Example sentences of "be [prep] more than a " in BNC.

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1 This is the most upbeat I have been for more than a year . ’
2 There were no sounds of any kind coming from Alina 's bedroom , and had n't been for more than an hour .
3 But when , as his friend and director Mike Nichols asserts , an actor has inscribed upon popular history a character who has influenced the modern male personality , as did Henry Fonda , James Cagney , Spencer Tracy and Humphrey Bogart , his personal idiosyncrasies are worth more than a cursory glance .
4 One or two events which will be of more than a passing interest to Lothian Highways ' staff have occurred since the first edition of NETWORK was published .
5 Delays need to be of more than an hour before compensation is paid out , and even then you need to have bought your ticket before knowing about the hold-up .
6 It had about 164,000 regulars , of whom only some 80,000 were on more than a three-year engagement .
7 ‘ She 's worth more than a shepherd . ’
8 For the reader about to abandon the book this may easily uncover previously undisclosed information ; for the committed reader it can add to his overall perspective on the book , thus helping him understand the relation of the parts to the whole , e.g. D. Marquand , Ramsay MacDonald ( 1977 ) , is about more than a former Prime Minister .
9 The Kaduna-based Hausa language newspaper Gaskiya ta fi Kwabo ( ‘ The Truth is Worth More than a Penny ’ ) , took this allegation further by quoting from a leading Kaduna State politician :
10 Try not to get pushed into this — your health is worth more than a few extra quid .
11 Hence , a pound paid out is worth more than a pound retained and reinvested .
12 Assuming your trip is for more than an hour , the following items are considered pretty indispensable by most mothers .
13 Lewis 's popularity was part of this , and it was with more than a scent of victory in the air , victory over the agnostics and freethinkers , that he consented to be involved with the foundation of the Socratic Club in Oxford in 1941 .
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