Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] to more than [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One about Flaubert , one about Ellen , one about myself My own is the simplest of the three — it hardly amounts to more than a convincing proof of my existence — and yet I find it the hardest to begin . |
| 2 | Without that , no talks will ever amount to more than the briefest of encounters . |
| 3 | Group size is very small , rarely amounting to more than a singleton or a mother with a dependent infant . |
| 4 | Regretting ‘ that he had no power to send him to prison without the option of a fine ’ , the magistrate imposed a fine of 40 shillings ( probably amounting to more than a month 's wages ) or twenty-one days ' hard labour . |
| 5 | Whether citizens ' charters on the model of those introduced in Great Britain from 1991 onwards amount to more than a symbolic empowerment of consumer-citizens remains to be seen . |