Example sentences of "that it [verb] more [subord] " in BNC.
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1 | And it was the one time that it mattered more than anything else . ’ |
2 | A police officer said his corpse was so charred and mutilated that it took more than an hour to identify it . |
3 | A police officer said his corpse was so charred and mutilated that it took more than an hour to identify it . |
4 | His Holiness Tenzin Gyatso , the 14th Dalai Lama , who having fled Tibet in 1959 — nine years after the country was occupied by China — lived in exile in India , welcomed the lifting of martial law but expressed the hope that it represented more than a superficial " public relations exercise " . |
5 | Like many distance runners in the eighties , Solly experimented with altitude training , and discovered too late that it takes more than thin air to do the trick . |
6 | Devotees of this label can rest assured that it retains more than anyone 's fair share of glitzkrieg . |
7 | One of the chief attractions of the Reader 's Digest DOUBLE PAYOUT PLAN , however , is that it does more than offer you family financial security in the event of your death . |
8 | It 's a par three and I 'm assured that it measures more than the hundred and forty yards required for us to be par three . |
9 | I am confident that it contributed more than anything else to my recovery . |
10 | BUYER : The problem with your tractor is that it costs more than your competition . |
11 | A third party may assert that it has more than a mere interest in a certain subject , since it has a legal right81 in the subject matter of the dispute , or a right granted under a treaty between the parties . |
12 | His salary is now £143,000 , which means that it has more than trebled in just a couple of years . |
13 | Boswell certainly did not consider that it merited more than a brief mention , and was in no way put out by it . |
14 | But Mashelle emphasizes the value of cassava to Tanzania and Africa as a whole , noting that it provides more than half the calorie needs of 200 million Africans . |