Example sentences of "more [subord] [adv] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The idea that the two areas , arts and science , are more than simply subject groupings , is not a new one . |
| 2 | Alkali cleaners : These products are often little more than mildly alkaline detergents formulated from anionic-non-ionic detergent blends with a very small proportion of caustic soda and balancing sequestrant . |
| 3 | The nurses were well trained in dealing with rich patients who were used to doing as they pleased and often disliked accepting the discipline of routine ; they knew that the very old , the alcoholics , and the more than slightly batty patients ( called ‘ eccentric ’ ) had to be carefully supervised . |
| 4 | Well , what you need , Joe , is to follow my fitness regime — the one designed for people who , in their heart of hearts , with their cigarettes already lit , wish they had more than just two hands to eat with , but because they are also cursed with a love for sport have to get fit the best they can . |
| 5 | His warning to the American President that he would support Native Americans ( ‘ Red Indians ’ , whom he presumes to be tribally organized ) against the federal government is consistent with his view that natural ties are more than just rational ones . |
| 6 | ‘ Whilst we support land reclamation , urban redevelopment and housing improvements , and recognise they can improve the quality of life for many people in Wales , unless these activities are designed to achieve more than just aesthetic goals they may actually increase environmental damage through energy consumption , waste generation , increased resource demands and traffic flows ’ , said Dr Neil Caldwell , CPRW 's Director . |
| 7 | ‘ But it was n't until I went to India that I cam to feel that humans were more than just mechanical responses . |
| 8 | Having been reminded that the bookies ' smoke signals usually signify a lot more than just grandiose waves of their Havana cigars , Ramsden then revealed that he himself might have been inadvertantly responsible for the Travelling Light rumour . |
| 9 | Perhaps they were more than just good friends . |
| 10 | More than just extra officers and money , however , tackling Scotland 's new crime wave may require more imaginative solutions . |
| 11 | Their keen intellects and powerful personalities could spark off more than just brilliant ideas at times . |
| 12 | This view affects more than just clever scholars ; I believe that for the same reason many Christians who hold to some belief in the Devil do not believe in evil spirits either . |
| 13 | But fair trade as we saw from that sketch , involves a lot more than just fair wages . |
| 14 | The American influences on English Nonconformity were far more than just catchy songs , the taking of collections during services , ‘ American organs ’ and individual communion cups . |
| 15 | He offers heartache loud and clear on songs that are more than just minor vehicles of angst . |
| 16 | Motivated by rather more than just military considerations , the EFA was an exercise in European unity , and was governed by the need to give a ‘ fair share ’ of the contracts to each of the participating countries . |
| 17 | Transactions that are more than just once-only exchanges can not be organized , therefore , by a long-term market contract , agreed at the outset , specifying terms appropriate to any future state of the world . |
| 18 | In reality , neither side expected to deploy more than about 100 bombers . |
| 19 | Apart from those in urban employment nobody had more than about 10 miles to travel for their off-farm jobs . |
| 20 | Felted roofing — and flat roofs in particular , need regular supervision if they are to stay watertight once they 're more than about 10 years old . |
| 21 | Its central nervous system consists of a few ganglia , no more than about 20,000 neurons in all . |
| 22 | A couple of black kids no more than about nine years old appeared from nowhere , hands in pockets , just sauntering by . |
| 23 | It should be pointed out that even if the figures cited earlier are achieved , they are not overwhelming , since they constitute no more than about two years ' growth . |
| 24 | In first gear from a standing start , on the level , they ca n't make more than about fifteen miles an hour and they scream a bit doing that . |
| 25 | You ca n't move at more than about fifteen miles an hour maximum down Hurst Road anyway can you ? |
| 26 | True , only very talented people can use more than about six fonts on any one worksheet without making it look seriously overdressed , but it 's still an odd limitation . |
| 27 | ‘ The figures do n't constitute more than about six months of real and viable fishing for our fleet , ’ he said . |
| 28 | Most of us do not find it easy to imagine our futures and it is extremely rare to meet an individual capable of projecting himself mentally more than about five years ahead . |
| 29 | To avoid the risk of overdoing it , I would n't recommend the d-i-yer trying more than about four hours a day with these . |
| 30 | A single sentence of more than about four lines puts unreasonable demands on your reader : Since Etherege ( writing in a later period than Wycherley and recognising a greater desire for a new " Man of Mode " ) recognises that love , sex and inheritance are still important considerations , which he also criticises , both playwrights can be said to expose hypocrisy rather than improve society , as heroes and heroines are constantly undermined by the contrasts created in the new social order and the codes of morality being set up which are both critical and celebratory . |