Example sentences of "more than [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Farmers can set aside more than minimum requirement ( this takes in farmers on previous five-year scheme ) . |
| 2 | I do n't quite know why , but he gave me the impression , without uttering more than a few words , that he had much more than superficial knowledge , and an amusing touch of the sardonic as well . |
| 3 | Information collected about the relatives of cancer patients showed that only a minority have anything more than superficial contact with the staff caring for the patient , and a number of these relatives would have welcomed an opportunity to share their anxiety , not only about the patient but about their own feelings ( Bond , 1982 ) . |
| 4 | Neither was there evidence of anything more than superficial surface treatment . |
| 5 | Much more one can not say , because although Mitchell made admirable attempts to colour and project his lines , the quartet playing was so uncommitted and flabby , so lacking in dynamic range and in lustre , that Crawford 's music had little chance to make more than superficial impact . |
| 6 | A real page-turner , with a more than satisfying conclusion . |
| 7 | ‘ Your little green chaps are no more than that snake really , are n't they ? |
| 8 | In saying this , I am saying little more than that history , more or less as we have known it , will continue in the future ( if humanity has a future ) . |
| 9 | Damn sight more than that boor behind the bar . |
| 10 | The judges have been willing to concede little more than that separation agreements , divorce and certain other matrimonial orders which were not available in Hale 's time must have some effect upon the exemption . |
| 11 | Among the more comprehensive books on twentieth-century Mexican art in recent years , Shifra Goldman only mentions him in passing , Luis Cardoza y Aragón says little more than that Gironella ‘ escapes him ’ , and Ida Rodriguez Prampolini dismisses him from her discussion of Mexican surrealism as an ‘ international ’ artist , more closely related to Spain than to Mexico . |
| 12 | When I was about twelve she told me how she 'd " flung " a sixpenny piece back at a titled woman who 'd given it her as a tip : " If you ca n't afford any more than that Madam , I suggest you keep it . " |
| 13 | Well now would them girl would them girls say , she must have said more than that mother . |
| 14 | There were more than that number tied up in the harbour , although most of these were smaller , and all traders . |
| 15 | Although well-made clubs ought to last a lifetime , I have already owned 16 different sets and tried more than that number in a futile search for The Touch . |
| 16 | If more than that number is required , requests must be supported by good reasons , and will require to be counter-signed by C Will , G Lomas or R Pankhurst . |
| 17 | But there 's more than one way of finding out what you need to know — start a conversation around the subject , use friends or people in the news as examples — you can find out how he feels about their situation , without relating it directly to you . |
| 18 | There 's more than one way to kill a cat … . |
| 19 | There 's more than one way to prevent segre to prevent integration , you can draw school boundaries in certain ways to effectively segregate schools if you want to , but let's not have this macho stuff on the school steps , armed guards , you know , er I mean er the pictures of mobs , that 's the only expression for them I suppose , mobs of white people , you know , throwing , throwing bricks and bottles at seven and eight year old black children on the way to school , I do n't want , I do n't want , I can do without it . |
| 20 | And they make sure there 's more than one member of staff around . |
| 21 | Where more than one assessment was raised under different statutory provisions in respect of the same amount then , provided these were clearly alternative assessments , they were not void . |
| 22 | Where more than one sample has been used , mean values are shown here , although there are within-species differences . |
| 23 | Or say there 's more than one person working on a project . |
| 24 | When more than one child 's prints are made , then the sizes may be compared or ordered . |
| 25 | There 's more than one phone in there ! |
| 26 | There 's more than one kind of truth . ’ |
| 27 | If there 's more than one winner , they EACH get a ring . |
| 28 | If there 's more than one winner , the 1,000 prize will be shared but EVERY winner gets the solitaire ring . |
| 29 | There 's more than one angle on everything . |
| 30 | Where more than one remedy is required they can be given in sequence , one at a time , a certain length of time apart — one every ten minutes , for example , or one every half hour . |