Example sentences of "more than [art] [adj -est] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Meanwhile , among economists , the jury is still out on whether regional trade blocs and bilateral trade agreements are any more than a second-best strategy .
2 Neither country has more than the sketchiest experience of democracy .
3 At least , things happened there ; it was obvious to Schaffer that his presence in Langstone was nothing more than the merest nod towards protocol , but Stoneley had refused to let him return and make the police withdrawal complete .
4 This involves first cutting the panel down to slightly more than the largest measurement , and then supporting it in place , so that it is spaced slightly away from the wall or ceiling , but is exactly vertical or horizontal .
5 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 .
6 Man is capable of a measure of creativity and mutual co-operation of which history has witnessed no more than the faintest inkling .
7 It is to the netting of that protean reality that Joyce now bends all his energies , and my mixing of metaphors can give no more than the faintest hint of what that strange act entails .
8 BRAINTREE District Council 's former direct labour organisation has put in a bid to reroof 27 houses which is £150,000 more than the lowest tender .
9 In relation to primary education , they found considerable variation , with the most generous authority spending 70 per cent more than the lowest authority .
10 Gilman Mr vice chairman could be the real reason … when building the East Stand the contract went to GMI who bid 2m more than the lowest bidder .
11 Scots spend £7.40 a week on tobacco , more than 50pc more than the lowest region , the south-east of England , which spends just £4.50 .
12 So it had been quite refreshing when Luke had said goodbye with no more than the lightest brush of his lips against her cheek .
13 Examinations are formidable even to the best prepared ; for the greatest fool may ask more than the wisest man can answer .
14 If you wish to write more than the simplest assembler code programs for the Z88 , you will need a considerable amount of technical information about the machine .
15 If so , the timber structure need have been little more than the simplest type of tailor 's dummy .
16 Few of the newcomers know any Hebrew and few have more than the vaguest idea about Israel .
17 He knows the routine , he appreciates the need , if without relishing it , he is too much the practised professional to show more than the briefest irritation .
18 At home , on both wings of her Cabinet , are ministers who regard green politics as no more than the latest fad ; the election will not be won by fighting on the beaches , in the air , and in the green belts , but once again in the pockets of the people , is their view .
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