Example sentences of "[vb infin] more than [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are many ways of saving for an event like a wedding that will make sure that you can buy more than just the confetti . |
| 2 | In that sorry , in agriculture when there was a good harvest , prices would fall more than proportionately to the change in quantity . |
| 3 | If you are pregnant , or breastfeeding , for example , you will need more than double the recommended daily amount of calcium . |
| 4 | To compete in business you 'll need more than just a good idea — you 'll need commercial ability and experience to create that viable growing concern . |
| 5 | However , people do often need more than just a diet , as there may be psychological reasons why they ca n't manage to stay slim . ’ |
| 6 | It makes me feel more than somewhat persecuted to have items of the British public lurking about my property — particularly when most of them have n't read two lines of my verse together . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ We must do more than simply continue to meet the stringent safety and environmental standards imposed by statute . ’ |
| 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 | 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 " . |
| 11 | You can do more than just watch a programme once , straight through . |
| 12 | ‘ I think you 'll do more than just wish me success . |
| 13 | She was more than well acquainted with Lubor 's proclivity to see an invitation to grow amorous where there was none , though since he could n't do more than verbally flirt over the dinner table she could n't see any harm in accepting . |
| 14 | I told you last night , George , I ca n't do more than merely agree . |
| 15 | We shall not have a complete theory until we can do more than merely say that ‘ things are as they are because they were as they were . ’ |
| 16 | At all events , it is difficult to see how such a gain would do more than very marginally modify the picture which has been outlined . |
| 17 | If visiting or entertaining friends is difficult , this is the first and most important problem to be tackled , because maintaining ( or restoring ) this particular activity will do more than almost anything else to keep life in balance . |
| 18 | Yet without such country reviews the performance of aid will not improve more than marginally . |
| 19 | Perhaps even more worryingly it also predicts that French companies will benefit more than either . |
| 20 | It is true that Jacob will emerge more than just unscathed from the danger that fills his mind as he returns home . |
| 21 | ‘ It has helped me see more than ever that I compete for my country and always will . ’ |
| 22 | These advantages appear to me to outweigh the disadvantages identified by Mr of there being more outsiders in the family household , possibly homesick and unhappy carers who are not living in their own homes , but at the establishment and the trouble and worry to the of what would be not infrequent , recruitment of new carers for Mrs , I hope perhaps a trifle pessimistically thought that on average carers would not spend more than about a year of course , some longer , some shorter , because such carers necessarily had to be fairly young , fit , strong people and the stresses and strains of the er the whole business she thought would lead to reasonably rapid turnover , not the emergence of long-term carers who might stay for a number of years , er , as I say I 'd rather hoped that she may be unduly pessimistic about that , but , that , I accept what she says about it . |
| 23 | True , only very talented people can use more than about six fonts on any one worksheet without making it look seriously overdressed , but it 's still an odd limitation . |
| 24 | Someone suggested she touch up her lipstick , but make-up only made her look more than ever like the Spitting Image puppet of Bette Midler . |
| 25 | ‘ The figures do n't constitute more than about six months of real and viable fishing for our fleet , ’ he said . |
| 26 | The selection can contain more than just the numbers you wish to sum so you could have in your document Apples 20 ; Pears 25 ; Oranges 36 and having marked the passage you would use the command Ctrl-K-M ( Block math ) and see a message : |
| 27 | But perhaps one day he would want more than just to know . |
| 28 | ‘ Did n't he want more than just sailing ? ’ |
| 29 | Germon is another wicketkeeper who can bat more than passably , like Young , Tony Blain , Adam Parore and , of course , Ian Smith . |
| 30 | In first gear from a standing start , on the level , they ca n't make more than about fifteen miles an hour and they scream a bit doing that . |