Example sentences of "more [conj] [noun sg] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most sporting methods do no more than cream off a proportion of the rabbit stock , but ferreting , to my mind , is the ultimate . |
| 2 | It 's about time somebody killed this ‘ debate ’ dead in its tracks , even if it meant stating the obvious ; that postmodernism is nothing more than Situationism without the socialism , the archetypal assimilation of revolutionary technique and terminology . |
| 3 | Bearing in mind the strength of his views on " mere specialists " , we may surely see more than coincidence in the swiftness with which this final commitment was followed by the conversion to Schopenhauer . |
| 4 | It is not a sign of " malice " to refuse an apology , or to repeat the allegations prior to trial , or to persist in them at the trial : this is no more than steadfastness in the cause ( although if the allegations turn out to be false , such conduct may increase the damages . ) |
| 5 | It was the first time in more than quarter of a century that the socialists had been returned to power . |
| 6 | But evidence really amounts to no more than expression of the opinion by a particular practitioner of what he thinks that he would have done if he had been paid hypothetically without the benefit of hindsight the position of the defendant , with a little while the evidence of the witness is due , what in the matter of law the solicitor 's duty was in the particular circumstances of the case , I should have thought , being a solicitor the very question which the functions , to decide . |
| 7 | Quality matters more than quantity in the time you spend together . |
| 8 | To men who lived on what they could pick up from articles and reviews , the ultimate weapon implied more than lack of a showcase : it implied starvation … |
| 9 | Capital provision to support these two areas is scarce and the 1990s are going to test even the most supportive administrations to meet urgent demands for library extensions and preservation/substitution programmes , neither of which has been an established part of institutional budget planning , nor likely to receive much more than sympathy from the funding councils , except perhaps in cases where enormous growth in student numbers have caused such pressures on space . |
| 10 | It also has applications in field archaeology where financial or time constraints preclude excavation of more than part of a site , and where it is therefore important that the excavated part yields as much information as possible . |
| 11 | Neither position , however , contains more than part of the truth . |
| 12 | Of course , the exhibition does rather more than nod to the past . |
| 13 | WITH the relegation issue in an unpredictable state , Salford 's victory at Widnes proved no more than par for the course yesterday , but they will need radical adjustments in their attacking philosophy if they are to collect further points . |
| 14 | The oceans provide us with much more than pleasure for the diver and beautiful photographs for the photographer ; they also give us invaluable knowledge . |
| 15 | We ca n't afford more than food at the moment . |
| 16 | This type of drill , however , probably teaches little more than familiarity with the verb root . |
| 17 | Communicating effectively in business means more than familiarity with the language . |
| 18 | There is more than ground for the suspicion that throughout , the second focus of Ritschl 's ellipse is the dominant one , and the first is made subservient to it . |
| 19 | Merrill felt her heart tilt as he said softly , ‘ But the setting does no more than justice to the subject . ’ |
| 20 | Diplomats expressed no more than disappointment at the lack of progress ( but that 's why they are diplomats ) . |
| 21 | Advocates of animal rights believe that more than reform of the system is needed . |