Example sentences of "and [verb] more than a " in BNC.
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| 1 | This will mean adjusting the time outbound , and allowing more than a single drift on the outbound leg . |
| 2 | This rare and peculiar fossil looks rather like a sea-lily without arms , and has more than a passing resemblance to a tennis racket ! |
| 3 | If you see and screen more than a certain target number of patients you will get paid more . ’ |
| 4 | Her shoulder-length hair obscured her face , though Alice moved position to try and see more than a slab of cheek . |
| 5 | Others were less fortunate and spent more than a week exploring the delights of the Senegalese capital before completing their journey . |
| 6 | It deserves to succeed , and hints more than a little at a film soundtrack . |
| 7 | James Boiling also returned career-best figures in that game , and deserves more than a regular one-day place . |
| 8 | They moved more than 3,000 tonnes of soil and sourced more than a 1,000 tonnes of clean building rubble , completing this task by the middle of January 1990 . |
| 9 | In a deal that will create America 's second-largest coal company and second-largest copper firm , Cyprus Minerals is paying between $1 billion and $1.4 billion , and assuming more than a $1 billion in debt , for loss-making Amax . |
| 10 | Further , the failure of the police and courts to prosecute and convict more than a small proportion of rapists means that there is little effective legal deterrent . |
| 11 | She gave her mother fifteen shillings for her keep , and had more than a pound left to spend on herself . |
| 12 | This means that members in the Republic of Ireland who are over twenty five years of age and have more than a three year no claim bonus have had no increase in premium for over three years and for all other policyholder there has been no increase for over two years . |
| 13 | This remake of Jackie Mittoo 's Studio One organ classic is typical of current Taxi fare : subtle , gently rocking , and offering more than a nod to rocksteady , right down to the drum fills probably sampled from the original version . |