Example sentences of "more [subord] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But in only 42 of these is the Tory majority less than 4,000 ( there are 11 more where the main challenger is a Liberal Democrat ) . |
| 2 | Second , it seems on this criterion that we shall never have more than the slenderest of reasons to believe that we know something ; for in believing this we are believing that when all the truths are in , our justification will remain , and it looks as if much more is required to support that belief than is required to support an ordinary claim to know . |
| 3 | Neither country has more than the sketchiest experience of democracy . |
| 4 | MIPS can also not depend on its high-end Unix vendors like Concurrent Computer Corp , Control Data Systems Inc , NCR Corp , Pyramid Technology Corp and Tandem Computers Inc , to absorb more than 15% more than the 60,000 units they do already . |
| 5 | For the time being they could evade Allen 's choice by challenging the assumption that the League represented anything more than the collective security of a group of satisfied imperial powers . |
| 6 | But it will have to be more than the mysterious death used in the old , simple detective story . |
| 7 | But in fact , towards the climax of the disease , there was very little of me left , in more than the physiological sense . |
| 8 | There is no need to hold that all human beings should always and only be approached using the interpretive action scheme , any more than the reverse claim makes sense if adhered to in all circumstances . |
| 9 | At least , things happened there ; it was obvious to Schaffer that his presence in Langstone was nothing more than the merest nod towards protocol , but Stoneley had refused to let him return and make the police withdrawal complete . |
| 10 | Colleges reckon their spell in Division II has cost them about £25,000 in lost sponsorship , bar takings , gate receipts etc — Saturday 's crowd of over 2,500 brought in more than the combined total of the previous home league matches — and there 's little doubt that defeat against Musselburgh would have had a catastrophic impact on the club . |
| 11 | The natural resources of Florence were no more than the four elements available to all simple communities since antiquity : earth , air , water and fire . |
| 12 | It was only police vigilance which prevented more than the four casualties . |
| 13 | Thus during the period of restrictions the contras grew , and occasionally even thrived , apparently on air : or on nothing more than the scattered largesse of rich Americans . |
| 14 | So , was the great Reform Bill of 1832 , as some have seen it , no more than the minimal concession to undeniable demand for change ? |
| 15 | These CDs cost more than the major company ones , but this is fair enough since the higher costs have to be spread over a smaller volume . |
| 16 | The libertarian interpretation rejects the notion that the revolutionaries represented no more than the extravagant daydreams of isolated malcontents . |
| 17 | Apart from George Rodney with his distinctive male top-knot , the head-dress of the other five appears to be nothing more than the broad folds of the linen winding-sheet . |
| 18 | The latter hurt Israel far more than the Arab states because France had long been an important arms supplier to Israel . |
| 19 | ‘ Why should I want someone like you , whose squalid dreams of passion can encompass no more than the petty attentions of a man like Jones ? |
| 20 | In the case of the working class — possibly more than the middle class — the unemployment of families and the depressed economic conditions that prevailed during the inter-war years encouraged the reduction of family size , even though there were still many areas where the birth rate remained high or increased , almost oblivious of the economic conditions . |
| 21 | This implied far more than the juridical observation that the Holy Spirit would ‘ assist ’ the Ecumenical Council . |
| 22 | A Bertola Pale Dry Fino or Manzanilla is worth a try and proves that this well known house produces more than the famous Bertola Cream . |
| 23 | He would make occasional forays into the United States or films , but Lynn 's only real home was in Aldwych farces as part of the Travers team which ran triumphantly into the 1930s , and he stayed with them , creating and recreating the role of the silly ass forever working his way out of impossible situations , often armed with nothing more than the famous monocle , a daft grin , and an apparently inexhaustible ability to triumph over adversity by the sheer idiocy of his own imagination . |
| 24 | Should setpiece equality form the plot , what prospects are there for Scotland 's backs to build on their Ireland display and will we see more than the limited offerings which the Welsh managed against England ? |
| 25 | But drinking too much over a period of months or years damages far more than the nervous system . |
| 26 | WHILST the accounts from last year 's World Cup are still not available , I.B. Secretary Keith Rowlands asserted in Catania recently that RWC profits would be more than the paltry £3 million mooted earlier this year by fellow director Marcel Martin . |
| 27 | On occasion , zones will be requested to submit notional breakdowns on their expenditure for the forthcoming year , but such submissions are often no more than the haziest guides to real expenditure . |
| 28 | i can just verify that Frank is having talks with a spanish 1 div club ( i do nt think they have any ‘ premier div ’ down there — so first is first … ) — i guess Frank feels he does n't get the chance he + me + others thinks he deserves — Dino and Wallace just not delivering goals and Frank never getting more than the 10 last minutes from time to time . |
| 29 | If society gains more than the private supplier would gain , the social cost of the capital good is less than the market price that a private supplier would have to charge . |
| 30 | Likewise the top sales performer in a hi-tech company can earn , by a mixture of base earnings , commission and stock options , more than the sales director and indeed more than the managing director . |