Example sentences of "[vb base] more than [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Admit you want more than a mere boy can offer . |
| 2 | Feminism is a given — but I want more than the political outline . |
| 3 | The following are our special letter services which you should use when you want more than the ordinary letter post . |
| 4 | The following are our special letter services , which you should use when you want more than the ordinary post . |
| 5 | He would not , if Thiercelin was any judge , receive more than a curt acknowledgement from the emperor , who disliked him at least as much as most . |
| 6 | When soils receive more than the critical load , the natural capacity to neutralize acidity is overwhelmed , cations ( e.g. calcium ) are leached out , phosphorus is retained and aluminium and trace metals appear in the soil water . |
| 7 | Many show more than a tenfold increase in acidity since 1850 . |
| 8 | If negotiations yield more than the required rise then too much scrapping may result , generating unemployment . |
| 9 | Many router tables cost more than a basic router , but TKA Developments has launched a basic steel-framed table that may suit home workshops . |
| 10 | These CDs cost more than the major company ones , but this is fair enough since the higher costs have to be spread over a smaller volume . |
| 11 | ‘ I think you deserve more than a certain amount of punishment for making me wet and nearly giving me a heart-attack — Do you know how difficult it would have been to get an ambulance out here to you ? ’ |
| 12 | His use of skilled craftspeople to make his objects , his thorough-going professionalism , his choice of imagery — ‘ whitened ’ black pop star Michael Jackson , porno-politician La Cicciolina — pose questions about the relationship between the commodity and the object of affective value which deserve more than a one-line dismissal . |
| 13 | One thing you must not do , however , is add more than a small amount of paint to control surfaces . |
| 14 | Because this cake mixture uses baking powder to make it rise rather than gradual incorporation of air while beating , make sure you do not overbeat the mixture or add more than the specified amount of baking powder — this would only serve to toughen the cake and make it heavy . |
| 15 | If you see and screen more than a certain target number of patients you will get paid more . ’ |
| 16 | This is done as soon as some function is declared ( the simplest necessary declaration is that some solid entities are being entered ) and some volume exists , ie geometric entities that give more than a single coordinate value in each orthogonal direction . |
| 17 | Any more than I give more than an irritated passing thought to turning up a heater when the temperature drops . |
| 18 | Nor would Germany , if she were attacked by France alone , obtain more than the benevolent neutrality of Austria-Hungary . |
| 19 | I believe in trickle filters , but they rarely get more than a passing mention . |
| 20 | With our ingenious roofrack , you get more than a practical convertible . |
| 21 | Erm you could n't put erm anything that was you know more than a small pedal bin size . |
| 22 | Ethnic minorities suffer more than the general population from all the main housing disadvantages — overcrowding , sharing of dwellings , lacking basic amenities , older housing , etc. , as Table 3.18 shows . |
| 23 | I mean more than the nuclear umbrella and the massive and rapid reinforcement capability that America offers within a NATO structure . |
| 24 | Father Wrench , however , as he is sometimes called — will never allow more than a proper quantity of either ale , wine or spirits … |
| 25 | However , most laboratories which produce more than a modest number of thin sections are now equipped with appropriate automatic and semi-automatic systems . |
| 26 | If overall losses are estimated at 1000 kg per ha per year , then the 20–25 million ha under shifting cultivation or permanent conversion from forest to other uses , generate more than the total nitrogen delivered by rivers to the oceans . |
| 27 | ‘ Or you risk more than a mere snub . ’ |
| 28 | Since the late 1950s , however , the importance of all of the above factors has diminished to the extent that , even taken together , they no longer offer more than a partial explanation for the restricted nature of Soviet — Latin American relations . |
| 29 | The Abbots united for the inevitable photograph bear more than a passing resemblance to a sports team . |
| 30 | Yet , a number of democratic constitutions today contain more than a mere organisation chart of functions and powers ; they contain Bills of Rights , which may also include a charter of social and economic rights , something characteristic of constitutions of the twentieth century , although generally honoured more in the breach than in the observance . |