Example sentences of "was more [conj] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was more than 10 years before Serfaty could bring himself to speak and write about the terrible things that had happened to him and his colleagues . |
| 2 | While the judge said some questions remained unresolved , Microsoft 's lawyer David McDonald concluded : ‘ If it is n't a complete victory , it was more than 95 p.c. of the way . ’ |
| 3 | She 'd win the race overall if Nuclear Electric , back down the field and now surrounded by supporters , was more than 7 hours behind . |
| 4 | In the event of there being no patients for the doctor to see , they would not see the ENP 's patients unless her waiting time was more than one hour . |
| 5 | There was more than one couple in his parish who had communicated for years only by note or through neighbours . |
| 6 | There was more than one kind of love and he was lucky to have even a small share of hers . |
| 7 | And she was reported to have er have said when they when they took her out , that there would be nothing nothing grow on the site of the house but runcho And I do n't know the they were awful hungry for land in that day you ken and there was quite , there was more than one occasion there was old folk just putting up with the house just to get the land that it stood on . |
| 8 | Unfortunately , two of the people I spoke to did n't know there was more than one strip on the race-course and the one who did — a non-pilot — failed to tell me that Newbury was busy building a new runway in the centre of the course . |
| 9 | There was more than one branch . |
| 10 | Years later this lady of character was to write a rather moving piece entitled ‘ The Love Song of T. S. Eliot ’ secretary ( Confrontation , Long Island University , Winter 1975 ) ; and from what Eliot said once , though half-jocularly , when he and his wife and I were having a meal together , there was more than one secretary who could have composed such a Love Song , or at least who had the necessarily incentive or excuse , I vaguely recall the lady as of ample build and very cheerful , so she was able to put good face on her sad plight . |
| 11 | And here , sad to relate , was more than one case — not only the theft of a jewel , but also two deaths : of the person who was to present that jewel to the Ashmolean , and of the person who was to take official receipt of such benefaction . |
| 12 | There was more than one reason why I could not accompany Jean-Claude to America . |
| 13 | For each subject the free speed was calculated as a proportion of the prevailing speed limit at the site and where there was more than one site available the average value was taken . |
| 14 | Obviously , there was more than one Bacon room . |
| 15 | Fraser 's fork took several forms , as I say : or one might prefer to say that there was more than one fork to reckon with . |
| 16 | We must again remind ourselves that there was more than one episode of dinosaur extinction when food and dietary factors have had equal relevance , although each succeeding ( and changed ) species seemed to be better fitted to an ecologically evolved environment . |
| 17 | And this time , there was more than one rider … |
| 18 | The closest was a list of 59 , but in common with many other entries there was more than one duplication . |
| 19 | Such comments would include , for example , any opinions that the trial judge has expressed , in a case where there was more than one defendant , as to the respective parts each played and thus as to the culpability of each for the offence . |
| 20 | It was more than two decades since he had taken offence at the term-a term used all the while in court , where the Han were predominant and the few Caucasians treated as honorary Han — yet here , in the Domain , he felt the words incongruous , almost — surprisingly — insulting . |
| 21 | Amidst scenes of carnage it was more than two hours before Muawad 's death was officially announced . |
| 22 | Amidst scenes of carnage it was more than two hours before Muawad 's death was officially announced . |
| 23 | In practice for Sunday 's Belgian Grand Prix , Mansell was more than two seconds quicker in the Oxfordshire Williams car than his nearest rival Ayrton Senna . |
| 24 | Donna guessed that it was more than two months since she had been to the cottage . |
| 25 | This was more than two years after superior fighters had been added to the battle effort ; however , the P-40 was so strong and had the reputation of coming home even with severe damage . |
| 26 | In March of this year , when their claim was more than two years old , the Association presented the case of Bank of Ireland Bank Assistants in the Labour Court . |
| 27 | McNab , possibly mindful that his last League goal was more than two years ago at Crewe , seemed reluctant to fire , clipping the ball back to the winger . |
| 28 | It was more than nine metres long and three metres tall . |
| 29 | After this date , only repeated offenders or those convicted when the value of the cattle was more than fifty rupees were subject to this punishment . |
| 30 | Some five days after the last girder had gone up — it was more than fifty metres high — Mrs Goreng came to me , eyes alight and finger on her lips . |