Example sentences of "[det] than [verb] [art] [noun sg] for " in BNC.

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1 The office of collector of supply was one which held its value over time , for the salary appears to have increased at a rate which more than compensated the holder for the ravages of inflation .
2 This is the real point which lies at the heart of the present appeal ; in a sense , everything which I have said so far has done no more than set the stage for its consideration .
3 Si paid more than triple the estimate for False Start when Sotheby 's New York auctioned the collection of the late Victor Granz .
4 The construction task will not end with this book , which does little more than lay the foundation for an approach that will celebrate geography as focusing on the ‘ question of place ’ within contemporary society .
5 Traditionally , architects of educational reform in England and Wales have held the view that , as the 1943 White Paper Educational Reconstruction put it , ‘ Legislation can do little more than prepare the way for reform ’ .
6 The cost of buying a complete system is claimed to be less than £1m — less than buying a licence for an IBM mainframe software upgrade .
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