Example sentences of "[vb infin] [prep] more than [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Downes himself could not stay for more than a few minutes . |
| 2 | The infant Elizabeth will learn that being promised a sweet for behaving herself will result in more than the mere probability of its arrival ; the penny will have dropped when she realises that a promise entitles her to the reward — it is her due , to which she has a right . |
| 3 | They spread between people by coughing , sneezing and kissing but they can not live for more than a few seconds outside the body . |
| 4 | Conservative backbenchers put pressure on the government to provide safeguards for households which would lose by more than a certain amount . |
| 5 | The heat did not last for more than a few seconds , and when it had passed , Ciparis was left in an awful solitude , his cries for help going unanswered as the city burned above him . |
| 6 | It must be emphasized , however , that whether the criterion be the number of courses or the number of teacher-days devoted to this topic , the development of productive links with parents and the community did not account for more than a one-hundredth part of the Authority 's in-service programme during the evaluation period . |
| 7 | The government 's North Sea oil take is depressed at present but will be on a rising trend as production begins to rise again to its 1985 peak and could account for more than a third of public spending . |
| 8 | In kung fu one can not train for more than a few months without hearing the phrase ‘ chi kung ’ , repeated time and time again . |
| 9 | The rate multiplier is set each year in England and Wales by central government and can not rise by more than the annual rate of inflation . |