Example sentences of "more than [adj] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Suddenly you might find yourself crying more than usual over a sad — or even a happy — television programme , book or film . |
| 2 | KNICKERS are being twisted even more than usual in a recent Bulletin of the British Psychological Society ( vol 35 , p 329 et seq . ) . |
| 3 | ‘ No more than usual in a prison this size , ’ the Governor answered without looking at the other man . |
| 4 | Never more than competent as a draughtsman himself , Kempe was adept at selecting and training young designers and craftsmen to carry out schemes under his direction . |
| 5 | Limited , until recently , to an A4 sheet and with some initial problems in terms of RIP reliability it may have been but the output quality is more than adequate for a wide range of documents . |
| 6 | This is more than adequate for an SLR unit . |
| 7 | The quality of output from a page printer is more than adequate for an instant print shop to use as the master for a bulk run either through a copier or proper printing . |
| 8 | At any rate , the evocation of Mediterranean sunlight and simple summer pleasures is more than welcome on a chilly Glasgow night . |
| 9 | We were very , very angry and more than ready for a fight . |
| 10 | I cant remember who they played last night , but I think the win will mean they will be more than happy with a point . |
| 11 | There was slight muddying of some tones , and the bass end could be made so heavy that it wiped out the rest of the mix , but with some careful EQ'ing during mixdown I ended up with a result which would be more than acceptable as a demo tape . |
| 12 | If externalism is a sound stance , then the argument from error is irrelevant ; for it does no more than elaborate on a defective ( though traditional ) approach to epistemology or if it does more , it succeeds only in showing how that defective approach must lead to scepticism . |