Example sentences of "[verb] more than [art] [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having had only two weeks in which to complete the work , Mr Chettle burned more than the midnight oil to finish it in time . |
| 2 | A team is a small group ( 6 to 8 people is a typical size ) who co-operate together in such a way that they accomplish more than the sum total of the individuals . |
| 3 | A number of software vendors such as Bitstream , Adobe and Microsoft themselves can supply extra fonts but they may cost more than the budget user can afford . |
| 4 | Well , I , I wan na go skiing as well , so you get more than a day trip . |
| 5 | According to Bill Martin , economist at UBS-Phillips & Drew : ‘ The only thing the Chancellor fears more than the currency speculators are the rows of blue rinses at Blackpool next week ’ . |
| 6 | So it 's not a progression all in one way but I have to say that even by the standards of the Lloyd George era , the battle by memoir which we now see for considerable sums of money has become more than a cottage industry , it 's a production line industry . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | ‘ The BNP contends that it will take more than a Race Equality Council to smooth over the cracks of the fragmenting edifice that is the multi-racial society . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ The BNP contends it will take more than a Race Equality Council to smooth over the cracks of the fragmenting edifice that is the multi-racial society . ’ |
| 10 | She needed more than a non-committal grunt in answer to her outpourings . |
| 11 | Many spreadsheet users never use more than a mono text mode display ! |
| 12 | However , we will not pay more than the market value of the package . |
| 13 | It is unlikely , however , that any Western company will get more than a minority stake in Pilsner Urquell . |
| 14 | First-time buyers can afford more than a broom cupboard , and those wishing to trade-up to a bigger house get better value for money . |
| 15 | According to Mikoian himself , the USSR insisted that the Cubans buy Soviet goods if they wanted Moscow to continue purchasing their sugar , and adamantly refused to pay more than the world market price for Cuban produce ( Mikoian in Cuba ( Crosscurrents press , New York , 1960 ) , in Boughton : 1974 , p. 450 ) . |
| 16 | The fact is that people do co-operate more than the self-interest model ( useful though it is ) seems to predict . |
| 17 | Though soon earning more than an apprentice boy of her age , she was unlikely to keep much of her wages for herself in the early years . |
| 18 | If a deviant decides to produce more than the group norm , then all members of the group are threatened . |
| 19 | The countryside is there for us all to enjoy , so please , those of you who are responsible for making it accessible , remember those who , like me , need more than a kissing gate to get in . ’ |
| 20 | Secondly , the marketers of such a financial product often need more than the lifestyle information can provide on its own . |
| 21 | If neural networks are ever to become more than a lab curiosity with the odd exotic application in the real world , Intel Corp 's new Ni1000 chip , developed with Providence , Rhode Island-based Nestor Inc should provide the breakthrough . |