Example sentences of "more than [adv] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was more than mildly impressed with Miss Semmens and decided I would certainly have to see her again — and soon . |
| 2 | A competent scholar who had an inbred regard for the pastoral needs of country congregations , he was exactly suited to his place , upon which he never needed to insist , and its responsibilities , which he more than adequately fulfilled . |
| 3 | There are now approximately 2 million more weavers operating in Persia than there were during the time of the late Shah , and , even if this trend is reversed , existing stocks are large enough to keep the Western markets more than adequately supplied for a decade or so . |
| 4 | — A Chinese officer in a uniform more than adequately equipped with polished belts , straps and full holsters stood up in the front passenger seat of the car like George Washington crossing the Delaware , shouting dictatorially . |
| 5 | The date was stamped indelibly on his memory calendar , more than just stamped , etched in . |
| 6 | But she was more than just impressed , she was totally overwhelmed . |
| 7 | He was a compelling man , overwhelmingly masculine , and in any other circumstances she would have been attracted — no , more than just attracted to him . |
| 8 | She was more than well acquainted with Lubor 's proclivity to see an invitation to grow amorous where there was none , though since he could n't do more than verbally flirt over the dinner table she could n't see any harm in accepting . |
| 9 | Now , he was more than slightly taken aback to find her in his room . |
| 10 | The current account surplus in 1985 was more than entirely accounted for by oil , which had improved from a deficit of about £700m in 1979 to a surplus of £8bn in 1985 . |
| 11 | Ken , however , was more than once seen to go into his bed and fall fast asleep — undoubtedly the pressure of working in the theatre at night and recording Beyond Our Ken on other mornings proved too much and was reminiscent of another time when he fell asleep . |
| 12 | In any case , I believe Eliot admired the thrillers of the prolific E. Phillips Oppenheim , who was published in the yellow-backed series to which he more than once referred as a possible source of inspiration . |
| 13 | ‘ As the lady Anne is aware — and to her chagrin — I have more than once expressed admiration of her companion . |
| 14 | In recent years , moreover , the incidence of backbench revolts among government supporters has increased and the House of Lords has more than once demonstrated an inclination to go its own way . |
| 15 | At the time of the Westerfield poisonings he had sometimes been a difficult man to agree with , and he 'd more than once annoyed her by his attitude . |
| 16 | It was perhaps even more alarming to learn that the Distant Early Warning System , the chain of radar stations ringing the Soviet Union from Greenland to Alaska , had more than once given the alarm which put Strategic Air Command into the air en route to the target thanks to picking up a moon echo or a flock of geese migrating in formation . |
| 17 | Be that as it may , we have more than once witnessed the potential of legspin in limited-overs cricket . |
| 18 | This is what he more than once declared to be his aim . |
| 19 | And though he more than once declared suicide a selfish act , he must also have foreseen that there are certain states of mind in which sensitive consideration of others becomes impossible . |
| 20 | She could have got away with it and he had more than once suggested she should , begged her almost . |
| 21 | He could exhibit such a stolidity in this regard that the Captain more than once suggested that he might drop down the order , ‘ to add ballast to the middle ’ . |
| 22 | I have more than once thought of doing away with myself . |
| 23 | Bielle is where you join the main valley road , and four miles to the south of it is Laruns , a neat and pleasing little town with a real town square which I have more than once thought might be good to stay in . |
| 24 | There was nothing in the Parliamentary debate , in fact , to suggest that the pistol cases were particularly serious and the Bill was easily thrown out — although it must be admitted that the gentlemen of Westminster have more than once shown a remarkable capacity for getting things wrong . |
| 25 | … I have more than once drawn attention to the practical difficulties … but the difficulty goes deeper . |
| 26 | For some time a rumour had persisted that Horemheb , in his moves to clear up the corruption which had flourished like rampant weed during the years in which the city had fallen into neglect , had more than once attempted to close it ; but that the interests which protected it were still too powerful for him to dispense with . |
| 27 | In time of crisis , the United States has more than once confronted the ‘ all or nothing ’ choice of military intervention or abandoning its client . |
| 28 | He writes : I was now convinced , after the stubborn to-and-fro contest for every foot of ground which had continued throughout the whole of April , that although we had more than once changed our methods of attack , a decisive success at Verdun could only be assured at the price of heavy sacrifices , out of all proportion to the desired gains . |
| 29 | Coming back to England from one of these school-holiday visits to Hungary , Jane was more than ever struck by the contrast . |
| 30 | Having gone down with the monarchy in the 1640s and learnt from that experience that its fortunes were closely dependent on those of the crown , the established church was more than ever determined to shore up the monarchy as a means of guaranteeing its own survival . |