Example sentences of "[vb mod] [vb infin] more than " in BNC.
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| 1 | To be happy and settled in a winning province is therefore very important to the top players and for once this may count more than attractive job offers and other benefits . |
| 2 | I 'm very much cap-in-hand when people come — they may know more than I do . |
| 3 | They may know more than they realize , for it may be only on the occasion of a question that they see or realize applications and utilities of writings with which they are perfectly familiar . |
| 4 | It has romped in with profits of £5m since it was acquired from the Virgin airlines boss in June and should make more than Pounds 40m to £50m in the full year . |
| 5 | ‘ You must know more than that , ’ she said scornfully . |
| 6 | ‘ He must know more than that , ’ protested Owen . |
| 7 | We must do more than makebelieve we 're free |
| 8 | The pictures , on the other hand , must do more than just illustrate the story . |
| 9 | They may argue as a point of fact that , to carry on a taxable ‘ business ’ ( or ‘ economic activity ’ — the terminology in the EC 's Sixth Directive , Art 4(1) and ( 2 ) ) and so use the partial exemption rules , the person must do more than just sell a mere , say , £5 worth of food , drink , tobacco , matches , magazines , books , postcards , camera films , audio or video tapes , cassettes , compact discs , records , sunglasses or combs each year . |
| 10 | But in order to become philosophically interesting ( rather than simply an intellectual freak ) he must do more than assert that higher standards of evidence are better . |
| 11 | In all three there is the implication that theorists of social representations must do more than study social representations . |
| 12 | ‘ We must do more than simply continue to meet the stringent safety and environmental standards imposed by statute . ’ |
| 13 | But as we leave the twentieth century and reflect on the last 100 years , we should expect more than a shallow gallery of designer fancies . |
| 14 | I 'm not sure newspapers should do more than this — inform and then reflect public opinion . |
| 15 | But the Home Secretary , Kenneth Clarke , should do more than that . |
| 16 | Again , on the face of the statute , I can not see any reason why in this case the constable should do more than tell the driver the reason under section 7(3) why breath specimens can not be taken or used ; tell him that in these circumstances he is required to give a specimen of blood or urine but that it is for the constable to decide which ; warn him that a failure to provide the specimen required may render him liable to prosecution ; and then , if the constable decides to require blood , ask the driver if there are any reasons why a specimen can not or should not be taken from him by a doctor . |
| 17 | It prepares the way for the main body of the essay or answer to the question and should do more than just " set the scene " . |
| 18 | That may well mean that waste disposal should cost more than it has done in the past . |
| 19 | The Chelsea Flower Show is probably not the most obvious place to pick up a bargain — lead lions rampant and Medici urns atop Corinthian columns must cost more than the Governor of the Bank of England earns in a week to transport there , let alone purchase . |
| 20 | you know , we should have more than just |
| 21 | He would have to pretend , however , that Carole was as keen as he was that Amaranth should have more than a fair crack of the whip . |
| 22 | Margaret said she thought General Francis must have more than his pension to run a Rolls , own fishing rights , and pay a full-time manservant . |
| 23 | It must have more than compensated for being shot down , or blown to bits . |
| 24 | Likewise both business and government must have more than good intentions in order to turn the well meaning idealism into practical support , funding and long term dialogue , and the publication of a Charities Bill , in trying to increase public confidence in the sector , is a step in the right direction . |
| 25 | ‘ You must have more than enough to do . |
| 26 | The benefits principle argues that people who receive more than their share of public spending should pay more than their share of tax revenues . |
| 27 | That suggestion would distort a property tax with a personal element , because the aim of the amendment is that people living in an £80,000 house in the north should pay more than those living in an £80,000 home in the south . |
| 28 | It also made respectable the unfamiliar doctrine of ‘ positive discrimination ’ — going beyond weak doctrines of equality ( perceived as the removal of artificial obstacles ) , to strong doctrines ( based on the conviction that the socially disadvantaged should receive more than , not the same as , their more fortunate contemporaries ) . |
| 29 | To be elected , a candidate should receive more than half of the votes cast nationally and in the majority of union republics in a more than 50 per cent poll . |
| 30 | If the quality of the counselling relationship is good it should prove more than enough to handle the outcome , and if it then assists the individual towards a resolution of emotional troubles , the short-term distress has been worthwhile . |