Example sentences of "[modal v] [vb infin] [adj] than [art] " in BNC.
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1 | Senior professors at our university , for example , may earn less than the staff at the nearby Westernised hotel and considerably less than the street corner cobblers or entrepreneur peasants , but they get massive banquets and use of the university 's chauffeur-driven cars . |
2 | But as we leave the twentieth century and reflect on the last 100 years , we should expect more than a shallow gallery of designer fancies . |
3 | Fats should contribute less than a third of the total energy in your diet . |
4 | She must look worse than a dowd . |
5 | The Chelsea Flower Show is probably not the most obvious place to pick up a bargain — lead lions rampant and Medici urns atop Corinthian columns must cost more than the Governor of the Bank of England earns in a week to transport there , let alone purchase . |
6 | He would have to pretend , however , that Carole was as keen as he was that Amaranth should have more than a fair crack of the whip . |
7 | The flight to Edinburgh should take less than an hour . |
8 | The Labour party says that we can not argue that a single person should pay less than a family next door with several working adults . |
9 | Management may argue that , with less warranty and other protection , they should pay less than an " arm's-length " purchaser , and that the price they pay does not involve any element of benefit chargeable to income tax under Schedule E ( see below , 4.3 ) . |
10 | Sotheby 's Harry Dalmeny said : ‘ You ca n't estimate the price of notoriety , his Military Cross and other medals may fetch more than the £2,000 we estimated . ’ |
11 | You 'll need more than a bottle of rum to get through this disaster of a voyage ! |
12 | What 's more , we 'll need more than a fair share of luck . ’ |
13 | And yet the horizontal moon might look bigger than the meridian moon in the other , non-objective , sense of ‘ looks ’ . |
14 | As there were cars to spare , if one was found with a defect , for which a replacement part might cost more than the cost of a licence , it was withdrawn particularly if the route on which it worked was nearing its closure . |
15 | I 'm sure it 'll cost more than a quid but seeing as you ca n't like get more than a mile long piece anyway so |
16 | But it 'll take more than a few bruises to soften him up . |
17 | It 'll take more than a tender touch to help the victims of the oily sea . |
18 | The young man put two half crowns and two pennies on the counter , saying as he did so , ‘ We 'll take more than the sweets away with us tonight . |
19 | They were all codes meaning : ‘ Yes , I 'll go higher than the last bidder . ’ |
20 | Similar to ( age-related ) personal allowance , the married couple 's age-related increases are subject to a couple 's income so it is possible that they might get less than the full addition — or maybe nothing extra at all . |
21 | He 'll get more than a short back and sides at this men-only beauty salon . |
22 | Secondly , it allowed them to make virtue out of a necessity by pushing law and order once more ideologically centre-stage as another area where the individual could do more than the State . |
23 | Then through the window you could see it-smaller than a Concord and almost completely open with its canvas side-curtains rolled up and fastened-just turning out of the yard , and the next moment the jingling , rattling sound was right out front . |
24 | As she walked to it , Huy wished that he could see more than the slit in the dress revealed . |
25 | ‘ I think it 'd take more than a lot of nomes and some string to fly it , anyway . ’ |
26 | Faithful to him , even if they would have to be apart sometimes , as he 'd be faithful to her , although he knew she 'd take more than a little convincing about that . |
27 | ‘ It 'd take more than a few facts to convince Dudley Ford that he 's mistaken ! |
28 | There could be a need to check forensic evidence , for example , or to prevent a suspect absconding , or to travel to a far-away police station where the investigation was being conducted , and any of these could take more than a day . |
29 | And it could take more than a change of luck to lift them off the bottom of the table . |
30 | Still , critics wonder how an institution next to the Museum of Natural History and a block away from New York 's Columbus Avenue could attract less than a third of the number of visitors who go every year to Norman Rockwell 's home in Stockbridge , Massachusetts . |