Example sentences of "be [prep] more than the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Kelly said : ‘ It 's not right that the end of year events are worth more than the early season classics just because the interest has got to be maintained to the finish . ’ |
| 2 | You are worth more than the birds ! |
| 3 | The most casual obscenities , the most hackneyed endearments , coming to me from your rose-red lips , are worth more than the sagest advice of all the old men in the world . |
| 4 | Surely polymeric surfactants , which are becoming increasingly important as dispersing agents , are worth more than the three pages devoted to them here . |
| 5 | And make sure your insurance company knows about any specific items , like valuable antiques , that are worth more than the insurance limit they may have set . |
| 6 | The idea is that the bidder must think that the shares in the company are worth more than the bid price , for example , because under the bidder 's control the company will be operated more efficiently , otherwise the bid would not be made . |
| 7 | Add up the value of your home , car , shares and belongings and you may well find you are worth more than the current threshold . |
| 8 | But there is something of a tension in Mill 's view , because he thinks that erm it 's very important that if there is plural voting then the people who only have one vote should be prepared to accept the situation , so that the reasons why these people are given extra votes should be reasoned that the public , the uneducated accept past critics have pointed out if that 's going to be the case , why is it necessary to give these people extra votes , give the educated actual votes , because if the uneducated accept that the decisions of the educated are worth more than their own decisions , the opinions of the educated are worth more than the opinions of the uneducated , if they really do accept that , what 's to stop them just following the decisions of the educated in their own vote ? |
| 9 | On performances I personally think we are worth more than the 2 pts per game average . |
| 10 | Since Gladstone 's day , governments have accepted that literacy , learning and literature are worth more than the revenue from a tax on the product . |
| 11 | But the party conflict had always been about more than the succession . |
| 12 | But the new property must not be worth more than the old one . |
| 13 | At the age of twenty-one , after some years as a clerk in a dry goods store , Marshall went to Chicago , telling his sceptical boss that he would one day own a store so big that the doors alone would be worth more than the boss 's entire business . |
| 14 | A radio would probably be worth more than the car itself . |
| 15 | Alternatively , the pursuer 's advisers may appreciate that being unable to produce better vouching , the claim can not be proven to be worth more than the Tender which is , consequently , accepted . |
| 16 | If the charter is to be worth more than the paper it is printed on we need guarantees that appropriate action will be taken to the satisfaction of the public , and in particular , the complainant . |
| 17 | If the charter is to be worth more than the paper it is printed on we need guarantees that appropriate action will be taken to the satisfaction of the public , and in particular , the complainant . |
| 18 | We can expect more statements in the coming weeks and months and I am certain they will be about more than the separation of the Prince and Princess of Wales , which is not a grave legal or constitutional matter . |
| 19 | Robin Launders , Manchester United 's finance director , told ACCOUNTANCY that the company thought it appropriate to disclose the value attributed to players in the directors ' report in a similar way to the publication of information when properties were worth more than the balance sheet value . |
| 20 | Which bit 's worth more than the other two ? |
| 21 | In the context of hospitality and friendship , little and often is worth more than the grandest of annual social jamborees . |
| 22 | For patients , continued trust in the basis for their doctor 's decisions is worth more than the possibility of quicker access to elective surgery . |
| 23 | They will not complain if they believe that their property is worth more than the band in which it has been allocated . |
| 24 | However he also meant everyone to realise that the ‘ new thing ’ was worth more than the ‘ lost lore ’ . |
| 25 | The issue was about more than the Chairman 's statue , however . |