Example sentences of "[prep] much [adj] than [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The idea of filling the engravings with white greatly added to the legibility , but the conventional cylinder ( just over two inches in diameter ) had insufficient space for much more than the title . |
| 2 | However , we found the machine could still be used for much more than the average heat gun . |
| 3 | He knew she was grateful for much more than the gesture of making some tea and , instinctively , he held out his arms . |
| 4 | Christian preachers could declare how wrong it was for an individual to be dominated by another so as to be his legal property , and to be bought for much less than the rich would give for a racehorse . |
| 5 | As the income of the much smaller Missenden Abbey was given as £160 , compared with £262 net in 1535 , its goods may have been worth much more than the £140 assessed . |
| 6 | Of course , SERPS rights had to be forfeited , but for younger people these were calculated to be worth much less than the personal pension could offer . |
| 7 | Yet Nishikikoi themselves are a product of much more than the profit motive . |
| 8 | But he also gives it an edge and an urgency that turn it into much more than an abstract cafe debate . |
| 9 | But here too , room for manoeuvre is limited : the long-term nature of most major weapon programmes is such that few can be brought to a successful conclusion in much less than a decade , and in some cases even longer . |
| 10 | The Brundtland Commission may have made sustainable development the end-of-century watchword , defining it as ‘ development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs ’ , but even Tolba has wondered aloud whether it amounts to much more than a shibboleth . |
| 11 | Bricks and mortar used to much more than a sound investment — it was the best way to make serious money . |
| 12 | Three hours a day for seven days a week would therefore amount to much less than the maximum for residential care . |
| 13 | You had put on much more than a dress , there was such a vivid aura of theatre and drama surrounding it . |
| 14 | Interest in Longhorn cattle is now based on much more than the breed 's aesthetic appeal . |
| 15 | I wanted a pay rise because I found out I was way behind most of the first-team lads and barely on much more than the apprentices ' wages . |
| 16 | They can take into account a painting 's decline in value if it has actually sold for that price , but because the decline in prices has only occurred at a dealers ' auction , they will not accept that a similar composition by the same artist would automatically be valued at much less than the price paid for it . |