Example sentences of "[vb -s] more [conj] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It looks more than a scratch . ’ |
| 2 | Certainly the Springbok squad for their tour of France and England has more than a touch of the curate 's egg about it . |
| 3 | Then too , Sun has more than a touch of the ‘ not invented here ’ syndrome . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | In the case of household waste , the price rarely covers more than a fraction of the cost of collection and sorting . |
| 6 | He says more than a quarter of the people at the base were American . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 ) . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | ROWLAND S HOWARD These Immortal Souls ' Australian exile recounts more than a decade on the musical edge … |
| 11 | Their inherent vulnerability in many societies — a condom often costs more than a prostitute — is often encouraged in political manipulations of religious precepts . |
| 12 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | It takes more than a bowl of water to get rid of Jesus Christ seeking you out to follow him and to receive him . |
| 15 | It takes more than a shoestring to keep an essential component of the economy strong , say the Met , and other institutions concur . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | As a rough guide , if a fever persists more than a day or two in a child under 2 years then consider seeking advice . |
| 19 | The Maastricht Treaty represents more than a consolidation of the process of centralisation in the EEC . |
| 20 | Second , the duty involves more than a duty of obedience . |
| 21 | The British system of government involves more than a network of departments headed by ministers . |
| 22 | Given the massive contribution made daily by dedicated staff at the DMH it seems more than a touch insensitive to expect them to dip into their own pockets for the place as well . |
| 23 | The four-point agreement follows more than a year of contacts with the Fund by Peru 's foreign debt negotiator , Abel Salinas , and is an about-turn by President Alan Garcia . |
| 24 | In France too , corruption has played a part , though so has the ennui that follows more than a decade of rule by one party . |
| 25 | ‘ It can not be right that a tenant in Middlesbrough , where housing is cheap , pays more than a tenant in Camden , where costs are very much higher , where well-paid jobs are much easier to come by , and there is such a concentration of commercial facilities . ’ |
| 26 | If you are working , then how about looking for a job that pays more or a job that pays the same but reduces your travelling costs ? |
| 27 | Mystery Miguel , they call him , and he never does more than a couple of songs . |
| 28 | Britain 's second biggest electricity supplier , which generates more than a quarter of the nation 's electricity , is urging the Government to close down out-of-date nuclear power stations . |
| 29 | ANY WOMAN getting wed , gains more than a husband . |
| 30 | In the Netherlands , the task of refining and extending the revolutionary concept of the Woonerf and separately applying its most valuable elements continues more than a decade after its inception . |