Example sentences of "rarely [verb] more than [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 In the case of household waste , the price rarely covers more than a fraction of the cost of collection and sorting .
2 In the past , the guards have smacked of overkill , since it rarely takes more than a baton charge with their lathi sticks to quell the traditional rotten orange barrage that welcomes most touring teams .
3 It rarely took more than an hour .
4 It rarely took more than an hour .
5 But though such temperate-zone parasites can be unpleasant and dangerous — Lyme disease can kill — they rarely affect more than a handful of people .
6 ‘ We rarely had more than a couple of deliveries a day — we did n't have the space .
7 At home he rarely had more than a piece of toast and marmalade for breakfast , but when he was away he ate the whole cooked breakfast .
8 You rarely need more than a teaspoonful , you add it at the absolute final moment of cooking , you do not blaze it ( at least I do not ) , you treat it simply as a seasoning .
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