Example sentences of "more [conj] [adj] [noun sg] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even a president whose party controls both the House and the Senate is obliged to approach the legislature more or less cap in hand as he seeks approval for his programme . |
| 2 | In addition to the urban congestion , there were two new factors , more or less coinciding in impact , which operated to degrade the traditional sanctity of the grave and hit the poorest people hardest . |
| 3 | The central event of the former 's pontificate can hardly fail to be seen as Humanae Vitae in 1968 , central because its publication marked a watershed separating the first years of enthusiasm , of an optimistic post-conciliar implementation in which Rome and leading Catholic theologians were still working more or less hand in hand ( as they had done in the latter years of the Council ) from the far more contestatory and unsure later period . |
| 4 | Although well-made clubs ought to last a lifetime , I have already owned 16 different sets and tried more than that number in a futile search for The Touch . |
| 5 | There 's more than one phone in there ! |
| 6 | Because , after all , no-one had , as yet , told him that Presley City was going to be little more than blackened rubble in just two days time . |
| 7 | He , no more than General Christison in Java , was able to operate in a political vacuum but at least the French in Saigon were treated as allies rather than as one-time enemies although , in the absence of sufficient numbers of Frenchmen , Japanese troops were required to fight Vietnamese who , as in Hanoi , were intent on the politics of a fait accompli . |
| 8 | I am running a 1986 V8 County 90 which at 25,000 miles has no more than normal backlash in the transmission line , yet a most irritating noise has developed which can only be described as a clunk that occurs whenever I apply or lift off the throttle in any gear . |
| 9 | The second story is set in and around a country hotel , where the wife of a coarse doctor takes a more than kindly interest in a Klima wide-awake to the sights and sounds of this paradise . |
| 10 | Our more cynical age , though , might suspect that Gilbert 's generosity was motivated by more than spiritual interest in the boy 's welfare ! |
| 11 | Greek Intelligence must have been taking a more than passing interest in the activities of our friend Andropulos over a long period , years I would think . |
| 12 | There is more than passing irony in the very thought of a celibate Rangers . |
| 13 | Arrange the shells on an oiled baking tray , season them and brush each shell lightly with a little oil — use no more than 1 tablespoon in all . |
| 14 | There may be more than mere nostalgia in all this . |
| 15 | The common property , if it is more than mere cash in hand or at the bank , will be vested in trustees who must deal with it in accordance with the rules or with any trust expressly declared , and it can be made liable for obligations incurred by , or on behalf of , the society . |
| 16 | She had sensed something more than mere adoration in the way he had kissed her and been aware of her body 's response . |
| 17 | The immediate effect of the revenue enhancement however , brought with it a more than proportionate increase in costs across the board and a surplus deflated by approximately £100,000 . |
| 18 | Myers marries a sexy butcher he comes to suspect of having more than ground beef in her freezer . |
| 19 | Farmers Group , the American insurer it bought last year , showed a surplus of £205million in the nine months to September — and should now make more than enough money in the full year to cover the cost of its acquisition . |
| 20 | Farmers Group , the American insurer it bought last year , showed a surplus of £205million in the nine months to September — and should now make more than enough money in the full year to cover the cost of its acquisition . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | But do n't expect much more than pompous doggerel in the words . |
| 23 | One study looking at the protection provided by the two drugs against histamine induced bronchoconstriction suggested a more than fourfold difference in potency . |
| 24 | We began a more than modest tour in Buxton in October 1940 and continued touring all over the country , with occasional visits to the Prince 's Theatre or the New Theatre [ now the Albery ] in London , until the war ended . |
| 25 | Erm , clearly we are in a room full of people who have a more than marginal interest in the political process erm and that goes for your boundaries of Cambridge city councils er remit and clearly contains also to parliamentary methods erm I 'm trying not to be desperately partisan about this , I do n't expect anybody erm but a phrase has been used earlier this evening from another quarter about if it 's not broke do n't fix it , erm the boundary commission have looked at the boundaries of the Cambridge city constituency have found that it is up to ninety nine percent of the right and proper er number of electors . |
| 26 | And especially the beloved Charles Dickens , who perhaps did more than any man in his century — including the great legislators and engineers — to awaken a new conscience in his fellow men . |
| 27 | In recent times Nicklaus probably did more than any player in sustaining the aura of Augusta . |
| 28 | It 's a kind of work encountered with more and more frequency in New York galleries these days . |
| 29 | There is , however , a tendency for the public and the government to get used to industrial action and to adapt to it , so inducing groups to become more and more militant in order to sustain the same level of impact . |
| 30 | Virani was able to issue more and more paper in order to finance bigger and bigger deals . |