Example sentences of "have more than the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Every disease presents its own peculiar problems which fascinate and challenge investigators , but tuberculosis has more than the usual range of difficulties . |
| 2 | Neither country has more than the sketchiest experience of democracy . |
| 3 | It is claimed that a fifth of road fatalities say 1,150 deaths a year can be attributed to ’ drunk ’ driving : a driver has more than the permitted level of alcohol in his blood . |
| 4 | It is well known that the volatile Nowozielski has had more than the normal share of ups and downs with the notoriously conservative Board of the Lyric . |
| 5 | This argument , which has been called ‘ the fair innings argument , ’ was summarised by Lockwood : ‘ To treat the older person , letting the younger person die , would thus be inherently inequitable in terms of life lived : the younger person would get no more years than the relatively few he has already had , whereas the older person , who has already had more than the younger person , will get several years more . ’ |
| 6 | Having more than the ideal number can be a problem — it does n't mean that any more will be sold , and the rest will sit on the shelf ‘ doing nothing ’ . |
| 7 | Second , it seems on this criterion that we shall never have more than the slenderest of reasons to believe that we know something ; for in believing this we are believing that when all the truths are in , our justification will remain , and it looks as if much more is required to support that belief than is required to support an ordinary claim to know . |
| 8 | Five percent of the mothers in the survey had more than the international limit of 350 micrograms of lead in every litre of blood in their bodies . |
| 9 | I have a suspicion that several objectors had more than the local interests at heart ; those who have enclosed part of the lane and extended their gardens on to land over which the public have a right of passage . |
| 10 | I never have more than the permitted amount of duty-free goods ; I 've never imported plants , or dogs , or drugs , or uncooked meat , or firearms ; and yet I constantly find myself wanting to turn the wheel and head for the Red Channel . |
| 11 | Few of the newcomers know any Hebrew and few have more than the vaguest idea about Israel . |