Example sentences of "a [noun sg] more than [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Well , I moved out , came to live here in a rented house I ca n't really afford , Susan sold the flat , which seemed a bit more than a symbolic act , I continued to love her and miss her , I tried to understand what she felt and hoped it was something she 'd eventually work through so that we could be together again . |
| 2 | Ken Russell 's production is certainly easy on the eye , but fans are expecting a bit more than a well-turned ankle . |
| 3 | When Chelsea wanted a bit more than the £2.5million United offered for Andy Townsend , the club pulled out of the deal . |
| 4 | That 's a bit more than the others , so keep stumm about it . ’ |
| 5 | It takes a bit more than the tuppence for paper and string which contented the children in Mary Poppins to make one of these . |
| 6 | I 've told you , we ca n't afford a penny more than the asking price . ’ |
| 7 | I think I shall have to get is a decent FM radio , I use a radio more than a tape actually in the car , but mine 's only a long medium wave job . |
| 8 | Community care requires a lot more than a syringe . |
| 9 | And there is a lot more than a little . |
| 10 | But it would have taken a lot more than the doctor 's understandable caution to dispel the general euphoria . |
| 11 | If Mr Kaifu fails to revive the parliamentary bill designed to support the anti-Iraq forces in the Gulf , the Americans are likely to ask for a lot more than the $4 billion Japan has so far promised to contribute towards the growing expenses there . |
| 12 | Should a victim die , they could find their good samaritan act has cost them a lot more than the penny which was paid to the Jericho-Jerusalem Motel . |
| 13 | Choosing this road is likely to cost a lot more than the first option . |
| 14 | If YOU are one of Britain 's 14 million smokers , kicking the habit could save you a lot more than the £2.21 a packet of fags costs . |
| 15 | With Amdahl Corp faced with an uphill struggle to adjust its business so that it can thrive in a post-mainframe world , and all its other major investments — things like the former Poqet Computer Corp and HAL Computers Inc still in the development stage and demanding more capital , while its own core business is a victim of the mainframe malaise , Fujitsu Ltd 's 80% of ICL Plc begins to look the company 's most valuable asset , making it increasingly likely that the company will in due course want to float a lot more than the 25% it originally suggested on the London International Stock Exchange : Fujitsu 's biggest problem is the one now facing all big Japanese companies — that the days of cheap capital at home are gone with the bubble economy , probably forever , and many Japanese companies issued convertibles in the 1980s that are coming up to maturity ; with prices on the Tokyo exchange still bombed out , few holders are going to want to convert into shares , which means that issuers will have to raise expensive new capital on the international markets to redeem them . |
| 16 | The SN9000 is likely to cost a lot more than the SN8000 , so the latter is not necessarily just a transitional product . |
| 17 | As the Republican Guard tightens its grip , the Iraqis stand to lose a lot more than the war |
| 18 | BANGOR stand to make a lot more than the £60,000 down payment on midfield ace Paul Byrne . |
| 19 | He has played a lot more than the greasy git , scored more goals , made more important passes , lifted the team when we were down , need I go on ? |
| 20 | We need complete control and this means a lot more than the farm assured schemes — although they are a start — and it is something we put a huge amount of work into . ’ |
| 21 | It is going to take a lot more than the plethora of locally-driven modest venture capital funds to effect any worthwhile change . |
| 22 | Some hot lemon drinks contain only a painkiller as the active ingredient and these can cost a lot more than an unbranded painkiller . |