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How To Use more than In A Sentence

• Shake them to bits and you are destroying more than property. Times, Sunday Times
• So it's a little more than passing strange that Mr. Brooks clucks about Mr. Obama's "über-partisan budget" when, given the last few weeks of shrieking and wailing from the Republicans about socialism and communism, he's been the voice of moderation in the room. Moderately Shocked
• This is not good for anybody, except for a few curmudgeons and people who are embittered by nothing more than their own embitteredness.
• Some lucky local with an open fire had determined the evening warranted a little extra cheer, more than the central heating could provide, and had lit a small blaze on his hearth.
• The boa and the rattlesnake are homebodies that seldom travel more than a couple of miles in a lifetime.
• The total sales of the company didn't amount to more than a few million dollars.
• A lot of people already have two alcohol-free days a week but still drink more than is safe. The Sun
• These deals are large and complex, requiring a lot more than just a "consigliere" -- a term always used with "The Godfather" playing in the background -- sitting in a dark room plotting with a CEO. Robert Teitelman: Svengalis, Bankers and the Role of Intermediaries
• A liquor pour cost of 18.3%, for example, means that it cost a little more than 18 cents to generate a dollar of liquor sales.
• Rob's strengths lay in absorbing the pressure and criticism, and in doing this well he more than proved himself courageous, gutsy and tough.