Example sentences of "be [prep] more than " in BNC.
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| 1 | That picture hanging over your fireplace might just be worth more than your whole house . |
| 2 | His query concerns a 2-iron which his local pro reckoned might be worth more than just a few bob . |
| 3 | THAT old glass paperweight hiding in the back of the china cabinet may seem like a worthless ornament but it could be worth more than you think . |
| 4 | But the new property must not be worth more than the old one . |
| 5 | The aim of the USRC was to create just such an impression as Disraeli had done — that Unionist action would be worth more than Liberal words — and they often quoted him with pride . |
| 6 | If you have owned your property for a number of years , it will probably be worth more than you paid for it . |
| 7 | At the age of twenty-one , after some years as a clerk in a dry goods store , Marshall went to Chicago , telling his sceptical boss that he would one day own a store so big that the doors alone would be worth more than the boss 's entire business . |
| 8 | A radio would probably be worth more than the car itself . |
| 9 | Alternatively , the pursuer 's advisers may appreciate that being unable to produce better vouching , the claim can not be proven to be worth more than the Tender which is , consequently , accepted . |
| 10 | Various issues arise : ( 1 ) In simple terms , management 's controlling stake in Newco will be worth more than half the total value of Newco . |
| 11 | It follows that management 's shares can not be worth more than par value at the date they subscribe . |
| 12 | If the charter is to be worth more than the paper it is printed on we need guarantees that appropriate action will be taken to the satisfaction of the public , and in particular , the complainant . |
| 13 | If the charter is to be worth more than the paper it is printed on we need guarantees that appropriate action will be taken to the satisfaction of the public , and in particular , the complainant . |
| 14 | And you might want to think it , if you 're using this thing properly , the blackmail value of what 's in this binder , may be worth more than , you know , getting it back . |
| 15 | We can expect more statements in the coming weeks and months and I am certain they will be about more than the separation of the Prince and Princess of Wales , which is not a grave legal or constitutional matter . |
| 16 | But uneven development can be argued to be about more than patterns . |
| 17 | Handy accepted the appointment in 1977 as an alternative to joining the church , and his management thinking has always been marked by a belief that companies ought to be about more than performance and profitability . |
| 18 | Granville eventually inherited the estate and his connection with Stoke Poges may be of more than usual significance . |
| 19 | Such an ability would be of more than merely theoretical interest : there are specialists , detectives one might almost say , who can take enormous quantities of program in a lower-level language ( not binary numbers , but normally machine code or something a little ‘ higher ’ ) and make plausible guesses as to what they actually do at a higher level of description ; or rather , given that they are told what the program was designed to do , work out how it accomplished the task and by what ‘ higher-level ’ steps . |
| 20 | What spontaneous air had written must be of more than natural significance . |
| 21 | One or two events which will be of more than a passing interest to Lothian Highways ' staff have occurred since the first edition of NETWORK was published . |
| 22 | The results of the research will be of more than purely academic interest , insofar as the rigorous identification and description of the structure of the arms trade would appear to be a necessary prerequisite for any discussion of multi-lateral restraints . |
| 23 | Delays need to be of more than an hour before compensation is paid out , and even then you need to have bought your ticket before knowing about the hold-up . |