Example sentences of "[vb -s] more than [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It looks more than a scratch . ’ |
| 2 | However , a horse needs more than the space necessary to exercise both body and mind . |
| 3 | However , the preservation of a rape survivor 's anonymity needs more than the exclusion of the name . |
| 4 | True , this remedy contains more than an element of ‘ big brother ’ and it may be that it does no more than turn the criminals away from the areas covered by the cameras ' eyes . |
| 5 | He asserted that Parliament was " not a congress of ambassadors from different and hostile interests … but … a deliberative assembly of one nation , with one interest , that of the whole — where nor local purposes , nor local prejudices ought to guide , but the general good , resulting from the general reason of the whole " ; a contention which contains more than an echo of Rousseau , ironically , since Rousseau was adamant that the nation could not be represented in the way Burke implies . |
| 6 | It seems to me that unless you can convince yourself that a grouping of companies adds more than the sum of its parts , there is no raison d'etre for the company at all . |
| 7 | I was trained as a scientist , and there are times when science matters more than the individual . |
| 8 | Certainly the Springbok squad for their tour of France and England has more than a touch of the curate 's egg about it . |
| 9 | Then too , Sun has more than a touch of the ‘ not invented here ’ syndrome . |
| 10 | The latest move to supply India , a country which exploded a nuclear device in 1974 with material produced from a research reactor , typifies France 's ‘ go it alone ’ approach which has more than a hint of economic expediency in it . |
| 11 | In the case of household waste , the price rarely covers more than a fraction of the cost of collection and sorting . |
| 12 | He says more than a quarter of the people at the base were American . |
| 13 | Pan Am says more than a sale is involved ; it has a new marketing deal with United that will help prop up its other operations . |
| 14 | The list includes more than a quarter of the noctuid moths and ichneumonid wasps on the British list , a third or more of the hoverflies ( Syrphidae ) , butterflies and bumblebees , more than half the Serphidae ( also wasps ) , and six cf the seven social wasps ( Vespidae ) . |
| 15 | Sketching out the good and bad side of human nature … cartoons get a fleeting glance in daily papers … but for many there 's a more serious side … the cartoonists work raises more than a smile . |
| 16 | ROWLAND S HOWARD These Immortal Souls ' Australian exile recounts more than a decade on the musical edge … |
| 17 | Mr Marzio also maintains that the tax law affects more than the stream of gifts to museums . |
| 18 | Their inherent vulnerability in many societies — a condom often costs more than a prostitute — is often encouraged in political manipulations of religious precepts . |
| 19 | ‘ If you try to tell someone one night he went to bed in one county and woke up in another and he was no longer a Yorkshireman , he gets more than a bit upset . ’ |
| 20 | According to Bill Martin , economist at UBS-Phillips & Drew : ‘ The only thing the Chancellor fears more than the currency speculators are the rows of blue rinses at Blackpool next week ’ . |
| 21 | The grand design of a single market for Europe requires more than the guarantee of free trade found in the Treaty of Rome . |
| 22 | The solution of the crofting problem requires more than the input of money into agriculture More than the input of money into industry . |
| 23 | This means that the breeding cycle takes more than a year to complete , with the result that the birds are unable to breed every year . |
| 24 | It takes more than a bowl of water to get rid of Jesus Christ seeking you out to follow him and to receive him . |
| 25 | It takes more than a shoestring to keep an essential component of the economy strong , say the Met , and other institutions concur . |
| 26 | In the past , the guards have smacked of overkill , since it rarely takes more than a baton charge with their lathi sticks to quell the traditional rotten orange barrage that welcomes most touring teams . |
| 27 | By interlinking Mariana 's own words with a detailed account of the derelict grange , Tennyson creates more than an outline of Mariana 's deep emotional state ; Her longing for death , as a result of a lonely life without her lover . |
| 28 | It 's much too late to make a pitch on consistency no one person knows or understands more than a fraction of one discipline among many anymore . |
| 29 | As a rough guide , if a fever persists more than a day or two in a child under 2 years then consider seeking advice . |
| 30 | A team has a mix of people who contribute in different but complementary ways thus achieving synergy , ie the team produces more than the sum of its individuals . |