Example sentences of "[vb base] [det] 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 | Most countries allow their citizens to bring home articles without an import licence , providing they cost less than a certain amount , without paying excess duty . |
10 | Many router tables cost more than a basic router , but TKA Developments has launched a basic steel-framed table that may suit home workshops . |
11 | 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 . |
12 | ‘ 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 ? ’ |
13 | 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 . |
14 | One thing you must not do , however , is add more than a small amount of paint to control surfaces . |
15 | 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 . |
16 | If you see and screen more than a certain target number of patients you will get paid more . ’ |
17 | 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 . |
18 | Any more than I give more than an irritated passing thought to turning up a heater when the temperature drops . |
19 | Nor would Germany , if she were attacked by France alone , obtain more than the benevolent neutrality of Austria-Hungary . |
20 | I believe in trickle filters , but they rarely get more than a passing mention . |
21 | With our ingenious roofrack , you get more than a practical convertible . |
22 | Erm you could n't put erm anything that was you know more than a small pedal bin size . |
23 | 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 . |
24 | I mean more than the nuclear umbrella and the massive and rapid reinforcement capability that America offers within a NATO structure . |
25 | For 1974–79 and 1979–84 which regions lose more and which lose less than the national average ? |
26 | Father Wrench , however , as he is sometimes called — will never allow more than a proper quantity of either ale , wine or spirits … |
27 | However , most laboratories which produce more than a modest number of thin sections are now equipped with appropriate automatic and semi-automatic systems . |
28 | The well-known American research by Hill ( 1970 ) has demonstrated the interlocking nature of support structures across the three generations , and has shown that grandchildren do feel responsibility to give assistance to their grandparents in this context , although in practice they actually do less than the intervening generation . |
29 | 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 . |
30 | ‘ Or you risk more than a mere snub . ’ |