Example sentences of "more than [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first body , found in the Thames , was discovered accidentally by a bargee , who had been poling his way up the river and had been more than mildly surprised when he had brought his pole up from the river bed to find a sodden brown parcel on the end with a baby 's arm sticking out . |
| 2 | ‘ A collective image grabs people 's attention more than yet another picture of a rainforest . |
| 3 | But the Board was more than just well-prepared for the Hinkley C Inquiry . |
| 4 | The appearance of Marshall Lee Miller to handle his defence against the passport violation charge had seemed more than just providential . |
| 5 | Values obtaining south of the Humber — at least 5s. for a cow or 4s. for a steer — can hardly have applied : even the smallest stock farm must have carried more than just one or two ; sheep fetched 1s. apiece in other parts . |
| 6 | I 'm quite sure she said more than just that . |
| 7 | I mention this because while the ‘ swinging sixties ’ was at its height the emergence of the so-called ‘ counterculture ’ was more than just youthful rebellion : it was a genuine ‘ revolt of the soul ’ . |
| 8 | This recognition by the Prince 's Trust gave me more than just financial help . |
| 9 | They are much more than just quaint old fashioned words . |
| 10 | John Bratby R A A Retrospective , Gray Art Gallery , Clarence Road , Hartlepool ( Until April OVER the years they have been more than just good friends the Gray Art Gallery , in Hartlepool , and John Bratby , founder member of the ‘ Kitchen Sink School ’ , and , since 1971 , a full member of the Royal Academy . |
| 11 | In earlier periods , ‘ foreign devils ’ brought with them more than just strange clothes and hairstyles but social and political doctrines as well . |
| 12 | So that kind of thing made analysts think that they could go on more than just free associations , they could look at a person 's character , as it were . |
| 13 | I felt ostracized by most of the other able-bodied students and so was more than just glad of her company . |
| 14 | Gustave 's vanity was more than just literary . |
| 15 | Nevertheless , he was more than just royal . |
| 16 | It take s lot more than just physical attraction to make a lasting , happy marriage . |
| 17 | He was shifting in her mind suddenly , stepping out of the shadows she had so forcibly pushed him into in self-defence , and she realised her attraction to him was more than just physical . |
| 18 | It is , however , more than just another good textbook on ruminant nutrition for students of agriculture . |
| 19 | As a doctor , she was more than well aware that children needed to be protected , and that abuse existed in many forms . |
| 20 | I catch a bit of radio while I 'm changing cassettes just north of Perth and hear something called I 'll Sleep When I 'm Dead by Bon Jovi which is n't a patch on Uncle Warren 's song of the same name and makes me more than reasonably annoyed . |
| 21 | Top position over the decade goes to Japan where the Nikkei Dow average rocketed by 875 per cent in dollar terms , more than double that of its closest rival , Italy . |
| 22 | In 1984 lending from Britain was more than double that of France , Germany and Switzerland combined . |
| 23 | Since the mid-1960s the growth rate of Eurodeposits has been more than double that of the world money supply and London has emerged as the major centre for Eurocurrency business . |
| 24 | LVMH is the largest champagne company in the world with consumption of Moët et Chandon being more than double that of its nearest competitor . |
| 25 | Because of the extra loads imposed by the diesel process of compression — ratios of 21.5:1 in the Ford diesels at ignition , more than double those of their comparable petrol engines — cylinder blocks and crankshafts have to be stronger , heavier and therefore costlier . |
| 26 | These issues have been intensified by the fact that , because of the very restrictive conditions operating in the Britain of today , most notably those relating to the labour market and housing , the migration processes which are largely responsible for these shifts have proved more than normally selective in terms of the types of people involved . |
| 27 | It is hardly the same poem ; it seems to have meant more than slightly different things to three different people in different ages , if " meaning " involves something more than strict fidelity to content ( and even then the texts wander away from the original ) . |
| 28 | I ca n't ever remember being more than healthily hungry , nor can I ever remember coming home from school or play when my mother was not there to welcome us . |
| 29 | By the year 2020 there will be about 8,100 million , and by 2100 perhaps 11,300 million , or more than twice present levels . |
| 30 | Hong Kong 's inflation rate , around 14% in the year to April , is more than twice that of the United States . |