Example sentences of "in more [noun] than " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our Ronnie 's mixed up in more things than he knows about . ’ |
| 2 | I was seated on a hard sort of sofa covered with worn black velvet , and tea ( as in More Women than Men ) went ‘ through all its stages ’ . |
| 3 | I mean I 've been in more pubs than I 'd say longer than most people who drink a lot and er you know it 's just be I think music and and song is the big addiction in Ireland not the drink but because er it it the chances of a music session starting in a pub is just you know the chances are that it probably will at some stage of the day . |
| 4 | From the point of view of problem solving , I find the cube has led me to formulate many problem-solving techniques in more generality than previously and to develop a general scheme for all problems of this sort . |
| 5 | Let's be frank , there are other producers who have studied this area in more depth than I and they do it far better . |
| 6 | To mark the launch of SuperCalc 5.5 she has prepared a 16-page booklet covering all its new features in more depth than was possible in this article and this is available FREE to readers of Practical PC . |
| 7 | The preparation of submissions for the UFC Research Assessment Exercise provided a timely opportunity to take stock of our research activities in more depth than usual . |
| 8 | When the doors closed on the place in which I had dwelled , and I found myself alone in the world of Men , I was in more agony than you could dream exists . |
| 9 | ‘ It 's on more walls in more houses than any other picture in the country , ’ Trevor said mildly . |
| 10 | At the end of the Saturday debate we were in more disarray than at any stage since either coming to power or Margaret Thatcher taking over the leadership . |
| 11 | This led to the development officer having to assume such a role herself , and occasionally this involved her in more work than she felt she could easily provide . |
| 12 | In one of those disarming quotes that make him both loathsome and likeable , he once said ‘ I 've been in more courts than Bjorn Borg . ’ |
| 13 | At the moment , the train is static in more senses than one , as fifty City office-workers try simultaneously to detach their ninety-per-cent nylon polyamide jackets , which have statically fused to their hundred-per-cent nylon polyamide shirts , resulting in a display of electrostatics that I 'm sure would surprise even Mr Van de Graaff himself . |
| 14 | In more senses than one they belong to no man 's land . |
| 15 | R. S. Wood himself , occupying a central position in more senses than one , wished to see a transfer of all pupils at the age of eleven to a common secondary school , followed by transfer for a selected minority at the age of thirteen to either a grammar or a technical school . |
| 16 | I was on my last of eight trips to the Soviet Union , and I had a growing suspicion that this take-off might soon be my last in more senses than one . |
| 17 | I was so caught up in my plurals or situations in hardship that I did n't notice that the subject in more senses than one is a singular lack , and the verb should be is and not are , therefore I must ask the indulgence of the general assembly to change the verb . |
| 18 | The destruction of Chesney Wold may be traced back , in more senses than one , to the family ghost , for it is haunted by one who represents the cause of commonwealth and people , as opposed to monarchy and the pride of privilege . |
| 19 | " She 's always " all behind " , in more senses than one . " |
| 20 | In more senses than one we can say with the Creed , ‘ I believe in the Holy Spirit , the Lord , the Lifegiver . ’ |
| 21 | compared with the rejected miscellany , it was even less what that orthodox scholar could approve , but it was certainly " unified " — in more senses than one . |
| 22 | Wednesday was a practice day in more senses than one . |
| 23 | She kept her cool and dished out more than her fair share of barefaced cheek , in more senses than one . |
| 24 | Then at least we would avoid the congestion of bus traffic along there and if townbound traffic was limited to one stop on the museum side of Tubwell Row instead of two stops in 100 yards we might get somewhere in more senses than one . |
| 25 | Mr Langdale added : ‘ He is quite clearly a ruined man — ruined in more senses than just one . |
| 26 | Grain is big business , in more senses than one . |
| 27 | However he went extra wide , and ended up getting in more business than any of them . |
| 28 | March had come in more lamb than lion , there were windflowers in the woods , and the first primroses , unburned by frost , undashed and unmired by further rain , were just opening . |
| 29 | They all put in their tenpenny 's worth about what they thought should be filmed , but nobody asked my opinion , and I 'd been in more films than the rest of the cast put together . |
| 30 | He puts in more effort than certain lanky playmakers … but I 'd better not get personal , eh Mark ? : - ) |