Example sentences of "more than [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | But if you decide a 33MHz 486SX is the machine for you , be prepared to pay around £100 more than for a comparable 25MHz system . |
| 2 | We should not , however , expect a question for the initial verb alone since this is only possible in English for verbs which describe something as being , in some as yet ill-defined sense , " done " to their objects : ( 69 ) what did Rafferty do to the cistern ? and this can not be claimed for the verbs preceding clausal adjectives any more than for a verb which precedes an explicit subordinate clause . |
| 3 | ‘ This year there are a lot of students who have not yet got training places — significantly more than at a similar time in previous years , ’ Mr Pritchard said , adding that the Law Society was considering various ways of helping those unable to find a training places with a law firm . |
| 4 | Rain can thrash its surface , wind can chop it up , and the carp still have to be outwitted ; probably even more than on a water where the natural food is less abundant and the carp are smaller and therefore not so cautious . |
| 5 | If you withdraw it before then , you may still get more than with an ordinary bank or building society . |
| 6 | But if talk of a right were insisted upon it would be seen as no more than as a flourish of personification to emphasise that the trustee had legal obligations towards the grave . |
| 7 | To the extent that freedom of expression figured at all , it was no more than as an implicit principle sitting silently in the gaps between the words . |
| 8 | ‘ Now this should n't take more than about an hour-and-a-half … ’ |
| 9 | If you 're driving in a flash car , driving a porsche you 'll pay more than in a mini . |
| 10 | There 's nothing to be scared of , any more than in an old church . |
| 11 | ‘ You 're more than due a holiday , ’ her mother at once declared . |