Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] more than " in BNC.
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| 1 | Syphilis and its origin are subjects that have occupied physicians and historians over the ages perhaps more than any other condition . |
| 2 | 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 ) . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | He loves his tortoises much more than he loves people . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Remember your feet have probably expanded and you might have to unlace your trainers far more than usual . |
| 8 | He values good manners far more than he values the evidence of wealth . ’ |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Research commissioned by the NOERC from the Henley Centre suggests that , in the absence of such a strategy , the Channel tunnel will benefit southern companies much more than northern ones . |
| 11 | An increase in regional aid would benefit other countries far more than us and would drive up our net contribution to the budget . |
| 12 | America is failing its blacks nowhere more than in its schools . |
| 13 | This was confined to areas where more than half the non-white population lived , and where all the areas had more than 10 per cent . |
| 14 | We realize that the spiritual life matters infinitely more than all the material possessions or human status we once may have enjoyed . |
| 15 | As I said in a previous article , the Dinas Mawddwy Railway has been obliterated in some places much more than other lines I have walked . |
| 16 | The crash has hurt banks far more than companies . |
| 17 | Apart from the UK , which has begun to deregulate the airline industry , all continental airlines pay workers substantially more than in the United States , even though countries like Spain and Portugal have much lower living standards in general . |
| 18 | For us , federalism means decentralisation : passing powers down more than passing them up . |
| 19 | Charged four times with the offence in between 1640 and 1652 , he came before the Court yet again in 1691 for keeping on the Downs far more than his ‘ stent ’ or allotted number of animals . |
| 20 | James , Lewis and Allison ( 1987 ) document the growth of concessions related to capital transfer tax and conclude that , like its predecessor estate duty , it is ‘ a voluntary tax paid only by those who dislike[d] their relatives even more than they disliked paying tax ’ ( p. 45 ) |
| 21 | In the past farm workers worked alongside each other in gangs or small groups far more than is customary today and meal breaks would also be taken together out in the fields . |
| 22 | Rate subsidies may be equally beneficial to all socio-economic groups but there is no doubt that mortgage income tax relief has benefited the upper socio-economic groups far more than the lower socio-economic groups . |
| 23 | At the beginning of the play she persuades Edwy to reject offers of peace from the rebellious monks who are , in fact , her enemies far more than the king 's . |
| 24 | Seven days a week he works on the new ski lodge in the woodlands overlooking the valley , his private quarters little more than a sleeping-bag in a back room behind the new reception area . |
| 25 | We probably escape those first fates rather more than the rabbit . |
| 26 | She had not liked him very much but she judged him to be one of those unfortunate men who dislike their neighbours even more than they dislike themselves and as such he was to be pitied , plodding on from day to day among his bingo-playing telly-watching parishioners . |
| 27 | It is clear that the director relishes the cruel revenge meted out to the crudely characterised Cornish villagers even more than the turned bookworm does , thus inciting the audience to condone the sorry sight . |
| 28 | Jane Collier 's attitude to female authorship is unclear , but Henry Fielding , in a letter from Lisbon in 1754 , praised her ‘ for an understanding more than female , mixed with virtues almost more than human ’ . |
| 29 | Stockbrokers never more than now lack enthusiasm for the small client . |
| 30 | The major frustration , for prisoners even more than Probation Officers , is the parole system . |