Example sentences of "would [vb infin] [adj] than [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1	‘ To make you happy , Schätzchen , I would give more than a Brancusi , ’ Thomas said softly .
2	I would n't hesitate about going along to another of the band 's gigs where , it is to be hoped , the audience would give more than a round of applause for the amount of hard work put into the show .
3	This , so Dobry believed , would relieve the overloaded planning machine to deal more thoroughly with the major and/or controversial applications ( which he suggested would constitute less than a half and , it was to be hoped , only a third of the total ) .
4	There was always a danger that the legend would become larger than the man , just as it certainly has with his close friend Warren Beatty and thus it is easy to see why Jack Nicholson now guards himself well and repels invaders .
5	‘ The only kind of central heating possible would be solid fuel and to install it would cost more than the cottage is worth . ’
6	The report argues that such environmental subsidies would cost less than the sum earmarked by the Ministry of Agriculture for this year 's CAP , the administration of the proposed scheme being facilitated by the CPRE 's knowledge of the state of Britain 's farmland .
7	Today so few theatregoers travel by bus that it would take more than a strike of the red giants to kill anything on stage .
8	‘ In places this size , you come away saying it would take more than a day to see them , ’ said Mr Craig .
9	‘ It would take more than a ring to get me into your bed , ’ she retorted furiously .
10	Add the life and colour of cities such as New York , Washington , San Francisco and Vancouver , and this is a land it would take more than a lifetime to truly discover .
11	Consequently the June ‘ xuechao ’ was contained , but not before it had seriously worried the leadership and the students had made a number of important points which would resurface less than a year later .

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