Example sentences of "[det] than [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps there was something more than coherence at stake . |
| 2 | Western governments generally expressed sympathy for the Lithuanian cause and concern at Soviet military pressure and the economic blockade , and Prunskiene was received everywhere by heads of government , but these governments did little more than call for restraint by both sides and for negotiations . |
| 3 | Already several of the rabbits were asleep , crouched uneasily between the thick stems , aware of the chance of danger but too tired to do more than trust to luck . |
| 4 | It has even been held that presence remains no more than evidence of encouragement even when it is accompanied by a secret intention to help if necessary one of the participants in an affray . |
| 5 | Under these conditions we have little option other than to accept that we can do little more than look with envy towards those farmers in New Zealand making a living without the ‘ benefit ’ of subsidies . |
| 6 | Without time to do more than yell in protest as he set off , Sarella launched herself after him and did her utmost to keep pace . |
| 7 | Salt kept her hard at work round the house from the time she woke till late at night , with grim satisfaction in seeing her too worn out to do more than fall into bed and sleep . |
| 8 | In fact , contrary to what has sometimes been said about his modesty , he enjoyed talking about his work , even when it was no more than work in progress . |
| 9 | Nevertheless , that Empire which , as Dryden said , ‘ is no more than power in trust ’ , provoked a world war . |
| 10 | The risk that the rollover rate is less than yield to maturity is known as reinvestment risk ( or rollover risk ) . |