Example sentences of "[to-vb] more [subord] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For Stenton , the half century before 716 when no Anglo-Saxon king had been able to establish more than a local ascendancy , had ‘ little significance in English political history ’ because it had given no promise of the great advance , as he saw it , towards the unity of England which was to be made by the Mercian kings before the end of the eighth century . |
| 2 | Efforts to chart continuities in maladjustment almost invariably fail to find more than a small relationship between early attachment or infant behaviour and later emotional or behavioural adjustment , and although very early relationships and behaviour are seen to be very important , most researchers aiming to demonstrate this fact end by concluding that discontinuity rather than continuity is the rule ( e.g. Lewis et al. , 1984 ; Fischer et al. , 1984 ) . |
| 3 | Clearly the whole point of the exchange , namely a request for specific information and an attempt to provide as much of that information as possible , is not directly expressed in ( 2 ) at all ; so the gap between what is literally said in ( 2 ) and what is conveyed in ( 3 ) is so substantial that we can not expect a semantic theory to provide more than a small part of an account of how we communicate using language . |
| 4 | Although this research is expected , and intended , to have practical educational relevance , it is hoped to provide more than a descriptive analysis of classroom practice . |
| 5 | Strict separation was the order of the day , forcing some couples to leave notes in drainpipes and resort to all kinds of strategies if they wished to communicate more than a passing word . |
| 6 | If you wish to write more than the simplest assembler code programs for the Z88 , you will need a considerable amount of technical information about the machine . |
| 7 | Even with six vehicles it is not possible to visit more than a small percentage of the schools in England , Scotland and Wales . |
| 8 | WHEN you 've dragged two successive bosses from burning office blocks , you 're entitled to expect more than a departmental memo by way of thanks . |
| 9 | Lima , where it rains so seldom that the city 's roofs are not designed to withstand more than a mild shower , the inhabitants are anxiously awaiting the worst . |
| 10 | When this last measure failed to force some authorities sufficiently into line , the Conservative government , in 1984 , introduced a measure called rate capping that made it illegal for authorities designated by the Secretary of State to levy more than a certain amount in rates , their only form of independent finance . |
| 11 | We were lucky to last more than the first fairway together . |
| 12 | She says that the pupils were ‘ not pushed or encouraged to do more than the basic minimum ’ . |
| 13 | It is unnecessary to give more than the following sketch of the widespread litigation which has attended the efforts made to bring this case to trial . |
| 14 | He 'd have to judge the force of the blow very carefully and you 'd expect it to leave more than a slight bump . ’ |
| 15 | 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 . ’ |
| 16 | This will be the case where negotiations or discussions are extended to embrace more than a small group of people or where they are at such an advanced stage that the target is reasonably confident that an offer will be made for its shares ; where secrecy can not be maintained ; or if security is breached . |
| 17 | Where the returns from criminal work had been too limited to support more than a small number of firms , they had now increased while other firms felt under economic threat . |
| 18 | It is also difficult to see more than a small part of the action while defending oneself , and difficult to convey to magistrates the naked aggression displayed . |
| 19 | And thus the reader has to go more than the usual way he goes to understand what he 's looking at . |
| 20 | As a result of the MRC 's calculations Martin claims , in an article in the spring issue of the Journal of the Society for Radiological Protection , that ‘ 300 rads average bone marrow dose is unlikely to kill more than a small percentage of those exposed ’ . |
| 21 | It was difficult for our branch of the bank , which was not allowed to keep more than a certain amount of money in the safe , and often had to send documents and money to the head branch in Parma . |
| 22 | However , it will never be practicable to convert more than a small percentage of this into useful energy . |
| 23 | Choosing this road is likely to cost more than the first option , but you will at least ensure that your doors are the best that money can buy . |
| 24 | Perhaps the only clear utility is to remind us that , contrary to the preoccupations of many philosophers and a great many semanticists , language is used to convey more than the propositional content of what is said . |
| 25 | The theory that the development charge would leave the developer unwilling or unable to pay more than the existing use value for his land is not at present working out in practice , especially since a would-be house owner who pays building value to the seller of the land . |
| 26 | Thus , it is clear that the system is not going to get easier for advisers , and it is going to be increasingly important for them to have more than a passing understanding and experience of it . |
| 27 | However , we have in fragment VII another example of amorality — the moral insignificance of the meaningless nonsense-rhyme of Sir Thopas — against which , and against the positive morality of Melibee , from which the Host is able to draw a more pertinent moral , the amorality of the Shipman 's Tale becomes in itself a form of immorality , the failure of a tale to offer more than a licentious celebration of the terms of trade of the brothel and of pornography . |
| 28 | If regional officers were to take more than a passing interest in this pattern of change the writing would have appeared to be on the wall , but as the comments of the regional medical and nursing officers cited above revealed , it was some time before their interest was kindled . |
| 29 | Control of factors such as resistance to change and propensity to take more than a fair share of the spoils must be exercised at national and international levels . |
| 30 | Both Friends of the Earth and former CFC manufacturers , ICI , have acknowledged that the scheme has failed to collect more than a small proportion of CFCs from old appliances . |