Example sentences of "to more [conj] a [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | One about Flaubert , one about Ellen , one about myself My own is the simplest of the three — it hardly amounts to more than a convincing proof of my existence — and yet I find it the hardest to begin . |
2 | After all , Levi admits to more than a passing interest in things financial , shall we say . |
3 | Whether citizens ' charters on the model of those introduced in Great Britain from 1991 onwards amount to more than a symbolic empowerment of consumer-citizens remains to be seen . |
4 | Harsh and angry with undercurrents of lovelorn bitterness , but you ca n't imagine them amounting to more than a mere outlet for crowd frustration . |
5 | Not all of them : a black middle class has mushroomed , from about one in ten blacks in 1960 to more than a third today . |
6 | Yet there were those who moved easily around the margins , and I am certain the profound effects of this liminal time extended to more than a few of us who made this transition into structural limbo . |
7 | But even these can not afford to act as nursemaids to more than a few sick clients . |
8 | Breathing in this way will be more efficient if the body is of the size and shape that gives maximum skin area and minimum body volume and this indeed , is just what is found among these lungless salamanders ; their bodies are thin and elongated and none of them grows to more than a few centimetres in length . |
9 | The most usual method of sending out information to more than a few broadcasting stations or publications is by post . |
10 | If the report runs to more than a few pages , there should always be a list of the various sections and headings to be found in the report . |
11 | A significant variance could be defined as one amounting to more than a given percentage of the budget but which is not explained by the general level of prices , i.e. inflation or deflation . |