Example sentences of "[modal v] not [verb] more than [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Your call should not cost more than a first class stamp . |
| 2 | ‘ But it should n't last more than a week or so . |
| 3 | Should n't take more than a couple of weeks at most … |
| 4 | Should n't take more than a fortnight . |
| 5 | There are plenty of packages around for under £150 and they should n't take more than a couple of days to master . |
| 6 | It should n't take more than an hour to type up . |
| 7 | But the cylinders were so small they could not hold more than a minute of material . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | You could never expect things to last , after all , could not plan more than a few days ahead . |
| 11 | Secondly , a company 's articles could not require more than a 50% majority for the appointment or removal of directors , nor confer on holders of a particular class of shares an exclusive right to nominate directors . |
| 12 | The poor old PCW could n't hold more than a couple of thousand . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Claudia could n't eat more than a morsel of the beef Roman had ordered . |
| 16 | At one time , you could n't travel more than a half day across Ireland without coming across the Draoicht Suan in one form or another . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Although this Arrowana is relatively cheap when young , I would not recommend more than the single specimen in an aquarium of this size . |
| 19 | 13.2.2.3 the giving of such consent shall not involve more than the minimum delay which is necessary to protect commercial interests . |
| 20 | The likes of Dr James Halden would n't take more than a passing interest in a common domestic servant . |
| 21 | I still ca n't call more than the initial letter to mind . ’ |
| 22 | However , we will not pay more than the market value of the package . |
| 23 | 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 ) . |
| 24 | For reasons which will become apparent , I will not provide more than a brief overview of this approach . |
| 25 | Do n't worry , Billy , I wo n't stay more than a few hours and by that time I 'll know one way or the other . |
| 26 | Though yeah they wo n't trust more than the once . |
| 27 | This wo n't take more than a moment . ’ |
| 28 | They wo n't take more than an hour to fill in , and might be quite fun to . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | Many great rivers — the Ganges and the Indus , the Amazon and the Yangtze — are so muddy that the animals swimming in them can not see more than a few inches ahead . |