Example sentences of "[conj] [art] [det] than [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , informal repetition experiments suggest that no more than about 30% of searches contain a close match with any subject heading more than one word long . |
| 2 | If we wish to revive that tradition , or if we are interested in creating a fully democratic society , then there can be no doubt that a more than narrowly political or formal equality must be one of our goals . |
| 3 | The nurses were well trained in dealing with rich patients who were used to doing as they pleased and often disliked accepting the discipline of routine ; they knew that the very old , the alcoholics , and the more than slightly batty patients ( called ‘ eccentric ’ ) had to be carefully supervised . |
| 4 | ‘ Because the issue was public against private rather than the relationship between private and public , Britain has suffered from a less than fully productive public sector and a less than fully responsible private sector , neither of which were satisfactory engines for growth . |
| 5 | Diane had n't been a stunner , but she 'd had a pleasant face and a more than tolerably decent body . |
| 6 | ‘ To care unselfishly for the art one serves … ’ — that is right , of course , and no more than just . |
| 7 | For a good display , plant them about 100mm ( 4in ) deep , and no more than about 300mm ( 12in ) apart ; and for a more intense show , no more than 150mm ( 6in ) apart — the closer the better , but not touching . |
| 8 | More bad news is that memory requirements are continuing to soar — Gates last week recommended that NT users install 16Mb on their desktop machines , even though the documentation may specify 12Mb — and no more than about 10% of 80486 machines have 16Mb . |
| 9 | Bill Gates has firmed up prices for Microsoft Corp 's Windows NT operating system , but the first ships date has moved off into the future again , and ‘ no later than ’ August 1 is the new target : according to Gates , in comments reported in PC Week , large corporate customers looking to upgrade from Windows 3 to NT will be able to do so for less than $100 per desktop — the upgrade price for Windows users will be $300 , which translates to $180 ‘ on the street ’ and less than ‘ $100 per system ’ after deep volume discounts , Gates told a meeting of the Corporate Association of Microcomputer Professionals in Chicago ; OS/2 users will be offered ‘ extremely low prices ; ’ NT 's suggested retail price for new — desktop — users will be $500 ; more bad news is that memory requirements are continuing to soar — Gates last week recommended that NT users install 16Mb on their desktop machines , even though the documentation may specify 12Mb — and no more than about 10% of 80486 machines have 16Mb ; servers could require more than 16Mb , he added ; initial NT buyers will need to have specific applications in mind for it — ‘ If you do n't know why you want NT , you probably do n't want NT , ’ he said . |
| 10 | Thus , the LAD needs to contribute enough ( but no more than enough ) innate knowledge for the child to learn the grammar of a language from the utterances which she hears in the first four or five years of life . |