Example sentences of "[vb infin] [prep] more than " in BNC.
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| 1 | Downes himself could not stay for more than a few minutes . |
| 2 | However , to raise this income to £140.90 per week the family would need to more than double their earnings , from £75 a week to £165 a week ( Hansard , 28 July 1988 , col. 509 ) . |
| 3 | The OECD , in its latest review of Ireland , forecasts that growth will fall by more than half this year , to 2.2% ; and it worries that the government 's hard-headed policies are going soft . |
| 4 | She demonstrates that policies of amelioration will do in more than touch the surface unless fundamental gender inequalities are addressed . |
| 5 | The infant Elizabeth will learn that being promised a sweet for behaving herself will result in more than the mere probability of its arrival ; the penny will have dropped when she realises that a promise entitles her to the reward — it is her due , to which she has a right . |
| 6 | However , in instances whereby an originating office makes a request for assistance that would result in more than simply providing a favour' then a fee is appropriate and its level should be determined directly between the two offices concerned . |
| 7 | I did n't want to place myself in the hands of someone who might insist on more than I was prepared to give . |
| 8 | Modrow did not return with more than a commitment to set up a joint commission of experts to consider monetary union ( which first met on Feb. 20 in East Berlin ) . |
| 9 | Modern professionals can hope to more than equal Rhodes ' achievements — viz. Club Professional Keith Williams , who in three consecutive friendlies in 1983 returned 63 , 63 and 67 and then followed these with a ‘ professional ’ 68 . |
| 10 | However , success does depend on more than restructuring the membership . |
| 11 | You ca n't move at more than about fifteen miles an hour maximum down Hurst Road anyway can you ? |
| 12 | They did try and imply that I went to the toilet for some sexual activity with the lead singer of Suede , which is a bit boring , and something that I 'd probably wish for more than think was nasty |
| 13 | This makes it hard to see why a 20 per cent rule has much appeal , and a more attractive rule might ensure that the activities of participants do not overlap by more than some specific amount . |
| 14 | A failure to understand this essential point could lead to more than a trade war . |
| 15 | It was Emily who had suggested this ‘ drink after work ’ , and he knew it would lead to more than that . |
| 16 | Eisenhower 's comments to reporters on the outcome at Geneva may hint at more than a desire to present a brave face to the world . |
| 17 | They spread between people by coughing , sneezing and kissing but they can not live for more than a few seconds outside the body . |
| 18 | We should have a full house for Portsmouth which will come in more than handy . ’ |
| 19 | The famous experiments carried out and observed by Erikson at the University of California indicate that such arguments may amount to more than outmoded Freudian theorising . |
| 20 | ‘ It does n't amount to more than gossip , you know . |
| 21 | What assurance can he give the House that that will amount to more than crumbs from the European Commission 's table ? |
| 22 | Conservative backbenchers put pressure on the government to provide safeguards for households which would lose by more than a certain amount . |
| 23 | The heat did not last for more than a few seconds , and when it had passed , Ciparis was left in an awful solitude , his cries for help going unanswered as the city burned above him . |
| 24 | But the group selector , like the main gear lever , does ask for more than average effort from its user . |
| 25 | And few could ask for more than that . |
| 26 | Their thing was that they must ask for more than what they really hoped to get . |
| 27 | ‘ I would put our chances at 50–50 — and you ca n't really ask for more than that . |
| 28 | You can not ask for more than that . |
| 29 | They ca n't ask for more than that we have reviewed and reformed our procedures . ’ |
| 30 | Yet it is very hard to believe that this sort of explanation can account for more than a handful of hoards , if any . |