Example sentences of "much [det] than the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dunlop 's surplus was therefore distributed and nearly all of it went to Morrison to put him 819 above McLachlan which was much more than the undistributed surplus of Lindsay . |
| 2 | They should be much more than the over-all journey broken down into smaller sections . |
| 3 | One of the things that makes his account so useful — so much more than the anecdotal triviality of which he is so carelessly accused — is his ability to compare and contrast this informal repair work with the formal structures of explicit legal process . |
| 4 | My attitude is that somebody has to do the job and if I get bumped off , I have experienced much more than the average bloke . |
| 5 | She used her face and hands much more than the average Englishman , though perhaps not more than the average Italian . |
| 6 | However , we found the machine could still be used for much more than the average heat gun . |
| 7 | Highly skilled and highly trained stockmen on intensive livestock farms can , it is true , earn much more than the average wage ( though often for longer and more awkward hours ) , since such workers are in relatively short supply , but they are the industry 's élite and constitute no more than 15 per cent of the labour force . |
| 8 | In all , this incidence of reported problems can not be said to suggest much more than the occasional misunderstanding , difficulty or other problem which must mark a small proportion of virtually every type of consumer transaction . |
| 9 | It proposed a shot-gun marriage between two parties who , so far from having anticipated the bliss of that honourable estate , had ventured nothing much more than the frozen smile of recognition that passes for politeness between opponents who see in one another much to dislike and little to love . |
| 10 | ( g ) Skipp is to be treated as a case where " there was much more than the mere consent of the owner . |
| 11 | Halifax Property Services offer much more than the traditional role of the estate agent . |
| 12 | The word favoured by headline-writers was ‘ tarnished ’ , although any lustre North had had in the media was not much more than the borrowed glow of stars whom he superficially resembled . |
| 13 | The reinstatement was thorough , taking place over two years and costing much more than the original estimate . |
| 14 | With earnings of £188 per week ( Nov. 1984 figures ) , the family would have a disposable income ( after tax , national insurance and mortgage and typical rate payments , but including child benefit ) of £89 per week : this is not much more than the Supplementary Benefit Long-term Scale Rate for that family of £76 per week at that time . |
| 15 | The Manager , with the ache he had in his hand from welcoming people , realised that much more than the invited number had arrived . |
| 16 | I would like to examine them with you this evening , because they appear to me to contain much more than the permissible percentage of nonsense . |
| 17 | The hon. Gentleman has said that it is in the process of acquiring two incredibly beautiful works and the point is that it is acquiring them even though they cost much more than the nominal amount of Government grant available . |
| 18 | Given what we now know , this is much more than the expected attempt to find out a demon 's identity , though it sounds very like it . |
| 19 | UPJOHN , the maker of the controversial injectable contraceptive , Depo-Provera faces much more than the unspecified objections of health minister , Kenneth Clarke , if it is to reverse Clarke 's decision to ban the use of the drug as a long-term contraceptive in Britain . |
| 20 | Of course , SERPS rights had to be forfeited , but for younger people these were calculated to be worth much less than the personal pension could offer . |
| 21 | It is a good illustration of one of the reasons why I withdrew this subsection , in that the cost to the employer in this instance could be much less than the arm's-length cost to the outside person taking advantage of such a service . ’ |
| 22 | In fact , at 190 grams , this headset weighs much less than the traditional line of Stax units . |
| 23 | Weight for weight , this is still quite respectable , as compared with steel , but it is of course much less than the tensile strength . |
| 24 | When the king 's agents bought the wool it fetched much less than the expected price and the scheme collapsed , leaving resentment amongst the producers , the lesser merchants who had not participated in the scheme , and those who had been paid in Dordrecht Bonds . |
| 25 | This is obviously much less than the comparable figure of half a billion , which is the factor by which the histone H4 gene after natural selection is more accurate than a typical secretary ; but it is still a very impressive figure . |