Example sentences of "[ex0] be [adv] more than " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although most of those named in the letters are well-known for their persistent campaigning over Northern Ireland , there are still more than usual and the timing created maximum embarrassment for the Government . |
| 2 | In any month in the 1840 's and '50's there were rarely more than live contracts settled up and the figure was usually two or three and sometimes none at all . |
| 3 | They comprise some 21 per cent of rural housing stock on average , and Shucksmith ( 1981 ) indicates that , during 1968–73 in England and Wales there were usually more than double the number of local authority houses being built per 1,000 population in urban than in rural districts . |
| 4 | ‘ And there were never more than a few dozen ringleaders , ’ Bob Mather , a local butcher , tells me . |
| 5 | Even so there were still more than enough elephants to guarantee the safety of the species . |
| 6 | ‘ And yet , you know , there 's surely more than just hatred for a disruptive influence in class . |
| 7 | There is also more than an echo of Piaget 's notion of schematic development ( Ginsburg and Opper , 1979 ) . |
| 8 | The deal is startlingly altruistic , and the racetrack owners are always generous with their political contributions ; but Arizona 's Republican governor , Fife Symington , thinks there is already more than enough gambling in his state . |
| 9 | There is ostensibly more than a passing similarity between Gedge and another famed Mancunian bedroom termite , Morrissey . |
| 10 | Eleven years on , this continues , though now there is perhaps more than a tinge of pity for my ‘ lonely ’ existence . |
| 11 | For Abie this Friday meant something special ; there was even more than the Sabbath to return to . |
| 12 | There was always more than a hint , of course , that the real source of anxiety was that the bicycle might be enlarging the freedom of women in undesirable directions , because both in terms of class and sex the bicycle was a great leveller . |
| 13 | The contrast with chemistry came up frequently , and there was often more than a hint of reductionism in the comparison : |
| 14 | When Ellie went scarlet , because there was definitely more than a grain of truth in that statement , she laughed , not unkindly . |