Example sentences of "[to-vb] more than the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Always be willing to ask questions of the material and demand to know more than the text is willing to divulge about people , places and events . |
| 2 | The bureaucrat is assumed as a general rule to know more than the sponsor about factor costs and production processes involved in the bureau 's services . |
| 3 | In just the same way , the Lord 's prayer trusts that God will provide our daily bread ; He is n't asked to provide more than the basics . |
| 4 | Even with Sackville 's favour Bowyer failed to secure more than the reversion in 1597 to the clerkship of the parliaments , the successful candidate averring that he was unfit ‘ by reason of a great imperfection he hath in his speech ’ . |
| 5 | In the area of booking contracts a form of damages has developed which may enable the guest to obtain more than the value of the contract . |
| 6 | It is always almost impossible for a single practitioner to obtain more than the other firms in the area are obtaining and you do not want to be in a position of being undersold because your colleagues in other firms have an unrealistic view about what should be charged . |
| 7 | Thank God her college was n't yet fashionable enough to attract more than the odd one or two . |
| 8 | If you wish to write more than the simplest assembler code programs for the Z88 , you will need a considerable amount of technical information about the machine . |
| 9 | These pressures led Sir John to speculate more than the scientific data allowed and the national reaction was out of all proportion to the real facts . |
| 10 | It states : ‘ In the run-up to the first meeting , a supporting demonstration should be held which should aim to mobilise more than the 25,000 gathered on December 12 . |
| 11 | Put together , they could be said to constitute more than the ‘ perhaps one or two opportunities ’ the discussion set out to find , but an outline strategy for reclaiming a grossly under-used source of much-needed brain-power in the boardroom : a strategy that now calls for sharpening and refining . |
| 12 | We need to be able to perceive more than the five emotions above , and it is easy enough to do so . |
| 13 | Members were asked to assist in these rules and not to play more than the stated fees ! |
| 14 | We were lucky to last more than the first fairway together . |
| 15 | She says that the pupils were ‘ not pushed or encouraged to do more than the basic minimum ’ . |
| 16 | He had previously made much play of the fact that the Labour party wanted to do more than the Government to ensure that women were paid properly . |
| 17 | It is unnecessary to give more than the following sketch of the widespread litigation which has attended the efforts made to bring this case to trial . |
| 18 | When writing glissandos it is not necessary to give more than the first and last notes of the glissando , if the notes to which the harp is to be set are given . |
| 19 | I want you to see more than the cow . |
| 20 | And thus the reader has to go more than the usual way he goes to understand what he 's looking at . |
| 21 | But the author ( and readers ) will want some written commentary to accompany the figures and here caution must be exercised not to claim more than the figures warrant . |
| 22 | With the exception of deeply divided societies such as Northern Ireland , it has tended in practice to be very difficult to attribute more than the most limited amount of crime to any kind of underlying ideological commitment . |
| 23 | Her children were both obviously too little to understand more than the tone of her voice , and as she dressed them to go out with her to the shops she was saying " and when Daddy comes home , we 'll show him , shall we ? |
| 24 | Choosing this road is likely to cost more than the first option , but you will at least ensure that your doors are the best that money can buy . |
| 25 | It is possible to withdraw more than the £50 daily limit , as long as you have sufficient funds , by going into any branch of The Royal Bank of Scotland . |
| 26 | It is not possible to withdraw more than the amount in the account so you avoid any risk of running up an overdraft . |
| 27 | Well , the immunologist from the clinic went in and evaluated Ron and basically told him that he had … that he was not going to live more than the most a few weeks , and he could have control over the time of his death if he wished , and that was his decision to make , and he should think about it and talk it over with me . |
| 28 | Perhaps the only clear utility is to remind us that , contrary to the preoccupations of many philosophers and a great many semanticists , language is used to convey more than the propositional content of what is said . |
| 29 | A Roger Rabbit-style cartoon , Evil Toons , released on video this month , promotes itself like this : ‘ Innocently the four girls unleash a nymphomaniacal cartoon monster from the pages of a spell-book which intends to scare more than the girls ' pants off . ’ |
| 30 | Industries want to be left alone so that they can continue to export more than the Japanese . |