Example sentences of "it [verb] more than a " in BNC.
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| 1 | It became more than a family home but a working farm and , they hoped , an inspirational headquarters for their international design empire . |
| 2 | The formula can be extended to a pop group , as in Lester 's Beatles films , or Boorman 's Catch Us If You Can ( 1965 ) centred on the Dave Clark Five , but it looks more than a little shaky when applied to a more complex , not to say maudlin , character like that written by Shelagh Delaney for Albert Finney in Charlie Bubbles ( 1967 ) . |
| 3 | ‘ It looks more than a scratch . ’ |
| 4 | A third party may assert that it has more than a mere interest in a certain subject , since it has a legal right81 in the subject matter of the dispute , or a right granted under a treaty between the parties . |
| 5 | Boswell certainly did not consider that it merited more than a brief mention , and was in no way put out by it . |
| 6 | It costs more than a normal prescription , two or three times as much , one charge for each hormone they contain , yet means the difference between health or serious illness and peace of mind for you and your partner . |
| 7 | He 'd have to judge the force of the blow very carefully and you 'd expect it to leave more than a slight bump . ’ |
| 8 | It achieved more than a four per cent swing in the West Midlands and won seven of its nine target seats , with only Coventry South West and Dudley West failing to fall . |
| 9 | This phenomenon is even more marked in the case of the SDP/Liberal Alliance : in 1983 it achieved more than a quarter of the votes cast in the general election , yet won only 3.5% of the seats in Parliament . |
| 10 | It takes more than a shoestring to keep an essential component of the economy strong , say the Met , and other institutions concur . |
| 11 | It takes more than a few days but it goes again , just about . |
| 12 | ‘ It takes more than a poisonous soda to subdue me . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ It takes more than a few bruises , and a few kicks , to make people like us talk , eh ? ’ |
| 14 | IT TAKES more than a sending-off to halt the Portadown juggernaut these days . |
| 15 | It takes more than a bowl of water to get rid of Jesus Christ seeking you out to follow him and to receive him . |
| 16 | Given the massive contribution made daily by dedicated staff at the DMH it seems more than a touch insensitive to expect them to dip into their own pockets for the place as well . |
| 17 | His Holiness Tenzin Gyatso , the 14th Dalai Lama , who having fled Tibet in 1959 — nine years after the country was occupied by China — lived in exile in India , welcomed the lifting of martial law but expressed the hope that it represented more than a superficial " public relations exercise " . |
| 18 | Zambia achieved political independence without a prolonged conflict , but in Zimbabwe it took more than a decade of military and political struggle to overthrow white minority rule . |
| 19 | It took more than a month to find and sign a contract with another company to complete the remaining work . |
| 20 | But advocates of renewable energy point out that the new budget still leaves the field far behind where it stood more than a decade ago , when President Jimmy Carter spent as much as $800 million a year on renewable research . |