Example sentences of "[to-vb] [prep] more than [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Old Trafford is the one ground I have wanted to play at more than any other , ’ said Johnson , 21 . |
| 2 | An unidentified East German , arrested in a crackdown on corruption as he tried to flee with more than half a million marks ( about £180,0000 ) , has hanged himself in his cell . |
| 3 | An unidentified East German , arrested in a crackdown on corruption as he tried to flee with more than half a million marks ( about £180,000 ) has hanged himself in his cell . |
| 4 | She suffered severely from arthritis , was unable to read for more than short periods of time , was bored and confused by television , and for long periods lay inert , half dozing , half listening to the radio . |
| 5 | He was not rebuked because he refused to believe without enough reasons but because he refused to believe with more than enough reasons . |
| 6 | The energy exporters are likely to account for more than half the growth in demand to the year 2000 and their share of consumption will increase to almost 50% . |
| 7 | To quote the dictionary again , the word ‘ adventure ’ contains in it an element of the unexpected , of chance and Fate , which means that the protagonist must be able to call on more than normal attributes to meet the challenge set for him . |
| 8 | The pressure to safeguard by more than diplomatic or economic means external sources of supply , territories for emigration and markets for Japanese goods , coincided with growing nationalism and army influence from the late 1920s , crystallizing in efforts to secure control over large parts of East and Southeast Asia and build an autarkic economic sphere . |
| 9 | It 's the latest in a series of grim , hard-hitting ads that have helped to cut by more than half the tally of deaths in accidents involving drunken drivers . |