Example sentences of "was [adv] more [subord] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Brown 's was already more than half full , but Bridget and Loretta were able to find a table in a relatively uncrowded corner where an old-fashioned ceiling fan was doing an effective job in keeping stuffiness at bay . |
| 2 | This means that the total household cash contributions to every form of charity , of which social services are only a small part , was not more than about 5,000 million , or one fifth of the cost of the NHS . |
| 3 | The writing of the book was hardly more than half-way done , but did it need to be done here , ferchrissake ? |
| 4 | Even 17.8 per cent , however , was still more than double the growth of average earnings over that period . |
| 5 | The dog 's big dish was still more than half full . |
| 6 | Now that I 'd definitely decided to welcome the baby , I 'd have to start planning with a bit more efficiency than in the past , when , so far as one could see , I had been working vaguely on the basis that God would provide ; and why the hell He should in a case like this was probably more than even the most devout believer could have told me . |
| 7 | But such an identification was probably more than merely an exercise in wish-fulfilment by the ego on behalf of the id . |
| 8 | Chief Inspector was slightly more than just a copper , Meredith thought wryly , amused at his apparent self abasement . |
| 9 | In ecumenical circles of late we have been reminded that ‘ remembering ’ in the biblical context was far more than simply recalling to mind what God had done in the past . |
| 10 | By Sunday evening , when it was time for them to leave and the three of them were piling into the Bentley , what she felt inside her , by any definition , was far more than simply sexual excitement . |
| 11 | The bottle , once full , was now more than half empty . |