Example sentences of "[vb infin] [det] than [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This will leave a " flatter " drop which will magnify less than a spherical drop . |
| 2 | What 's more , we 'll need more than a fair share of luck . ’ |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 ? |
| 5 | Which towns will need more than the average number of ( i ) schools and ( ii ) hospitals and nursing homes ? |
| 6 | In crystallography , each lattice point can accommodate more than a single atom . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | But as we leave the twentieth century and reflect on the last 100 years , we should expect more than a shallow gallery of designer fancies . |
| 9 | For the direct benefit of pupils it will be individual partners who will matter more than a grand design of co-operation . |
| 10 | This meant that not only did the boots weigh more than a small car , but I was obliged to wear four pairs of socks to stop my feet moving about in them and turning my heels into chilli con carne . |
| 11 | For reasons which will become apparent , I will not provide more than a brief overview of this approach . |
| 12 | Naturally , it will cost more than a basic policy . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | This meant that nearly all packs would contain more than the declared weight . |
| 16 | The British Rail scheme would certainly cost less than the old plan as it now proposed a single-track tunnel , not a twin tunnel . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Although this Arrowana is relatively cheap when young , I would not recommend more than the single specimen in an aquarium of this size . |
| 20 | 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 ) . |
| 21 | The likes of Dr James Halden would n't take more than a passing interest in a common domestic servant . |
| 22 | Meanwhile , Falkirk will take more than a passing interest in two Premier Division matches tonight , and hoping that the Old Firm do them a favour by beating fellow strugglers Dundee and Motherwell . |
| 23 | It would take more than a sharp tongue to cut down Alexander Vass . |
| 24 | It will take more than a bloody hurricane to stop me . ’ |
| 25 | It 'll take more than a tender touch to help the victims of the oily sea . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | ‘ From what I 've seen of Officer Hassan , it would take more than a missing golf-club to prise him away from his suicide theory . ’ |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | He would have to pretend , however , that Carole was as keen as he was that Amaranth should have more than a fair crack of the whip . |