Example sentences of "[vb pp] more [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had barely addressed more than a few brief and studiously polite words to her — and yet every fibre of her being was vibrantly aware of his magnetic , almost menacing presence . |
| 2 | For many years , I have wished more than words can say that I could unburden myself , unbutton my secret . |
| 3 | Scattering gets more intense as wavelength diminishes , so blue light in the visible spectrum is scattered more than red light because the wavelength of blue light is less than that of red light . |
| 4 | More than 75 million Soviet citizens lived outside their ‘ own ’ republic ( Kazakhstan alone contained more than 100 different nationalities ) , and very often they had little knowledge of the language of the republican majority . |
| 5 | To have the affairs of a club of such majesty as Manchester United conducted in a hole and corner manner has sickened more than many of their vast , worldwide following . |
| 6 | Judicial decisions gradually shifted vicarages from the second category to the first ; before the end of Edward 's reign , royal judges had deemed more than a score of advowsons of perpetual vicarages to be lay fee . |
| 7 | As general secretary of nursing 's largest trade union and professional organisation , the Royal College of Nursing , he has succeeded more than any single politician or political agitator in raising the public 's awareness of the critical role of nurses in maintaining the nation 's health . |
| 8 | Fighting around Kupres , in which Yugoslavian federal fighter jets have been used to attack Croat positions , is thought to have claimed more than 100 lives , although there has been no independent confirmation . |
| 9 | The unrest has claimed more than 200 lives across the country so far , and yesterday saw a riot by 10,000 in Bombay where Graham Gooch 's men are due to play a Test in the New Year . |
| 10 | Persons of inferior degree rarely owned more than a single parcel , irrespective of whether they lived on it themselves or let it to a tenant . |
| 11 | Furthermore , although he was believed to have committed more than one murder , he enjoyed a surprisingly mild and genial reputation . |
| 12 | The local enterprise company has committed more than £386,000 to the project . |
| 13 | There is much annual variation in numbers , but regular sea-watches , which record the bulk of this movement in many years , have not reported more than about 200 birds in any spring . |
| 14 | An earthquake in Mexico will be reported more or less the same by each , but what about the Labour Party Conference or a murder down on a Devon farm ? |
| 15 | The victims had been knifed more than 70 times . |
| 16 | Drilling Engineer Perry Hill notes that BPX has drilled more than 10,500 feet of pay in horizontal wells within the last year . |
| 17 | The British government has added more than 90 species of animals and plants to the list of those protected under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 . |
| 18 | ‘ In the past 12 months his play has come more and more to dominate phases of the game , especially against Wales and Ireland . |
| 19 | He had disbursed more than was customary with him on the hotel where they had spent the night . |
| 20 | The record of this parliament is incomplete , but the recollection of contemporaries seems unequivocal , and in later , more difficult , circumstances parliament was to be reminded more than once that it had given its assent to the war . |
| 21 | And learning together as we 've been reminded more than once than this morning engages us all irrespective of age , irrespective of experience it engages everyone and it 's worth emphasising that the quality of learning does not depend upon the size of a congregation ! |
| 22 | Mr Brownlow filled the mind of his adopted son with knowledge , and as he watched the boy grow up , he was reminded more and more of his old friend , Oliver 's father . |
| 23 | In the sixty-two years of the Oscars , Americans have won more than seventy-five percent of them . |
| 24 | But St Ives has won more than its fair share of new business — such as the new PC Magazine computer title — and although magazine profits were down , that was offset by impressive market share gains in financial printing . |
| 25 | No other horse has yet won more than four races . |
| 26 | Kate Howey , 18 , the world junior middleweight champion , might have won more than a bronze if she had not incurred a seven-point penalty against Marianne Charve , of France , in her semi-final . |
| 27 | It was decided also that if any person was to win 6 years in succession , he would be presented with the trophy to keep ; so far it appears to be an impossible goal as in the intervening 266 years , no person has won more than once . |
| 28 | He did not want to win it again because even though ‘ I feel great at the moment , I do n't think it should be won more than once ; the more people who win it , the better ’ . |
| 29 | The Roker Park men are desperate for more drive and Brnovic , who has won more than 30 Yugoslavia caps , could provide it . |
| 30 | The newspaper , produced by the Royal Navy in Portsmouth , has won more than 50 awards since 1977 in the Editing for Industry competition , including 10 class prizes and 19 awards of excellence . |