Example sentences of "[adj] give more than " in BNC.
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1 | Sir , If you please to send me a scarlet Cardinal [ a short red cloak ] , and let it be full yard long , and rather longer than a yard long , and let it be full , for it be for a large Woman , they tell me I may have a long one , and a handsome one , for 11s but I shou 'd not be willing to give more than 12s , but if you have any as long as that , either duffil or cloth , if it is cheaper , I shou 'd like it as well as , for I am not to give but 12s for it . |
2 | It is impossible to give more than a brief and partial account of it . |
3 | It is unnecessary to give more than the following sketch of the widespread litigation which has attended the efforts made to bring this case to trial . |
4 | The astrophysics of such events is complicated , so that it is not possible to give more than limits on the parameters of the gravitational radiation to be expected . |
5 | When writing glissandos it is not necessary to give more than the first and last notes of the glissando , if the notes to which the harp is to be set are given . |