Example sentences of "more than [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | More than once I have seen a hapless opponent reaching down to scoop a front kick that never comes , and getting caught on the undefended side of the head ! |
| 2 | More than once she has unbolted the front door in the night and gone out in her nightdress . |
| 3 | Much later it struck me as odd that I experienced no superstitious fear or repugnance in the presence of a dead body , although I am so squeamish that more than once I have had to ask a neighbour to deal with a dead rabbit that one of the cats had brought in during the night . |
| 4 | More than once it has been labelled the oriel town of the upper Rhine , and certainly the multiplicity of those beautifully shaped projecting windows , so delicately ornamented , are a significant factor in preserving the essentially medieval atmosphere of the place . |
| 5 | More than once she has been asked , without prior warning , to sit down there and then and play an instrument — usually for a film sequence — and she always complies without a flicker of nerves . |
| 6 | Malachy Smith , managing director of Wang in Ireland and a former player , said : ‘ We discontinued our South African operation more than than seven years ago and have no ties with that country . ’ |
| 7 | Well we had we had a lot of snow in those days , far more than than there 's been since then . |
| 8 | The tune is called Zig Zag and it was written more than than 60 years ago . |
| 9 | So when we went to Stylus Records and Telstar you know they were more than than happy to have because they seemed but I think that at at the start had we been looking for somebody here to take us over probably it would never have happened . |
| 10 | Erm he is obviously aware that er by not having the vehicle taxed it 's going to cost him considerably more than if he had er taxed the vehicle at the right , correct and proper time . |
| 11 | Erm he is obviously aware that er by not having the vehicle taxed , it 's going to cost him considerably more than if he had er taxed the vehicle at the right , correct and proper time . |
| 12 | Perhaps nothing would embarrass God more than if every one of His creatures took His Word literally and to heart . |
| 13 | Because my head landed on his teeth it hurt me more than if I 'd smacked down on the bridge of his nose . |
| 14 | ‘ What has he got that I could n't give you ? ’ he asked in a dull tone that chilled Ruth more than if he had bawled at her . |
| 15 | You see them much more as people , you know their interests much more than if they are just there listening to the lesson and so in a way this open access to the teacher , I think , although at times it does give extra pressure in the long run I think it 's tremendously beneficial . |
| 16 | This year , we 're spending £100,000 on books — over three times more than when we opted out . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Every time we leave this country , when we come back we love it a whole lot more than when we left , ’ he growls . |
| 18 | But he could n't control it , for all his knowledge , and it would lift his hair into bristles so that he looked like Desperate Dan and she could n't help but laugh until his fragile ego wobbled and then he shouted and then she loved him more , more than when he was intact . |
| 19 | Nevertheless , she still weighed more than when she had floated in Witwaterstrand . |