Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] more than a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No more than one LM granule needs to be used in preparing the stock bottle since Hahnemann says ‘ one rarely needs more than a single globule of appropriately dynamised medicine ’ ( para. 248a . ) . |
| 2 | HERE ARE two compilations whose existence obviously means more than a desperate milking of the public udders . |
| 3 | For reasons which will become apparent , I will not provide more than a brief overview of this approach . |
| 4 | Two other grandmothers who came on regular visits , one ‘ very generous ’ and the other an eloquent ‘ martinet ’ , died too soon to leave more than a dim recollection . ’ |
| 5 | This option was given to working wives in 1948 and withdrawn in 1978 but women who had already chosen to pay the reduced rate were allowed to continue , provided they did not take more than a two-year break from employment after 1978 . |
| 6 | The rest of this book will not produce more than a flawed account of some of the arguments that have been advanced both concerning the physical and moral nature of God ( because even if a God existed , there is still the question of whether we should worship Him or rebel against Him ) . |
| 7 | Central party funds could not pay more than a tiny proportion of the total cost of running a local association in every constituency ; not paying the piper they were unable to call the tune . |
| 8 | Since the late 1950s , however , the importance of all of the above factors has diminished to the extent that , even taken together , they no longer offer more than a partial explanation for the restricted nature of Soviet — Latin American relations . |
| 9 | Space does not allow more than a cursory examination of the evidence , but one can illustrate its value , and the problems of using it , by looking at the question of how the balance of England 's exports changed . |
| 10 | The basic structures of several pavilions have yet to be completed and the biggest universal exposition ever mounted still bears more than a passing resemblance to a building site — albeit a very colourful one . |
| 11 | I believe in trickle filters , but they rarely get more than a passing mention . |
| 12 | If you want more , go inland ; if you can get by with less , stay in the city ; if you do n't need more than a square foot or so , go to the islands . |
| 13 | The likes of Dr James Halden would n't take more than a passing interest in a common domestic servant . |
| 14 | Yet , a number of democratic constitutions today contain more than a mere organisation chart of functions and powers ; they contain Bills of Rights , which may also include a charter of social and economic rights , something characteristic of constitutions of the twentieth century , although generally honoured more in the breach than in the observance . |
| 15 | What booksellers can hope adequately to display more than a mere handful of these — and often then at the expense of much more saleable backlist titles with greater literary and commercial credentials ? |
| 16 | What bookseller can hope adequately to display more than a mere handful of these — and often then at the expense of much saleable backlist titles ? ’ |
| 17 | They are very much a part of the scene nowadays and they certainly deserve more than a derisory four laps . |
| 18 | Father Wrench , however , as he is sometimes called — will never allow more than a proper quantity of either ale , wine or spirits … |