Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] much [adj] than " in BNC.
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| 1 | " Certain persons , " he wrote , " are by common consent agreed to be wiser than others , and their opinion is , by consent , to rank for much more than its numerical value . " |
| 2 | Formal observation techniques and equipment are designed to reduce this discrepancy to a minimum but the nursing process depends on much more than can be obtained by this means ; therefore it is important for the teacher to have some understanding of the factors that affect the formation of percepts so that she can help the nurse to make accurate judgements where these are possible and to be sufficiently receptive and mentally flexible to consider more than one possible judgement as basis for action . |
| 3 | Yet the striking developments of the law of trusts depend on much more than this : they are an integral part of the conception of a trust as opposed to a legacy . |
| 4 | However , we found the machine could still be used for much more than the average heat gun . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Unfortunately this does not appear to work the other way ; the shipowners would not be entitled to any share in a windfall profit if the market value of the cargo increased dramatically and was sold for much more than if it had arrived on time . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | A.G. Kennedy , its most recent editor , has noted that " apart from chs. 25 – 7 there is nothing that amounts to much more than injunctions that justice should be done and that every man should do his duty " . |
| 9 | Bricks and mortar used to much more than a sound investment — it was the best way to make serious money . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Interest in Longhorn cattle is now based on much more than the breed 's aesthetic appeal . |
| 12 | ‘ Oh , no , my dear Shiona , it 's based on much more than that . ’ |
| 13 | But rural England today consists of much more than agriculture and English rural society is no longer entirely , nor even predominantly , an agrarian society . |
| 14 | Yet the very large canton Bern consists of much more than its Oberland . |
| 15 | Three hours a day for seven days a week would therefore amount to much less than the maximum for residential care . |
| 16 | While the early Waltz-Caprices , composed when Reger was only 19 years of age and a student at the Wiesbaden Conservatory , are evidently modelled on the numerous dance sets by Brahms ( yet another of the composer 's musical heroes ) , they amount to much more than blatant pastiche . |
| 17 | The men firing those guns , manning the walls , shooting from the high galleries might not amount to much more than half that number . |
| 18 | Enterprises have sacked workers and are running at much less than their full capacity . |
| 19 | At the classroom level , the teaching and learning methods have to be organised to allow for much more than simple coverage of the topic . |
| 20 | Although the British offered assurances that they would still work towards freer trade relations as circumstances permitted , the multilateralists in Washington had been compelled to settle for much less than they would have liked . |
| 21 | This is surprising in view of the fact that over a longer term measurements can vary by much more than this . |
| 22 | You had put on much more than a dress , there was such a vivid aura of theatre and drama surrounding it . |
| 23 | Of course we have the additional complication that the over- large government bureaucracy 's at present run by a political party which seems to have given up thinking about anything much other than staying in power and I know and hope that you will be part of thinking about much more than that , but still even with a large union , you could regulate concentrate on stimulating the grass roots and then on building upwards . |
| 24 | ‘ I 'm afraid my cooking does n't extend to much more than scrambled eggs or sardines on toast , ’ said Julia , feeling thoroughly useless . |
| 25 | Ca n't ask for much more than that . |