Example sentences of "[to-vb] more [conj] [det] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This principle , that within each diplomatic rank ( ambassador , minister-resident , etc. ) precedence should be decided merely by seniority , was to lead more than half a century later , by the international convention of 1818 , to a final solution of most of the issues on which for generations so many energies had been expended and so much ink spilt . |
| 2 | Of 32 planned gas-fired power stations , three-quarters are badly designed and likely to waste more than half the gas they use . |
| 3 | But airlines were unlikely to be able to finance more than half the aircraft they ordered through their balance sheets on an outright ownership basis . |
| 4 | In order to travel all together in one compartment , we had to arrive more than half an hour before the train was to start . |
| 5 | To us , the glacier now appeared to lie more than half a mile away from the river , but scrambling across the black gravel of the terminal moraine , we were surprised to find that this rubble concealed the true icy snout . |
| 6 | It was in defence of the presumed ‘ sovereignty ’ of this peculiar nation — a product of the Quai d'Orsay rather than the creation of any Arab national aspiration — that countless thousands were to die more than half a century later . |
| 7 | Hell' she cried , ’ 'I used to get more than that an hour for softening them' . |
| 8 | However , as the laying-out and preparation of the body was at that time the responsibility of the family , it would appear that the guild limited themselves to three actions : the marshalling of their members to attend , and the selection from that company of those to carry the coffin ( though it would have been a strong guild able to command more than half a dozen of its members during a weekday ) ; to see the coffin safely into the church and to ensure that the burial equipment was in place ; and to attend the full obsequies on the following day , including the funeral feast . |
| 9 | France agreed to pay more than half the cost of the programme provided that it was entrusted with its production and provided , also , that the rocket remain geared to the commercial needs of the 1980s and early 1990s . |
| 10 | John Frain made it two and it was going to take more than all the kings horses and men to put Town back together again … |
| 11 | He says that it seemed to take more than half an hour . |
| 12 | Well , I agreed not to speak more than half an hour , but I see that I have been speaking for a little longer than forty-five minutes . |
| 13 | Hymer 's rats were unable to produce more than half the normal amount of pituitary growth hormone . |