Example sentences of "[conj] more [conj] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the Western Isles it was estimated at about 16% in 1976 , or more than double the already high rate for the Highlands and Islands . |
| 2 | If the value is 15 per cent or more but less than 25 per cent it is a Class 1 transaction . |
| 3 | If the value is 5 per cent or more but less than 15 per cent then it is a Class 2 transaction . |
| 4 | As far as any future evaluation is concerned , if we adopt this definition of support teaching , it is obvious that more than just the traditional concerns with pupil progress in specific skills areas will need to be taken into account . |
| 5 | With the current financial structuring of the service , even in trusts , until it is generally recognised that more than just a pen and speculum are required in gynaecological outpatient clinics the value of outpatient surgery will not be realised . |
| 6 | It is clear that more than simply reproducing the words in their correct order is required . |
| 7 | WE CONTINUE TO OFFER A CHOICE OF EQUIPMENT , INTERIOR STYLING AND LAYOUT SO THAT MORE THAN EVER THE OYSTER 68 OFFERS MANY OF THE BENEFITS OF A COMMISSIONED ‘ ONE OFF ’ , BUT WITH LESS RISK , EXPENSE AND WITH PREDICTABLE STANDARDS OF PERFORMANCE QUALITY . |
| 8 | The lesson that emerges from this affair is surely that more than ever before , there is a pressing need for complete openness and accountability when restoration work is undertaken . |
| 9 | Does my hon. Friend agree that more than ever it is important that an agreement is reached at Maastricht in which Britain takes a whole-hearted role in the European Community , because otherwise it will cease to be so attractive for inward investment ? |
| 10 | ‘ Rivalry within the PDPA is a phenomenon that more or less belongs to the past , ’ he said . |
| 11 | It 's possible to trace George Michael back to the colourmotion , the white funk irony that more or less began with ABC and spawned a straight , bleached-out generation of Howard Jones and ( eventually ) the Hues , Wets , Styles and Curiositys ad nauseam . |
| 12 | Many sociologists have addressed the relationship between ideas or beliefs and social structure and process but I shall not attempt to consider theories that more or less imply a sociology of knowledge perspective . |
| 13 | Their increasing problem is that more and more lesser functions are being devolved downwards but without the resources to provide them . |
| 14 | Although among Buddhists there was a negative connotation attached to eating beef , contemporaries thought that more and more Sinhalese included it in their diets . |
| 15 | We may also find that more and more top management jobs in big companies are filled by hiring people away from smaller companies . |
| 16 | Hollywood filmmakers have become so slavishly dependent on old movies for their narratives that more and more new movies are having to assume the textural trappings of the past . |
| 17 | It seems that more and more well-known businesses are hiring Jasminder and colleagues of hers who work in a similar vein . |
| 18 | That means that more and more elderly people are being forced down to income support or poverty line levels . |
| 19 | Is it not a fact that more and more generous benefits covering many different needs are available to people in London and elsewhere ? |
| 20 | I am pleased to say that more and more European Community countries are coming to the views that we have pioneered on reform . |
| 21 | The voice was slightly husky , slightly slurred , and more than slightly disturbing . |
| 22 | This survey is elegantly produced and more than just another picture book . |
| 23 | As leader of the free world , supported by many other countries and more than adequately equipped , he and the US would have lost all credibility , had any other decision been made . |
| 24 | And more than ever now . ’ |
| 25 | I remembered what he 'd told Mavis and me about the book and more than ever I thought it sounded like a good idea — the story of a man rationalizing his own lack of self-belief … |
| 26 | But by 1989 Jamaica was heavily indebted and more than ever dependent upon the bankers and financiers . |
| 27 | Up to the autumn of 1960 the underlying divergences between himself and Debré had not prevented the two of them from working together closely ; after de Gaulle 's speech in November 1960 , the policy became less collaborative and more than ever the exclusive domain of the presidency . |
| 28 | My hazy memory of your novel suggests that you were entirely too kind to Victor 's betrothed , Elizabeth , and more than entirely too kind to his friend , Henry Clerval . |
| 29 | The remote island of Pantelleria , off the coast of Sicily and more than halfway to Tunisia , produces a superb dessert wine . |
| 30 | ‘ You shall have enough and more than enough , to keep you alive forever , if you help me out of this dark place , ’ she said . |