Example sentences of "more [conj] a certain amount " in BNC.
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1 | This ensures that the manager seeks the artist 's permission before spending more than a certain amount of money . |
2 | If there is more than a certain amount , gravity will in due course draw the galaxies back together . |
3 | Conservative backbenchers put pressure on the government to provide safeguards for households which would lose by more than a certain amount . |
4 | When this last measure failed to force some authorities sufficiently into line , the Conservative government , in 1984 , introduced a measure called rate capping that made it illegal for authorities designated by the Secretary of State to levy more than a certain amount in rates , their only form of independent finance . |
5 | It was difficult for our branch of the bank , which was not allowed to keep more than a certain amount of money in the safe , and often had to send documents and money to the head branch in Parma . |
6 | ‘ 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 ? ’ |