Example sentences of "more than [pos pn] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The emphasis rhythm , inflection , tone of voice and above all the natural pauses convey more than their factual meaning . |
| 2 | Hormonal secretions here reach a maximum , and her breasts , already made firmer by the growing excitement , now reach anything up to 25 per cent more than their normal size . |
| 3 | Arguments then ensued as to who allowed other speakers to continue for more than their allotted time . |
| 4 | Thus Norway sent two-thirds of its population increase to the United States , surpassed only by the unfortunate Irish who sent more than their entire increase abroad : the country lost population consistently in every decade after the Great Famine of 1846–7 . |
| 5 | The risk for the vendor of assets is the possibility of balancing charges if the assets are sold for more than their written-down value . |
| 6 | And that something is nothing more than their inward consciousness , heavily hemmed in by their subtle and instinctive mental processes . |
| 7 | European directives on acquired rights and the transfer of undertakings regulations have given public service shop stewards their first glimmer of light over C C T which they fought for a decade with little more than their own bluff and courage . |
| 8 | Although the book 's authors concede that ‘ bluffing , exaggeration and obfuscation are all part of the game ’ , they believe that honesty , friendliness and fairness may be more than their own reward . |
| 9 | Blumler also suggested that parliamentary television was markedly bipartisan , paying relatively little attention to the Liberal Democrats and Members of other smaller parties , but analysis of the actuality contributions of various participants shows that they received more than their proportionate strength in the House ; Liberal Democrats were given 4.3% of total actuality contributions and took part on 7.8% of contribution occasions . |
| 10 | The breasts take more than their fair share of impacts both during competition and during training . |
| 11 | The Greens want regional self-reliance , in agriculture as well as in other things ; a land tax applied so that ‘ in general terms , the nearer the land is to its natural state , the lower the land tax would be ’ ; energy efficiency ; population reduction through encouragement and education ( with 15–20 million the target for Britain ) ; and a sharing of ‘ the abundance which nature can provide for us all if the greedy do not take more than their fair share ’ . |
| 12 | If all these are in order than see if anyone has replaced any of the chassis outriggers in the past ( as for the some reason 6 cyl station wagons suffer more than their fair share of chassis rust ) and that they have been replaced accurately . |
| 13 | A glance at the list of institutions discarding books will show that the largest single category is teacher-training colleges , which have been subjected to more than their fair share of amalgamations and closures in recent years . |
| 14 | They often require more than their fair share of your time . |
| 15 | Otherwise in some parts of the country enterprising local authorities , having a high standard of efficiency , would collect more than their fair share of taxpayers ' money from the Exchequer to the detriment of other taxpayers in the less enterprising areas of the country . |
| 16 | Railways seem to have thrown up more than their fair share of curiosities . |
| 17 | The only aspect of play where 'Mere could be said to have played to their ability was in the lineout where Gibbons and Daly won more than their fair share of ball . |
| 18 | We underestimated the capacity of the middle class to appropriate more than their fair share of public expenditure . |
| 19 | It seems to me that quite a few of our senior British players have had to put up with more than their fair share of criticism in recent years , when perhaps a bit of encouragement might have been more appropriate . |
| 20 | That they were having more than their fair share — that at the very least , seems beyond all possible doubt . |
| 21 | All too often it is this harsh environment which actually develops some of the best management , and it is noteworthy within our own company , how many of the leaders of the company have come from businesses which have had more than their fair share of struggle and adversity . |
| 22 | City have had more than their fair share of great players : Gordon Banks , Peter Shilton , Gary Lineker , Alan Smith , Gary McAllister , Mike Newell — pity they sold 'em all ! |
| 23 | Affected children inevitably attract more than their fair share of parental attention which can cause problems with unaffected siblings . |
| 24 | With their mother gone they already had more than their fair share of shopping and cooking . |
| 25 | Thus Scotland and Wales would no longer have more than their fair share , and the average magnitude of their constituencies would be virtually the same as in the English regions . |
| 26 | Men also gain from the unequal division of labour within the home , in which women do more than their fair share of housework . |
| 27 | In other words , those courts which send more than their fair share of people to custody are , we would argue , another significant factor fuelling the prison numbers crisis . |
| 28 | Figures presented in the conference report show that some states have been receiving more than their fair share of government resources for health care taking into account population . |
| 29 | We obtain a national picture of crime and people 's attitudes towards it from the three BCS , but for their critics these surveys have emphasised this national picture at the expense of the inner cities , which suffered more than their fair share of crime . |
| 30 | This leads the staff into some contortions since logic would suggest that those who ‘ consume ’ more than their fair share of ‘ teacher time ’ should lose some in the future rather than take up still more as the monitoring of the punishment will entail . |