Example sentences of "[vb base] more than the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The following are our special letter services which you should use when you want more than the ordinary letter post . |
| 2 | The following are our special letter services , which you should use when you want more than the ordinary post . |
| 3 | Feminism is a given — but I want more than the political outline . |
| 4 | This sponge superficially resembles a living bath sponge more than the other sponges in this book , being bun-shaped , with a minutely pitted external surface . |
| 5 | Many industrial buying decisions involve more than the buyer and in some cases the technical specifier , production personnel and finance personnel are involved . |
| 6 | MANY readers have made enquiries about Treble Chance entries that cover more than the popular 16-match total . |
| 7 | As it is , basic-rate taxpayers who earn more than the £16,900 ceiling face a marginal tax rate of 25% , while those earning less than the ceiling face a rate of 34% . |
| 8 | If you earn more than the LEL , you pay contributions on all earnings — a big disincentive to raising your hours , and therefore your pay , by that small amount . |
| 9 | When soils receive more than the critical load , the natural capacity to neutralize acidity is overwhelmed , cations ( e.g. calcium ) are leached out , phosphorus is retained and aluminium and trace metals appear in the soil water . |
| 10 | If negotiations yield more than the required rise then too much scrapping may result , generating unemployment . |
| 11 | The goods always cost more than the mere monetary price ; and it is the object of the system to externalise these costs , by passing them on to the poor or to the impaired resource-base of the earth , and by inviting even the rich to live in collusive dissociation from the costs they , too , must pay . |
| 12 | These CDs cost more than the major company ones , but this is fair enough since the higher costs have to be spread over a smaller volume . |
| 13 | You can choose glasses that cost more than the value of your voucher and pay the difference yourself . |
| 14 | A team is a small group ( 6 to 8 people is a typical size ) who co-operate together in such a way that they accomplish more than the sum total of the individuals . |
| 15 | Urban Hype do it as well as anyone else , but you crave more than the Barney McGrew nonsense of ‘ Trip ( geddit ? ) |
| 16 | Er I think I am on version ten , I do n't know whether that 's one or two more than , but er , the officers have worked , worked very hard and I 'm very grateful to them , erm I 'm also very grateful to the primary heads , secondary heads , their own staff associations , and the representatives of the governors for whom Hilary , Bob and I have met , and er we 've listened very carefully to what they have to say and we 've done our modest best to er to er use their priorities as well as our own perhaps political one , we 've looked at the educational value er , I suspect more than the other two groups erm than the political sum . |
| 17 | Because this cake mixture uses baking powder to make it rise rather than gradual incorporation of air while beating , make sure you do not overbeat the mixture or add more than the specified amount of baking powder — this would only serve to toughen the cake and make it heavy . |
| 18 | Do not think that your horse will do better if you add more than the recommendations , the fact is that too much is more harmful than too little . |
| 19 | ‘ I read more than the newspapers . |
| 20 | For there 's nothing the Scots enjoy more than the scoring of own goals . |
| 21 | It is an important signal that short-term politics matter more than the longer-run question of how to house the next generation . |
| 22 | Nor would Germany , if she were attacked by France alone , obtain more than the benevolent neutrality of Austria-Hungary . |
| 23 | The ladies of our period of whom we know more than the name were almost always ladies of exceptional character or talent , who force themselves on our notice partly at least for this reason . |
| 24 | so we know more than the characters do |
| 25 | In brief , there is enough evidence to show that the ways in which ill health and accidents arise are such that the lower socio-economic groups suffer more than the higher socio-economic groups . |
| 26 | Ethnic minorities suffer more than the general population from all the main housing disadvantages — overcrowding , sharing of dwellings , lacking basic amenities , older housing , etc. , as Table 3.18 shows . |
| 27 | There can be no doubt that both in terms of the quantity and impact of the crimes examined the poor suffer more than the wealthy . |
| 28 | I mean more than the nuclear umbrella and the massive and rapid reinforcement capability that America offers within a NATO structure . |
| 29 | The casket was an idea introduced from the United States in the 1870s and does not , therefore , make more than the briefest possible appearance in this history of the English trade . |
| 30 | But there is little doubt in my mind that the future will only go to the large company if that large company is really able to release the energies and the synergies that ought to be a part of the grand design and make more than the sum of the parts . |