Example sentences of "[verb] much more than a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But this book contains much more than an exposition on the background to the Children Act and an explanation of the principles on which it is founded . |
| 2 | The little round lawn with its grass path was so bitty that I was tempted to remove it altogether , and the two paved areas seemed too small to accommodate much more than a deckchair . |
| 3 | The change to a community-based service … involves much more than a change to the pattern of service provision . |
| 4 | It was hard to believe that Katharine had n't done much more than a shoulder-in only an hour earlier ! |
| 5 | The Morgan test would not appear to require much more than a knowledge of the basic facts of life . |
| 6 | And someone else might catch it and get much more than a spot or two , so you see , you must be public-spirited about this . |
| 7 | Whereas the parachute keeps the cable under tension as it drops , if there is a cross wind it tends to drift much more than a rope with no chute . |
| 8 | He could n't be expected to manage much more than an hour on his feet , after which he 'd be living up to his name , although not — Diane hoped — to his reputation . |
| 9 | To begin with they travel only at night and often they may not go much more than a mile . |
| 10 | He could n't afford much more than a set of plastic rings let alone five gold ones . |
| 11 | ‘ Broad-band cable means much more than an increase in the number of TV channels , ’ he said . |
| 12 | Of course , we are all too aware of the physiological symptoms which result from anger and which take much more than a second to show their effect and presence : the forehead bunched in a frown , the staring eyes , the constricted pupils , the clenched mouth and fists , the jaw thrust forward , the reddened neck or face and enlarged arteries due to the increase in the blood supply to the skin . |
| 13 | The war was unlikely to become much more than a dispute over frontier posts , in which success would depend to a considerable extent on winning the support of the Indians who lived in the wide area between the colonies . |
| 14 | But even now , a woman has to achieve much more than a man in order to gain respect or " promotion " . |
| 15 | The Lyons course was scheduled to last four years , but few pupils stayed much more than a year . |