Example sentences of "be [prep] more [subord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Some things are worth more than money . ’ |
2 | It follows that management 's shares can not be worth more than par value at the date they subscribe . |
3 | Handy accepted the appointment in 1977 as an alternative to joining the church , and his management thinking has always been marked by a belief that companies ought to be about more than performance and profitability . |
4 | On their pumping new single , ‘ Gold ’ , which is bizarrely reminiscent of New Order circa 1984 , East 17 go for the sneeringly philosophical angle , insisting that ‘ life is worth more than gold ’ . |
5 | It 's a sell-out and in Gloucester a ticket to the match is worth more than gold . |
6 | That to me is worth more than silver , for I think much about the state of the land in these strange times , with snow falling in midsummer and the Giants wandering the hills . ’ |
7 | Many , particularly from The Times and Sunday Times , had been on the papers in Gray 's Inn Road and Printing House Square all their working lives , and for most of them the strike was about more than trade-union principles . |