Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [pers pn] be [adv] than " in BNC.
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| 1 | For Nkrumah it was more than a nuisance because influential elements in Ghana were acutely sensitive to British comment . |
| 2 | Amidst scenes of carnage it was more than two hours before Muawad 's death was officially announced . |
| 3 | Amidst scenes of carnage it was more than two hours before Muawad 's death was officially announced . |
| 4 | As an illustration of this negative relationship Lucas notes that for the US his estimate of the variance of aggregate demand is 0.00064 , while for Argentina it is more than 20 times higher at 0.01555 ; the estimate of β 1 for the US is 0.910 , whereas for Argentina it is much lower at 0.011 . |
| 5 | A police spokesman said : ‘ With hindsight it was less than perfect service on our part . ’ |
| 6 | He had time to have a word with everyone and on the occasions when I met him in England he was more than helpful — unlike some of his colleagues in the Press room who pestered you for information when at Leopardstown , then pretended you were from another planet when you went to a big meeting in England . |
| 7 | Rory put in mildly , though in truth she was more than a little disturbed by what she was hearing . |
| 8 | In Southampton it is more than twenty years since we learned that there was a major settlement of foreign merchants quite separate from the walled town ; and Hamwih seemed for a time a town apart from others in Britain — though evidently related to the great semi-urban sprawl which has been excavated at Duurstede near Utrecht . |
| 9 | In fact it is more than one book . |
| 10 | When he returned to Hawaii he was more than a hero , he was a saviour , a messiah . |