Example sentences of "[vb -s] [vb pp] more [conj] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Lazio star , pictured left carrying a lot of extra poundage on his way to Rome two months ago , has shed more than a stone in weight since his £5.5million summer move from Tottenham — but he must wait a few more weeks before he returns to serious competition . |
| 2 | October alone has seen more than an inch over the monthly average … and it 's not half way through the month yet . |
| 3 | Over the centuries the border has moved more than a little — for instance in 1917 , Alsace was part of Germany and during the last war it was again occupied by the Germans . |
| 4 | Professor Stephen Hawking 's popular guide to cosmology has sold more than a million copies in hardback around the world . |
| 5 | Already , Cohen has isolated more than a thousand contigs , each containing an average of 15 yeast artificial chromosomes average of 15 yeast artificial chromosomes ( YACs ) and covering more than 70 per cent of the genome , while the number of markers on the map that Weissenbach and his colleagues reported last year has since been more than doubled and is set shortly to double again . |
| 6 | ‘ Shakespeare ’ has become more than a collection of Renaissance texts and is now a site for wider cultural explorations and controversies . |
| 7 | However , as discussed in Chapter 3 , this concept has become more than a description of a right accruing to all tenants . |
| 8 | This movement has involved more than a million women , including British born daughters . |
| 9 | Ferguson thought the Scottish striker might be forced to withdraw from the trip to Berne because he feared he had been afflicted by the same illness which has hit more than a dozen of the Old Trafford squad . |
| 10 | We have also followed his preparations for the world title bout with Karpov , some of us , it must be confessed , with a certain amount of incredulity , since , however much these world championship matches are now dependent on stamina rather than brilliance , it has struck more than a few people that a chess player is not a footballer , in particular a fifty-year-old self-exiled Russian Grandmaster is not a footballer , and that to think that by training like one he will become as fit is not only an illusion , it is a dangerous illusion . |
| 11 | The report — which has taken more than a year to prepare in one of the most complex inquiries undertaken by Sir Anthony 's office — will address the question of when the department first became negligent if it is shown to have been aware of the possible difficulties . |
| 12 | Reaching agreement has taken more than a year as the machinery rings have continued to argue their case , backed by the Scottish Agricultural Organisation Society and the accountants Reeves and Neylan . |
| 13 | Out of the dust of the Bodleian , Dr Lonsdale has resurrected more than a hundred witty women and set them glistening and pulsing with life and spirits before us ; and through their fresh and often subversive eyes , the Augustan age seems much closer than it did . |
| 14 | Mrs Linley , who has waited more than a year to swap her previous house in Trafford Close for a larger property , feared she might have to replace the lock herself . |
| 15 | Doyle , a passionate man who says pretty much what he thinks , has upset more than a few with his assessments . |
| 16 | I have seen one turned into a grotto and another used as a play room , but both approaches needed more than a little hard work and cash . |
| 17 | John McEnroe tried to take out a copyright on it , Becker 's got more than a bit and Lendl 's goes missing when he most needs it . |