Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] more than a [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | In the case of household waste , the price rarely covers more than a fraction of the cost of collection and sorting . |
| 2 | Arkwright certainly picked a great spot for his country residence : south facing and above a lazy curve in the river , with the high cliff opposite guaranteeing more than a modicum of privacy , and only five minutes from work ! |
| 3 | 6 October , 1835 FELIX MENDELSSOHN writes to his family from Leipzig : ‘ The day after I accompanied the Hensels to Delitzsch , Chopin arrived here ; he would not stay more than a day , and so we spent it together entirely , and played music . |
| 4 | Also , the cost of services has to be borne , in the main , from central or local government coffers , because most older people can not meet more than a fraction of the costs of the high levels of labour-intensive care they need . |
| 5 | Space does not permit more than a summary of the aspects the would-be consultant needs to consider jointly to ensure both a good beginning and optimum development for such a group , and readers are therefore referred to the guidelines offered in detail elsewhere ( cf Hanko 1985/7 ) . |
| 6 | But the cylinders were so small they could not hold more than a minute of material . |
| 7 | Cup-tie , with Bailey playing for the well-known London amateur side , Walthamstow Avenue , who switched the replay to Stamford Bridge because their home ground could not hold more than a fraction of the spectators who wanted to attend . |
| 8 | perhaps this was because he could hardly see more than a yard in front of his face . |
| 9 | I told him about the cold-water tap , how it did not always produce more than a trickle , how frequently the pressure let us down . |
| 10 | I 'm sure it 'll cost more than a quid but seeing as you ca n't like get more than a mile long piece anyway so |
| 11 | They hardly spoke more than a couple of words in six months . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | These do n't usually rise more than a couple of hundred metres before falling back along parabolic paths . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | ‘ He also had more than a crush , ’ Vitor declared . |
| 16 | I also have more than a thought for the people who do have homes but who are living in conditions of appalling squalor , for battered wives and abused children who stay at home because there 's nowhere safe for them to go , and for the husbands who choose to stay with their families in the north rather than abandon them for crazy periods of time because they could find work only in the south , And while we 're on the subject , I 'm sick and tired of listening to government and commerce saying it 's ‘ uneconomic ’ to locate businesses in the north of Britain when we 're currently importing billions of pounds ’ worth of consumer goods from the other side of the world . |
| 17 | Their inherent vulnerability in many societies — a condom often costs more than a prostitute — is often encouraged in political manipulations of religious precepts . |
| 18 | Although the names looked at so far dip more than a toe into this price region , we feel like trying a different brand . |
| 19 | They point out that the acquisition , which now comprises more than a quarter of the MAC 's permanent collection , is of extremely uneven quality , but the MAC policy practically forbids deaccessioning . |
| 20 | Do n't eat more than a bird , I daresay . ’ |
| 21 | Claudia could n't eat more than a morsel of the beef Roman had ordered . |
| 22 | Whilst out selling with sales manager Anne King [ and sold £1,500 in two days ] , they had an appointment with a certain Mr Gomez who could n't speak more than a couple of words of English . |
| 23 | Do you know I 've served in the Army for thirty three years and I 've commanded every thing at every level in the infantry which both these gentlemen have been in , from a platoon right up now to a brig er brigade and I can honestly tell you that I have n't seen more than a couple of incidents of bullying in the whole of that time . |
| 24 | Should n't take more than a fortnight . |
| 25 | Should n't take more than a couple of weeks at most … |
| 26 | There are plenty of packages around for under £150 and they should n't take more than a couple of days to master . |
| 27 | This wo n't take more than a moment . ’ |
| 28 | The poor old PCW could n't hold more than a couple of thousand . |
| 29 | Scotland could n't manage more than a tweak of the giants ' noses , but showed that there 's still such a thing as going down with honour . |
| 30 | But it did n't last more than a year . |