Example sentences of "[vb -s] [prep] more [subord] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's a whirlwind ride which rarely lingers for more than a minute on individual songs until we reach the '90s and the Zoo TV extravaganza . |
| 2 | Germany 's biggest tyre company and the second largest in Europe , Continental has for more than a century been world leaders in tyre design and technology |
| 3 | But he has not convinced his hometown audience that the larger goal of the Gulf war — the crafting of a new world order — amounts to more than a string of words . |
| 4 | One about Flaubert , one about Ellen , one about myself My own is the simplest of the three — it hardly amounts to more than a convincing proof of my existence — and yet I find it the hardest to begin . |
| 5 | Whether this amounts to more than a row of beans these days is questionable . |
| 6 | Breathing in this way will be more efficient if the body is of the size and shape that gives maximum skin area and minimum body volume and this indeed , is just what is found among these lungless salamanders ; their bodies are thin and elongated and none of them grows to more than a few centimetres in length . |
| 7 | And the sea 's greatest known depth of 36,200 feet exceeds by more than a mile the height of Mount Everest . |
| 8 | In the South Western Board , for example , it was decided to centralise accounting functions , reducing billing costs by more than a quarter in the first eighteen months , and there were further economies subsequently through mechanisation and centralisation on their Plymouth accounting office . |
| 9 | The company 's employees have embarked on a strike that could seriously disrupt international air travel if it lasts for more than a few weeks . |
| 10 | After all , Levi admits to more than a passing interest in things financial , shall we say . |
| 11 | As Provincial Editor I handled correspondents ’ news reports from more than a score of outlying communities and our Times-Herald ‘ reporter ’ for the Briercrest area was a Mrs Edna Jacques . |
| 12 | If the report runs to more than a few pages , there should always be a list of the various sections and headings to be found in the report . |