Example sentences of "[verb] much more than " in BNC.
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| 1 | But this book contains much more than an exposition on the background to the Children Act and an explanation of the principles on which it is founded . |
| 2 | It may be true that the story of the English people is best seen in English literature , but English literature contains much more than the story of the English people . |
| 3 | The Western mentality — conditioned to regard physical objects as clear-cut and isolated — remains largely unaware that the physical level is only one significant level of reality , obscuring much more than it reveals . |
| 4 | A and and to say twenty days when somebody might need much more than that , somebody might need |
| 5 | You asked to be friends , and , of course , I agree , though really I want much more than that . ’ |
| 6 | Wengen 's skiing is extensive , but for piste skiers is mostly easy ; Murren is very limited , with one spectacular descent from the famous Schilthorn ; Zermatt has something for everyone and lots for experts , but to reach its full potential needs better snow than it often receives ; Saas Fee has an excellent glacier , but again needs abundant snow to provide much more than that — in particular , to satisfy better skiers . |
| 7 | I understand that the Minister is talking to London Transport about advertising the campaign , but it needs much more than that . |
| 8 | Welding trainee Paul Marlborough , 21 , of Moore Street , Hartlepool , said : ‘ The scheme has been told its funding is to be cut to £39,000 for a full year 's training , but it needs much more than that to survive . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | A sensible aid policy — not just for Russia and Eastern Europe , but for the third world in general — calls for careful priorities , realistic goals and , above all , an understanding that the quality of aid matters much more than the quantity . |
| 11 | It 's much , it holds much more than you 'd think does n't it ? |
| 12 | Men and women work all day and at the end of the week those in waged work get a wage packet which does n't buy much more than the necessities of life . |
| 13 | I bet he wo n't know much more than that . |
| 14 | However , Ingleborough has much more than just an impressive outline ; geologically it is a fascinating place . |
| 15 | , is officially described as office cleaner , but became much more than that to the people who knew her during her 33 years with the company . |
| 16 | Secondly the archive base became much more than the database ( or rather its constituent tables ) . |
| 17 | Producing much more than 800dpi from a dry toner system is a major problem , the particles have to be very precise and tend to clump together , but this level of quality is probably sufficient for anything an office is ever likely to need . |
| 18 | While it is a fact that we often eat much more than we imagine we do ( try writing down everything you eat over a period of a week and prove the point ) , it is a fact that some people put on weight far more quickly than others . |
| 19 | you do n't want much more than that do you ? |
| 20 | Do n't want much more than that no . |
| 21 | Her hand tipped the scoop and the chips slid into the scale and when the dial registered much more than half an ounce she did n't remove any but , taking a paper bag , she blew into it , then , tipping up the scale , she disposed of the coconut chips before saying , ‘ I 'll be with you in a moment . ’ |
| 22 | Er we are eating much more than we need . |
| 23 | The little round lawn with its grass path was so bitty that I was tempted to remove it altogether , and the two paved areas seemed too small to accommodate much more than a deckchair . |
| 24 | Sharpe knew he was seeing much more than a cavalry raid , though he was not certain whether this was the real invasion . |
| 25 | One supplier of this type of boarding , Caradon Celuform , now offers much more than just a maintenancefree material . |
| 26 | This is the point of view of one novice who discovered that diving offers much more than a free lunch , but should never be taken without tissues . |
| 27 | The operation also entailed taking a huge swathe of land permanently to allow repairs and maintenance to take place and would disrupt farming much more than pylons would . |
| 28 | Attaining maximum health involves much more than aiming for a low weight . |
| 29 | As a result , knowing ourselves involves much more than self-observation , or self-description . |
| 30 | Soil husbandry involves much more than mere ploughing and cultivation , although these are hard-won skills in themselves . |