Example sentences of "[vb infin] more than [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | It 'll take more than a tender touch to help the victims of the oily sea . |
| 32 | This option was given to working wives in 1948 and withdrawn in 1978 but women who had already chosen to pay the reduced rate were allowed to continue , provided they did not take more than a two-year break from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 . |
| 33 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 34 | It will take more than a few scandal-mongers to sink him . |
| 35 | But it 'll take more than a few bruises to soften him up . |
| 36 | ‘ It 'd take more than a few facts to convince Dudley Ford that he 's mistaken ! |
| 37 | 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 . |
| 38 | 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 . |
| 39 | It will take more than the three weeks to reveal the confusion that abounds , but we shall do our best . |
| 40 | 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 . |
| 41 | I still ca n't call more than the initial letter to mind . ’ |
| 42 | 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 . |
| 43 | Q Can I pay more than the monthly instalment ? |
| 44 | They were lovely clothes , beautifully made from fine materials , and if Ellie took a tuck with her hand at the back of the dresses , and turned the hems up a good six or nine inches , looking in the dressing mirror she could get more than a fair impression of how she might look once she too was a young woman . |
| 45 | He 'll get more than a short back and sides at this men-only beauty salon . |
| 46 | 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 . |
| 47 | 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 . |
| 48 | Space does not allow more than a cursory examination of the evidence , but one can illustrate its value , and the problems of using it , by looking at the question of how the balance of England 's exports changed . |
| 49 | It does n't seem more than a few months since I was knitting clothes for her dolls — and now — ’ She held up her needles , speared through the left front of a pearly-white matinée jacket . |
| 50 | Further , the failure of the police and courts to prosecute and convict more than a small proportion of rapists means that there is little effective legal deterrent . |
| 51 | My son did n't live more than a few hours , but I can feel for the parents of that little girl . |
| 52 | Nor would Edwin concede more than a spineless encouragement that she be hopeful and humble in their work together . |
| 53 | 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 . |
| 54 | A worthwhile appraisal will involve more than a mere pronouncement on the quality of your recent work , a pat on the head or a kick on the backside as the case may be . |
| 55 | There would be a concern to clarify the confusion which exists as to the " right " and " proper " principles for the British constitution today and then there would be an attempt to secure them against repeal or amendment except by some specially prescribed procedure that would involve more than a simple majority in the House of Commons . |
| 56 | 13.2.2.3 the giving of such consent shall not involve more than the minimum delay which is necessary to protect commercial interests . |
| 57 | If only they could see me in the office now I 'd turn more than a few heads . |
| 58 | own more than a part-owner , part-tenant before the revolution , who after the revolution would own more than a full tenant before the revolution . |
| 59 | Examinations are formidable even to the best prepared ; for the greatest fool may ask more than the wisest man can answer . |