Example sentences of "[adv] much more than the " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the things that makes his account so useful — so much more than the anecdotal triviality of which he is so carelessly accused — is his ability to compare and contrast this informal repair work with the formal structures of explicit legal process . |
| 2 | Well it the land would cost so much more than the conserv I do n't know if I want to spend so much money here , I 'd rather |
| 3 | The word favoured by headline-writers was ‘ tarnished ’ , although any lustre North had had in the media was not much more than the borrowed glow of stars whom he superficially resembled . |
| 4 | To enter this competition — just study the three simple questions below and then call our 24 hour hotline — it will cost you not much more than the cost of a first class stamp . |
| 5 | If the two governments agreed to leave the border where it is , and if Slav Macedonia perhaps changed that vague phrase in the preamble of its constitution , then Britons and Bretons — sorry , Makedones and Makedonci — could probably live side by side with not much more than the usual inter-human friction . |
| 6 | With earnings of £188 per week ( Nov. 1984 figures ) , the family would have a disposable income ( after tax , national insurance and mortgage and typical rate payments , but including child benefit ) of £89 per week : this is not much more than the Supplementary Benefit Long-term Scale Rate for that family of £76 per week at that time . |
| 7 | He had come to doubt the value of all new beginnings and to put his trust in not much more than the art of hanging together . |
| 8 | The sheep are not much more than the primroses . |
| 9 | Healthy eating is about much more than the kinds of food we eat . |
| 10 | RUGBY is about much more than the game on the pitch . |
| 11 | 4 If a lobster weighs 3¾kg and a crab weighs 1⅕kg , how much more than the crab does the lobster weigh ? |
| 12 | Before you are carried away by the possibilities of information manipulation for its own sake it is worth taking a step back and examining how much more than the pen , paper and adding machine you really need . |
| 13 | The point effectively being made is that , if making a poor person better off by £1 via a redistributive transfer reduces the income of the rich person by more than £1 ( because of , say , the necessary administrative costs of the transfer and/or the disincentive effects to earn in the market-place ) , how much more than the £1 gain to the poor is an acceptable ‘ price ’ ? |
| 14 | Today , helped along by Fitch Benoy 's latest radical interventions , the accretion is happily much more than the sum of its parts . |
| 15 | The Manager , with the ache he had in his hand from welcoming people , realised that much more than the invited number had arrived . |