused the death of a 16-year-old jogger while his blood alcohol was more than twice the limit was jailed for 18 months yesterday . |
| 13 | This was more or less the case throughout the West Indies , although attitudes in Barbados were undoubtedly narrower than elsewhere . |
| 14 | ‘ Stepping Out ’ — it was more or less the record company 's idea ; it was like ‘ stepping out ’ of Genesis . ’ |
| 15 | The first street in Funchal was more or less the present Rua Santa Maria , and the flat area of beach was where the Largo do Corpo Santo is now . |
| 16 | Ellen was adamantly opposed to the first two and a noisy supporter of the last two , while my position was more or less the opposite . |
| 17 | To effect the separation it was needful that the particle size was more or less the same . |
| 18 | Bumboy not only won : it was more or less the sole survivor . |
| 19 | This was more or less the view of the headmaster . |
| 20 | It was more or less the first thing we checked . ’ |
| 21 | Towards the end of my Baghdad tour I had regular tussles with the group captain in friendly games of tennis , but I was never able to take a set off him , which never surprised me since he was more or less the permanent Inter-Services Tennis Champion in the UK , ( Oddly enough , Jackie Hunter was my station commander early in the war and saved me from the wrath of my Air Officer Commanding — " Maori " Coningham — when I brought my bombs back when everyone else had " found the target " , but this was before the days of the night camera . ) |