Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] much more [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the music powered into focus , it suddenly seemed much more than a mere backdrop for Morrissey 's lyrical diatribes . |
| 2 | But they did not do much more than that . |
| 3 | It seems that the teacher can not do much more than demonstrate applied knowledge and nursing skills , applied personal resources , and the skills required in modifying and adapting a variety of procedures to meet particular contingencies . |
| 4 | Gilmore replied , ‘ I can not do much more than say that what was said was absolute nonsense . ’ |
| 5 | The proprietors could not do much more than launch a rather fragile settlement around Charleston , and even this could not be occupied continuously until 1681 . |
| 6 | In these areas Gloucester 's appointment in 1480 as the king 's lieutenant in the north did not do much more than recognize existing realities . |
| 7 | In these areas Gloucester 's appointment in 1480 as the king 's lieutenant in the north did not do much more than recognize existing realities . |
| 8 | Best of all , the safety mattress does not cost much more than standard foam . |
| 9 | At the rate the Wallabies play test rugby , he may not take much more than another two years to reach the thousand . |
| 10 | To begin with they travel only at night and often they may not go much more than a mile . |
| 11 | However , it is a less expressive image , as it is a less expressive moment , for while he is so wrapped up in the action of taking the shot she can not reveal much more than that furtive concentration that takes over any face in the act of intensive looking . |
| 12 | Unlike many other organisations , the Church usually gets much more than it pays for , thanks to the generosity of those who provide for its music . |
| 13 | Likewise on glaciers , tight ropes should prevent anybody from ever dropping much more than waist deep into a hidden crevasse — a position from which the victim can usually be dragged out . |
| 14 | One supplier of this type of boarding , Caradon Celuform , now offers much more than just a maintenancefree material . |
| 15 | While it is a fact that we often eat much more than we imagine we do ( try writing down everything you eat over a period of a week and prove the point ) , it is a fact that some people put on weight far more quickly than others . |
| 16 | Resource-based learning therefore turns out to involve much more than simply a method of revitalizing and individualizing learning . |
| 17 | you do n't want much more than that do you ? |
| 18 | Do n't want much more than that no . |
| 19 | I bet he wo n't know much more than that . |
| 20 | Men and women work all day and at the end of the week those in waged work get a wage packet which does n't buy much more than the necessities of life . |
| 21 | But do n't expect much more than pompous doggerel in the words . |
| 22 | They s they seriously ca n't do much more than if they catch you they suspend you there 's not a lot more that they can do . |
| 23 | But it 's not as if , you ca n't do much more though you know ? |
| 24 | It was hard to believe that Katharine had n't done much more than a shoulder-in only an hour earlier ! |
| 25 | Yes , I mean I ca n't see much more than that can I ? |
| 26 | Not everyone would feel that these were messages for them ; many people always turn to the cartoon page first of all , and some do n't read much more than that ; God gives Jeremiah several cartoons in the course of this passage ; did you notice in verse 25 the dig about wearing your feet out — because the people had already worn their shoes out ! |
| 27 | They reached mass audiences , whom their ‘ messages ’ frequently interested much more than the news or the programmes that the advertisements indirectly helped pay for . |
| 28 | I if you really want to , better going into your and having look in the well Well this wo n't take much more than that though , do you ? |
| 29 | He could n't afford much more than a set of plastic rings let alone five gold ones . |
| 30 | A couple of quid in those days , most blokes do n't get much more than that a week did they ? |