Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] [det] than [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Under these conditions we have little option other than to accept that we can do little more than look with envy towards those farmers in New Zealand making a living without the ‘ benefit ’ of subsidies . |
| 2 | Capital provision to support these two areas is scarce and the 1990s are going to test even the most supportive administrations to meet urgent demands for library extensions and preservation/substitution programmes , neither of which has been an established part of institutional budget planning , nor likely to receive much more than sympathy from the funding councils , except perhaps in cases where enormous growth in student numbers have caused such pressures on space . |
| 3 | Before that happens Britain will be in no position to do much more than talk about the implications of new technology . |
| 4 | Those gold mines had stolen much more than gold from Africa . |
| 5 | Government and the HSE are well aware that the promotion and enforcement of safety demands much more than reliance on individuals and management . |
| 6 | Lithified materials may require little more than decision on the orientations of thin sections needed for later examination under the optical microscope , but special slide preparation and cementing media may be required , particularly if soluble minerals are thought to be present ( see Chapter 4 ) . |
| 7 | Western governments generally expressed sympathy for the Lithuanian cause and concern at Soviet military pressure and the economic blockade , and Prunskiene was received everywhere by heads of government , but these governments did little more than call for restraint by both sides and for negotiations . |
| 8 | This type of drill , however , probably teaches little more than familiarity with the verb root . |