Example sentences of "[vb infin] [det] than the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do you live far from a good shopping area so that you will need more than the average amount of food storage space and a large deep freeze ? |
| 2 | Which towns will need more than the average number of ( i ) schools and ( ii ) hospitals and nursing homes ? |
| 3 | The reverse happens when flying southerly headings and the compass will show more than the actual amount of the turn , so carry on past your actual heading . |
| 4 | Shirts that left Comme des Garçons with a one-hundred-pound price tag will be knocked down for a bargain price ; and a man 's shirt that looks good on a woman will cost more than the men-only variety . |
| 5 | The only constraint on attempts to acquire a larger budget is that it would cost more than the total value to the politicians of the service , the value of additional output being zero . |
| 6 | This meant that nearly all packs would contain more than the declared weight . |
| 7 | The British Rail scheme would certainly cost less than the old plan as it now proposed a single-track tunnel , not a twin tunnel . |
| 8 | Just one of the regions , Northern Ireland , with eight constituency members and an assumed equal number of list members , would have fewer than the minimum total of 20 required to ensure fair representation therein for a party securing 5% of the list votes . |
| 9 | My Lords , it 's a question of cost in the long run , but er the reason that the our British Library will have fewer than the French Library is originally it was planned to have three thousand places , but er further er examination which has really been taken undertaken very , very thoroughly has proved that this is really not necessary . |
| 10 | Although this Arrowana is relatively cheap when young , I would not recommend more than the single specimen in an aquarium of this size . |
| 11 | Sometimes the king allowed subjects to take deer for themselves in his forests ; the warden 's duty was to see to it that they had a proper writ of warranty when they came to his forest , that they did not take more than the specified number , and that they took them in the prescribed manner . |
| 12 | Fullback Jim Staples received a helping hand , but it will take more than the magic sponge to get the Irish side back on its feet . |
| 13 | I still ca n't call more than the initial letter to mind . ’ |
| 14 | Q Can I pay more than the monthly instalment ? |
| 15 | In the Borders , Peter Jeary , director of finance , said that more than half the 47,000 households on the council tax register would pay less than the regional community charge bills of £312 in 1992-93 . |
| 16 | As a result , the individual may retain only a very small percentage of the extra income earned and , in some cases , may actually lose more than the extra income earned . |
| 17 | And what is true for you would be true for every other supplier : they too will supply more than the natural level if the price on their island is above what they expected the average price to be , and less if it is below . |
| 18 | Similar to ( age-related ) personal allowance , the married couple 's age-related increases are subject to a couple 's income so it is possible that they might get less than the full addition — or maybe nothing extra at all . |
| 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 | Examinations are formidable even to the best prepared ; for the greatest fool may ask more than the wisest man can answer . |