Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] more [conj] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was easy enough to demand racial equality , fair distribution of the wealth of the world , or equal rights for women : none of those would happen tomorrow , and none of them involved more than the most superficial cosmetic surgery to make yourself credible . |
| 2 | I mean more than the nuclear umbrella and the massive and rapid reinforcement capability that America offers within a NATO structure . |
| 3 | Feminism is a given — but I want more than the political outline . |
| 4 | Er I think I am on version ten , I do n't know whether that 's one or two more than , but er , the officers have worked , worked very hard and I 'm very grateful to them , erm I 'm also very grateful to the primary heads , secondary heads , their own staff associations , and the representatives of the governors for whom Hilary , Bob and I have met , and er we 've listened very carefully to what they have to say and we 've done our modest best to er to er use their priorities as well as our own perhaps political one , we 've looked at the educational value er , I suspect more than the other two groups erm than the political sum . |
| 5 | ‘ I read more than the newspapers . |
| 6 | CAN I PAY MORE THAN THE AGREED MONTHLY INSTALMENT ? |
| 7 | Q Can I pay more than the monthly instalment ? |
| 8 | There is surely something very odd about insisting that I need more than the fact that I love cats and hate dogs to decide which to have about the house . |
| 9 | It was only police vigilance which prevented more than the four casualties . |
| 10 | And those amazing sets , with their incredible special effects ( a tiny saxophone for example which costs more than the real thing ! ) were so treasured by Harry and Matthew that they were kept safely in storage until now ! |
| 11 | For obvious reasons the dangers of such malpractice are endemic in policing , and it may be ‘ respectable fears ’ about it which fluctuate more than the extent of abuse . |
| 12 | When you find what you are looking for , that part of you which knows more than the conscious mind will send a message to the muscles in your hand , which will cause the rods to cross . |
| 13 | I want you to see more than the cow . |
| 14 | The following are our special letter services which you should use when you want more than the ordinary letter post . |
| 15 | The following are our special letter services , which you should use when you want more than the ordinary post . |
| 16 | As it is , basic-rate taxpayers who earn more than the £16,900 ceiling face a marginal tax rate of 25% , while those earning less than the ceiling face a rate of 34% . |
| 17 | If you earn more than the LEL , you pay contributions on all earnings — a big disincentive to raising your hours , and therefore your pay , by that small amount . |
| 18 | Do not think that your horse will do better if you add more than the recommendations , the fact is that too much is more harmful than too little . |
| 19 | Urban Hype do it as well as anyone else , but you crave more than the Barney McGrew nonsense of ‘ Trip ( geddit ? ) |
| 20 | New users of water or those who require more than the maximum amount scheduled in an existing licence have to apply for permission to take the estimated quantity to the water authority in the area in which the works is situated , which will then decide whether sufficient water is available for the new abstraction . |
| 21 | Now , after some shrewd scavving and a touch of inventive accountancy , she had more than the price of the pudding . |
| 22 | You ca n't have a working party member who knows more than the quizmaster ! |
| 23 | No one realised more than the Queen that her children were deeply flawed and that the monarchy might be better served if that generation was skipped altogether . |
| 24 | To learn for one-self one uses more than the conventional language and number skills , plus one 's ability to locate an appropriate evening school class . |
| 25 | Should setpiece equality form the plot , what prospects are there for Scotland 's backs to build on their Ireland display and will we see more than the limited offerings which the Welsh managed against England ? |
| 26 | The ladies of our period of whom we know more than the name were almost always ladies of exceptional character or talent , who force themselves on our notice partly at least for this reason . |
| 27 | so we know more than the characters do |
| 28 | We share more than the same atoms and molecules . |
| 29 | No one impressed more than the 21-year-old Hawick wing Tony Stanger whose hat-trick of tries boosted his tally to five in two internationals . |
| 30 | A team is a small group ( 6 to 8 people is a typical size ) who co-operate together in such a way that they accomplish more than the sum total of the individuals . |