Example sentences of "[prep] [det] more than the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the shopping mall you can see these employees , working alone for little more than the minimum wage , surrounded by some of the world 's most sophisticated monitoring systems . |
| 2 | Was he being indescribably presumptuous even to suppose that Sir Philip might consider allowing his only daughter to share her life with a man who could pay for little more than the bare necessities ? |
| 3 | Cars such as the Vauxhall Cavalier SRi , Rover 416 GSi and Ford Sierra 2.0i Ghia are worth little more than the same model with a lower spec . |
| 4 | However , we found the machine could still be used for much more than the average heat gun . |
| 5 | The hamlet consisted of little more than the substantially-built Adscombe Farm , three cottages , and a ruined medieval chapel , probably the original of the chapel in ‘ The Foster-Mother 's Tale ’ whose leaning wall was propped by a ‘ huge round beam ’ . |
| 6 | Shabby brick apartments stretch for block after block , dotted with little more than the odd liquor store , fried-chicken shack and cheque-cashing shop , well buttoned up with wire mesh and bullet-proof glass . |
| 7 | Without this we are left with little more than the old rather ‘ Whiggish ’ account of how reasonable men gradually came to perceive women 's ills . |
| 8 | ‘ Pride and dignity ’ appears to be barely different from conventional ambition/self-presentation/self-nurture , ultimately amounting to little more than the uncritical desire to participate in society on its own terms . |