Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] more than " in BNC.
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| 1 | Had Norman Cowans , Ricky Ellcock and Angus Fraser all been healthy , the script would surely have taken its expected course ; as it is , the Middlesex seam attack deserves that ‘ pop-gun ’ tag rather more than its national counterpart . |
| 2 | With a few exceptions , sixteenth-century towns were in any case little more than glorified military and administrative headquarters , supplied by a small population of artisans and petty traders . |
| 3 | Nevertheless the manifesto was in respect of nationalisation little more than an elaboration of the party 's one-term programme as accepted at the 1937 conference , with the addition of iron and steel , which had been included as a concession to a radical resolution proposed by Ian Mikardo at the 1944 conference and carried against the advice of the platform . |
| 4 | One area of boilerplate which concerns the buyer rather more than the seller is the question of the right to assign or sub-contract all or part of the order . |
| 5 | The mood had changed by the end of the Sixties , and became more romantic , more allusive , softer and with many references to the past , which suited Lagerfeld 's handwriting much more than the brash futuristic Sixties looks had done . |
| 6 | Syphilis and its origin are subjects that have occupied physicians and historians over the ages perhaps more than any other condition . |
| 7 | In schools , the development of European awareness will have to be built into the curriculum much more than it has been so far . |
| 8 | It was hardly even a coincidence ( Charles had told his Aquitanian supporters little more than a fortnight before to follow him northwards , and envoys from Lothar found no difficulty in locating Charles at Troyes on Easter Monday , 18 April ) . |
| 9 | One of their central objections was that Catholic piety incorporated elements of paganism and rendered religion little more than magic or sorcery . |
| 10 | WCM readers perhaps more than most will have cherished its long-time contributor 's confident re-entry , all flowing drives and elegant poise , with the occasional nicks to remind us of his vulnerability . |
| 11 | He had enjoyed the picnic much more than he had thought possible . |
| 12 | The hon. Member for Romford was also perfectly right to point out that , in the construction industry perhaps more than in most industries , health and safety are of considerable importance . |
| 13 | He loves his tortoises much more than he loves people . |
| 14 | She was feeling her loss much more than she revealed ; she was schooled in hiding her emotions . |
| 15 | To their surprise , the Spanish have found that they now get back from Brussels scarcely more than they put in . |
| 16 | Middlesbrough people fear crime generally more than other boroughs , but they fear burglary in particular . |
| 17 | Undoubtedly , this claustrophobia was intensified by a growing sense that critical events were taking place elsewhere in the world , events which would shape France 's future far more than the decisions of the Constituent Assembly . |
| 18 | He believes he should always save clients far more than his fee by avoiding unnecessary work which could cost thousands now and even more to remedy later . |
| 19 | She was suddenly aware that she had been looking forward to her new life in Portugal far more than she had realized . |
| 20 | He knew the cruelty she was going to witness over the next three months would be agony for her because , for some reason , she trusted animals far more than humans , but , like a nurse looking after animals in a vivisection clinic , he could n't prevent her pain , only alleviate it as much as possible . |
| 21 | Remember your feet have probably expanded and you might have to unlace your trainers far more than usual . |
| 22 | He values good manners far more than he values the evidence of wealth . ’ |
| 23 | The Irish splash out more than IR£240m ( £219m ) on hotel and restaurant meals each year . |
| 24 | When , in 1908 he challenged a white man , Tommy Burns , for the heavyweight championship of the world , he carried into the ring far more than his gloves and gear : he carried the hopes of a considerable portion of black America . |
| 25 | There may be a booklet on the subject , a special expert in the technical department who has sat on the relevant government fact-finding commission or a market research survey giving the latest market trends , any of which would help the journalists far more than the standard handouts . |
| 26 | Barrow admits his new job occupies his mind far more than in the past . |
| 27 | The trouble was that Uncle Mick loved baseball even more than the Giants and he would travel any distance to see a good game . |
| 28 | That is , if an unsuccessful firm attempts to send a false ‘ good ’ signal by announcing an increase in dividends , this increases the risk of insolvency even more than would be the case if the firm sent a true ‘ bad ’ signal by not announcing a dividend increase . |
| 29 | The traditional , yet so unexpected , sign of respect in the presence of death shocked Meredith almost more than anything else that had happened . |
| 30 | Of its earlier medieval greatness little more than the church and the town plan survives . |