Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] more than [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It will suffice to observe that those on higher assessments were mostly merchants , and the poorer ones manual workers , and to conclude that a tiny farming community was incapable of generating more than a limited demand for their services . |
| 2 | They are not capable of enjoying more than a limited amount of leisure . |
| 3 | A note on a field of collecting which shows every sign of becoming more than a passing fad — that of old cheques . |
| 4 | At regional level the western states have for months managed to wriggle out of paying more than a fraction of the growing unity bill . |
| 5 | Elsewhere on the steeper slopes leaching removes enough mineral content from the thin poor soils to render them infertile and incapable of supporting more than a poor vegetation carrying very little stock . |
| 6 | My sons ’ dragons are incapable of flying more than a few miles before they fade . ’ |
| 7 | In the year beginning November 1917 National Service Medical Boards conducted nearly 2.5 million medical examinations in Great Britain : of every nine men , only three were perfectly fit and healthy , while two were on a definitely ‘ unfirm plane ’ of health and strength , three were incapable of undergoing more than a very moderate degree of physical exertion and the remaining one was a chronic invalid . |
| 8 | Such ideas have probably influenced the process of teaching more than the content of courses in higher education , although they had a direct bearing on the original terms of reference of university extra-mural departments . |
| 9 | The target beneficiary was the salaried ‘ family man ’ who , by reason of earning more than the £250 limit applied to non-manual workers , was excluded from participation in the new 1925 contributory state scheme , under which a retirement pension became payable at 65 and a modest pension became available to widows of any age ( Groves , 1983 , p. 41 ) . |
| 10 | These overwhelmingly negative attitudes prevent many people from seeing more than a grey head . |
| 11 | To test whether recognising the land beneath is essential to them in finding the way , opaque contact lenses were fitted to their eyes which prevented them from seeing more than a few yards ahead . |
| 12 | As a result , the creditor bank is affected by the unconscionable actions of the husband and will be restrained from recovering more than the £60,000 which they have already received . |
| 13 | The social costs of not recognizing the intensity of high demand groups may be considerably greater than any inequities that may stem from their success in demanding more than the median voter is interested in ( Wade 1979 ) . |
| 14 | Even the Salvation Army , formed specifically with the ‘ unrespectable ’ poor in mind , hardly succeeded in becoming more than a welcome addition to free public entertainment ( with its uniforms , bands and lively hymns ) , and a useful source of charity . |
| 15 | There is nothing to stop Humberside Heavy Haulage from paying more than the legal minimum if the company really wishes to show appreciation of Peter 's loyal service over the years . |
| 16 | Plus he 's English , which is very important in European games when the UEFA ruling prevents you from fielding more than a couple of non-nationals . |
| 17 | This ensures that the manager seeks the artist 's permission before spending more than a certain amount of money . |
| 18 | We 've got five weeks discouraged from taking more than a fortnight at a time . |
| 19 | He had obtained the auctioneer 's catalogue only a day before the sale and the purported effect of the clause was to relieve the sellers from telling more than a part of the material facts , thereby obliging the buyer to check the remainder for himself . |
| 20 | Teller did not succeed in attracting more than a handful of Oppenheimer 's brilliant team back to Los Alamos to work on the H-bomb . |
| 21 | Following the talks a joint communiqué reiterated both governments ' adherence to the protocol signed in Damascus in August 1987 , and in addition Turkey committed itself to releasing more than the current 500 cubic metres of water a second to Syria . |
| 22 | But in the Old World , on the whole , the need for a mobile population was met without creating more than a comparatively modest and impermanent floating population , except in the great shipping ports and , as it were , in the traditional centres of the shifting and shiftless population , such as the great cities . |
| 23 | I do n't quite know why , but he gave me the impression , without uttering more than a few words , that he had much more than superficial knowledge , and an amusing touch of the sardonic as well . |
| 24 | From the point of view of the ‘ host ’ or ‘ hostess ’ the most immediate benefit of showing art would be to enhance a pleasant ambience , but the more ambitious would also be seeking to attract a certain clientele by offering more than the comfort of food . |