Example sentences of "[verb] more than the [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 | 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 ’ . |
| 5 | However , we will not pay more than the market value of the package . |
| 6 | 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 ) . |
| 7 | The fact is that people do co-operate more than the self-interest model ( useful though it is ) seems to predict . |
| 8 | If a deviant decides to produce more than the group norm , then all members of the group are threatened . |
| 9 | Secondly , the marketers of such a financial product often need more than the lifestyle information can provide on its own . |