Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] more than a " in BNC.
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| 1 | In practice , of course , a large number of these relationships rarely involve more than a few people . |
| 2 | No more than one LM granule needs to be used in preparing the stock bottle since Hahnemann says ‘ one rarely needs more than a single globule of appropriately dynamised medicine ’ ( para. 248a . ) . |
| 3 | In the case of household waste , the price rarely covers more than a fraction of the cost of collection and sorting . |
| 4 | Arkwright certainly picked a great spot for his country residence : south facing and above a lazy curve in the river , with the high cliff opposite guaranteeing more than a modicum of privacy , and only five minutes from work ! |
| 5 | HERE ARE two compilations whose existence obviously means more than a desperate milking of the public udders . |
| 6 | 6 October , 1835 FELIX MENDELSSOHN writes to his family from Leipzig : ‘ The day after I accompanied the Hensels to Delitzsch , Chopin arrived here ; he would not stay more than a day , and so we spent it together entirely , and played music . |
| 7 | For reasons which will become apparent , I will not provide more than a brief overview of this approach . |
| 8 | You could never expect things to last , after all , could not plan more than a few days ahead . |
| 9 | Many great rivers — the Ganges and the Indus , the Amazon and the Yangtze — are so muddy that the animals swimming in them can not see more than a few inches ahead . |
| 10 | Two other grandmothers who came on regular visits , one ‘ very generous ’ and the other an eloquent ‘ martinet ’ , died too soon to leave more than a dim recollection . ’ |
| 11 | Your call should not cost more than a first class stamp . |
| 12 | Also , the cost of services has to be borne , in the main , from central or local government coffers , because most older people can not meet more than a fraction of the costs of the high levels of labour-intensive care they need . |
| 13 | This option was given to working wives in 1948 and withdrawn in 1978 but women who had already chosen to pay the reduced rate were allowed to continue , provided they did not take more than a two-year break from employment after 1978 . |
| 14 | Books can be sold on their jackets to impulse buyers who may well not read more than a few pages once they have bought them . |
| 15 | The rest of this book will not produce more than a flawed account of some of the arguments that have been advanced both concerning the physical and moral nature of God ( because even if a God existed , there is still the question of whether we should worship Him or rebel against Him ) . |
| 16 | Space does not permit more than a summary of the aspects the would-be consultant needs to consider jointly to ensure both a good beginning and optimum development for such a group , and readers are therefore referred to the guidelines offered in detail elsewhere ( cf Hanko 1985/7 ) . |
| 17 | Composers are notoriously fickle when it comes to performing their own music , but with a few exceptions ( the first part of the Diptyque being the most obvious , where the innumerable pauses , rallentandos and general changes of speed , not to mention more than a few smudges and slips , have no basis in the printed score ) Messiaen not only fulfils his own written requirements , but does so with utter conviction and persuasiveness . |
| 18 | Central party funds could not pay more than a tiny proportion of the total cost of running a local association in every constituency ; not paying the piper they were unable to call the tune . |
| 19 | But the cylinders were so small they could not hold more than a minute of material . |
| 20 | Cup-tie , with Bailey playing for the well-known London amateur side , Walthamstow Avenue , who switched the replay to Stamford Bridge because their home ground could not hold more than a fraction of the spectators who wanted to attend . |
| 21 | Since the late 1950s , however , the importance of all of the above factors has diminished to the extent that , even taken together , they no longer offer more than a partial explanation for the restricted nature of Soviet — Latin American relations . |
| 22 | Secondly , a company 's articles could not require more than a 50% majority for the appointment or removal of directors , nor confer on holders of a particular class of shares an exclusive right to nominate directors . |
| 23 | Space does not allow more than a cursory examination of the evidence , but one can illustrate its value , and the problems of using it , by looking at the question of how the balance of England 's exports changed . |
| 24 | The basic structures of several pavilions have yet to be completed and the biggest universal exposition ever mounted still bears more than a passing resemblance to a building site — albeit a very colourful one . |
| 25 | perhaps this was because he could hardly see more than a yard in front of his face . |
| 26 | For Esteban Vicente , still busy at work in his Bridgehampton studio as he enters his ninth decade , the sweet blarings of Fame 's trumpet have always had more than a little in common with the songs of the sirens . |
| 27 | I told him about the cold-water tap , how it did not always produce more than a trickle , how frequently the pressure let us down . |
| 28 | I 'm sure it 'll cost more than a quid but seeing as you ca n't like get more than a mile long piece anyway so |
| 29 | They hardly spoke more than a couple of words in six months . |
| 30 | If neural networks are ever to become more than a lab curiosity with the odd exotic application in the real world , Intel Corp 's new Ni1000 chip , developed with Providence , Rhode Island-based Nestor Inc should provide the breakthrough . |