Example sentences of "[to-vb] much more [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | It should be noted , however , that heads were on the whole reluctant to ascribe much more than moderate success to their coordinators in respect of any of these aims . |
| 5 | Capital provision to support these two areas is scarce and the 1990s are going to test even the most supportive administrations to meet urgent demands for library extensions and preservation/substitution programmes , neither of which has been an established part of institutional budget planning , nor likely to receive much more than sympathy from the funding councils , except perhaps in cases where enormous growth in student numbers have caused such pressures on space . |
| 6 | An adult size of 21cm is recorded , but the Banded Fairy Basslet is unlikely to reach much more than half this size in aquarium conditions . |
| 7 | The Morgan test would not appear to require much more than a knowledge of the basic facts of life . |
| 8 | A PKF spokesman said that the partners had decided to merge because ‘ they did not feel they would have the opportunity to grow much more unless they joined a bigger firm ’ . |
| 9 | In all , this incidence of reported problems can not be said to suggest much more than the occasional misunderstanding , difficulty or other problem which must mark a small proportion of virtually every type of consumer transaction . |
| 10 | Israel did not have to do much more than open the area to its own produce and place obstacles in the way of anyone trying to develop enterprises or co-operative ventures . |
| 11 | Before that happens Britain will be in no position to do much more than talk about the implications of new technology . |
| 12 | But Wizadora gets children to do much more than just watch telly ! |
| 13 | Even the Republic had felt far from confident about forming a long-term colonial policy ; Cromwell 's Council had invited merchants to say what should be done , but had not had time to do much more than conquer Jamaica and revive the East India Company . |
| 14 | But the most important point is that very often auditors are required to do much more than express opinions on financial statements , in the public sector in general and in government particularly . |
| 15 | Even if the student attempts to revise , he/she will tend no to do much more than mere repetition . |
| 16 | This Important feature enables a waveform detection system to do much more than provide signals confirming step completion in high speed systems . |
| 17 | St Tropez was known for its beaches , and normally she could spend hours just soaking up the sun and watching the other people parading , but she felt too unsettled to do much more than lie on her towel , playing aimlessly with the sand and trying to convince herself that she did not want anything more out of Piers than he was prepared to give her . |
| 18 | Now you see in my days on the railway sixty miles an hour was a good speed for a train it di it did n't reckon to do much more than that see . |
| 19 | Whereas the parachute keeps the cable under tension as it drops , if there is a cross wind it tends to drift much more than a rope with no chute . |
| 20 | He could n't be expected to manage much more than an hour on his feet , after which he 'd be living up to his name , although not — Diane hoped — to his reputation . |
| 21 | This is an activity that does n't bear repeating often as sponsors sometimes discover that they have pledged themselves to give much more than they had intended and that , unlike the purchase of a raffle ticket or a ticket to a school event , there is no chance of personal gain . |
| 22 | But since the scheme is a good one , and since it is only viable if some people sacrifice a lot , it is a justified scheme , even though one may be called upon , according to fair procedures , to contribute much more than the antecedently expected sacrifice . |
| 23 | Unfortunately for Tory Anglicans , things got out of hand , and they had to concede much more than they would have wanted ( most obviously on the central issue of the transfer of the Crown ) . |
| 24 | The Lord chancellor 's proposals , contained in Regulations due to come into effect on 12th April , would potentially affect about 12–14 million adults : some would cease to be eligible for legal aid ; some would have to pay much more than at present ; and some would be required to pay a contribution for the first time . |
| 25 | But Mr Chance has had to raise much more than he won to see his dream come true . |
| 26 | In 1937 Sino-Japanese friction erupted into full-scale war , but even this failed to rally much more than token support for China in the West . |
| 27 | This was always ‘ the morning after the day before ’ for Dad who used to eat much more than usual on Christmas Day and the nuts that he consumed , plus the unaccustomed glass or two of Cripp 's Tarragona wine all went to help upset his tummy . |
| 28 | And even if not , the lessons from the end of the Ice Age suggest that we are going to need much more than Thames Barriers in the absence of an effective international policy response to the greenhouse effect . |
| 29 | The war was unlikely to become much more than a dispute over frontier posts , in which success would depend to a considerable extent on winning the support of the Indians who lived in the wide area between the colonies . |
| 30 | Resource-based learning therefore turns out to involve much more than simply a method of revitalizing and individualizing learning . |