Example sentences of "[vb base] much more [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You asked to be friends , and , of course , I agree , though really I want much more than that . ’ |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Both these publications cover much more than just books and the International Bibliography is very good for foreign language journal literature . |
| 4 | The costs involved in astronomy satellites cover much more than the detectors or telescopes and even the cheapest astronomical satellite now costs around £60 million . |
| 5 | Second , games cost much more than those for 8-bit home micros . |
| 6 | Both developments produced their frustrations , dangers and , for their shareholders , disappointed expectations , and both cost much more than estimated . |
| 7 | ‘ If you have money to spare , it makes sense to pay these off first because they cost much more than you 'd earn from savings . |
| 8 | In Britain and elsewhere in Europe , CDs commonly cost much more than in America . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Is it fair that some people earn much more than others in a market economy ? |
| 12 | With Stanley turning out to be , in the best Ben Franklin tradition , an inventor and mechanical genius on the side , things get much more than a little too easy . |
| 13 | And someone else might catch it and get much more than a spot or two , so you see , you must be public-spirited about this . |
| 14 | We often assume that those above us know much more than they do . |
| 15 | We know much more than anyone could possibly want to know about Bill and Hillary 's sex life er than we do er about prospects for economic recovery and this has happened to successive American presidents and it happens in part because in the U S the president and his family , and it has been a his so far , the president and his family take the part , not only the part played in England by the prime minister , but also the part played by the monarchy . |
| 16 | For the walk-in horses are better pack animals than llamas as they carry much more and cost about the same , but horses can not reach all the base camps . |
| 17 | In summary , humans employ much more than just the visual stimuli when reading . |
| 18 | The same principles of design , quality and attention to detail ensure that Miele kitchens offer much more than meets the eye . |
| 19 | Halifax Property Services offer much more than the traditional role of the estate agent . |
| 20 | Of course , we are all too aware of the physiological symptoms which result from anger and which take much more than a second to show their effect and presence : the forehead bunched in a frown , the staring eyes , the constricted pupils , the clenched mouth and fists , the jaw thrust forward , the reddened neck or face and enlarged arteries due to the increase in the blood supply to the skin . |
| 21 | They provide a very active participation in the many voluntary groups supporting the revolution and contribute much more than previously to development through participation in the labour force . |
| 22 | Though the rich spend much more than the poor on health care , the poor spend a much greater proportion of their income ( about 5% v 2% ) . |
| 23 | Building students preparing for a career in Europe need much more than just a grounding in languages , says John Watson , student representative for the CIOB 's Northern Counties Region and press officer for the Tyneside Centre . |
| 24 | Does the right hon. Gentleman realise that we need much more than that ? |
| 25 | A The best way to sex L. caeruleus is by the amount of black in the anal fin — males have much more than females and young females have hardly any at all . |
| 26 | Look why not come down to my cottage now , and we 'll have lunch there — I never have much more than just a picnic myself — then we can go across this afternoon , and maybe take tea to have on the island ? |
| 27 | ‘ But Tate 's pictures seem to have avoided the doldrums ; his prices have much more than kept pace with inflation . ’ |