Example sentences of "[verb] [det] [adj] [subord] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | For groups in this position the right to take part in politics represents little more than the right to whistle in the wind . |
| 2 | The trade union rates so jealously guarded in the inter-war period by the Association became little more than the minimum wage of the 1950s , producing salaries insufficient to attract the ambitious tour operator and dynamic advertising manager and leading in turn to a failure to compete effectively . |
| 3 | However , it cost little more than the price of the land — a real bargain , ’ she parodied in a bitter little voice . |
| 4 | It may be true that the story of the English people is best seen in English literature , but English literature contains much more than the story of the English people . |
| 5 | I would like to examine them with you this evening , because they appear to me to contain much more than the permissible percentage of nonsense . |
| 6 | A sensible aid policy — not just for Russia and Eastern Europe , but for the third world in general — calls for careful priorities , realistic goals and , above all , an understanding that the quality of aid matters much more than the quantity . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Presented in this way , it is almost inconceivable to anyone understanding the function of such committees that it would pursue any other than the last alternative . |
| 9 | interested in English nobody , sh did n't know any more than the girl next door did she ? |
| 10 | Now I suppose this is just appealing to my sense of power or something , being able to walk in and take charge and in a minute or two they 've settled down and they 're not panicking because you 've arrived and all their burdens are on your shoulders and they do n't have to worry any more because the doctor 's there … this I find profoundly satisfying as long as I can , in fact , cope with what 's happening . |
| 11 | Secondly the archive base became much more than the database ( or rather its constituent tables ) . |
| 12 | The second map ( figure 5.14 ) shows the geography of the Department of Defense 's spending on salaries ( for civilians and service personnel together ) , and indicates that the great majority of the southern States ( with the exceptions of Louisiana and Arkansas ) were substantial beneficiaries , whereas northeastern States got much less than the national average per capita expenditure in this category . |
| 13 | It is important to begin by recognizing that assessment is a process which involves much more than the collection of information and data . |
| 14 | Expected to be called the Powerserver 970 and costing little more than the current 75.8 SPECmark Model 950 , it is said to be a rack-mount machine costing around $97,000 for an entry-level configuration with 64Mb memory and 2.2Gb disk . |
| 15 | Aerial photographs reveal little more than the site 's main features , and plotting scatters of surface finds only gives a reasonable guide to its centre , with little information about its extent or shape . |
| 16 | And nothing will do that other than the head of the Government standing next to me saying : ‘ We will protect our citizens ’ . ’ |
| 17 | The reinstatement was thorough , taking place over two years and costing much more than the original estimate . |
| 18 | The costs involved in astronomy satellites cover much more than the detectors or telescopes and even the cheapest astronomical satellite now costs around £60 million . |
| 19 | The hon. Gentleman has said that it is in the process of acquiring two incredibly beautiful works and the point is that it is acquiring them even though they cost much more than the nominal amount of Government grant available . |
| 20 | Highly skilled and highly trained stockmen on intensive livestock farms can , it is true , earn much more than the average wage ( though often for longer and more awkward hours ) , since such workers are in relatively short supply , but they are the industry 's élite and constitute no more than 15 per cent of the labour force . |
| 21 | ‘ Your precious George ca n't have done much good if the main burst again . ’ |
| 22 | It 's it makes it so easy that the staff , one ca n't dress any better than the other . |
| 23 | And he did n't feel any happier as the weeks went by . |
| 24 | This place does n't smell any worse than the changing rooms at Colchester U's . ’ |
| 25 | In all , this incidence of reported problems can not be said to suggest much more than the occasional misunderstanding , difficulty or other problem which must mark a small proportion of virtually every type of consumer transaction . |
| 26 | She used her face and hands much more than the average Englishman , though perhaps not more than the average Italian . |
| 27 | When the king 's agents bought the wool it fetched much less than the expected price and the scheme collapsed , leaving resentment amongst the producers , the lesser merchants who had not participated in the scheme , and those who had been paid in Dordrecht Bonds . |
| 28 | Japanese institutions , once the biggest consumers of privately placed paper from Europe , have bought much less since the Tokyo stockmarket crashed last year . |
| 29 | She 'd never had any more until the inspector had come to say she must go back to London . |
| 30 | What if the price of whisky is already so high that no-one is prepared to buy any more if the price goes up again ? |