Example sentences of "[verb] much [adj] [subord] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | But this book contains much more than an exposition on the background to the Children Act and an explanation of the principles on which it is founded . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Secondly the archive base became much more than the database ( or rather its constituent tables ) . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | The little round lawn with its grass path was so bitty that I was tempted to remove it altogether , and the two paved areas seemed too small to accommodate much more than a deckchair . |
| 9 | Sharpe knew he was seeing much more than a cavalry raid , though he was not certain whether this was the real invasion . |
| 10 | This is the point of view of one novice who discovered that diving offers much more than a free lunch , but should never be taken without tissues . |
| 11 | The change to a community-based service … involves much more than a change to the pattern of service provision . |
| 12 | It is important to begin by recognizing that assessment is a process which involves much more than the collection of information and data . |
| 13 | But most killers are not homicidal maniacs and the victim contributes much more than a mere coincidence of time and place to his own fate . |
| 14 | The reinstatement was thorough , taking place over two years and costing much more than the original estimate . |
| 15 | A concours Mk 1 will fetch much more than a ropy Mk 2 , perhaps six years ( and maybe 100,000 miles ) its junior . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | As the music powered into focus , it suddenly seemed much more than a mere backdrop for Morrissey 's lyrical diatribes . |
| 20 | ‘ Your precious George ca n't have done much good if the main burst again . ’ |
| 21 | It was hard to believe that Katharine had n't done much more than a shoulder-in only an hour earlier ! |
| 22 | The Morgan test would not appear to require much more than a knowledge of the basic facts of life . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | She used her face and hands much more than the average Englishman , though perhaps not more than the average Italian . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Japanese institutions , once the biggest consumers of privately placed paper from Europe , have bought much less since the Tokyo stockmarket crashed last year . |
| 27 | With Stanley turning out to be , in the best Ben Franklin tradition , an inventor and mechanical genius on the side , things get much more than a little too easy . |
| 28 | And someone else might catch it and get much more than a spot or two , so you see , you must be public-spirited about this . |
| 29 | Whereas the parachute keeps the cable under tension as it drops , if there is a cross wind it tends to drift much more than a rope with no chute . |
| 30 | This was recognised as requiring much more than a technical management process . |