Example sentences of "were more [subord] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first Christians also knew that divine resources were more than a match for the dark powers . |
| 2 | The Stirling bombers used on the S.A.S. missions such as Houndsworth were more than a local goods service ferrying freight to various points in France . |
| 3 | If you were more than a reasonable time , they would claim that you were failing to work your beat , or gossiping — things like that . |
| 4 | Careful examination of Jones ' experiment showed that it had less in common with that of Fleischmann and Pons than the media advertised : Jones measured no heat and his neutrons were more than a billionfold too few to explain the amounts of heat that the chemists were claiming . |
| 5 | Iain Ogilvie McWhirter 's teaching methods , Toby felt , were more than a little old-fashioned . |
| 6 | The warmth of him against her side was making her feel more and more unsettled , and her answers to his comments were more than a little distracted . |
| 7 | The lectures were more than a little disappointing in that most of them were concerned with the economics of companies such as Unilever . |
| 8 | Of whom there were more than a few I would imagine , thinking of how she had thrown herself on the poor defenceless Marcus . |
| 9 | Here were Larsen and himself , grown men , well armed and equipped , and yet they were more than a little uneasy at the unwelcome prospect of meeting with the savage beasts . |
| 10 | Both wore bowler hats — the only two in the entire stadium — and their longish black coats were more than a little out of fashion . |
| 11 | In any case , the repressive methods employed by the Armed Police , the Civil Guard and the legal system itself were more than a match for unarmed industrial workers . |
| 12 | There were more than a few ‘ One Sergeant Wilko ’ and similar chants during the evening , perhaps making up for the heat-of-the-moment bollocking he got at Anfield for taking off a very industrious Rod Wallace . |
| 13 | Of the total sample of around 95,000 trees , 23.5 per cent were more than a quarter defoliated in 1992 , and were thus classified as damaged , compared with 22.2 per cent in 1991 . |
| 14 | Stockbroker Barrie Tyler of Cardiff-based Bell , Lawrie White yesterday said Mr Sherwood 's comments were more than a warning shot . |
| 15 | If ministerial responsibility were more than the mere shadow of a name , the matter would be less important , but as it is , the Courts are the only defence of the liberty of the subject against departmental aggression . |
| 16 | Jung , unlike Freud , believed that the symbols , or archetypes contained in dreams and hallucinations were more than the manifestation of sexual hang-ups . |
| 17 | They were more than the part-time special constables in the British tradition , in that they were seen as having a social role in the context of an individual 's responsibility to his or her community . |
| 18 | Jung , unlike Freud , believed that the symbols , or archetypes contained in dreams and hallucinations were more than the manifestation of sexual hang-ups . |