Example sentences of "[vb base] [adj] than a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Admit you want more than a mere boy can offer . |
| 2 | In practice , of course , a large number of these relationships rarely involve more than a few people . |
| 3 | He would not , if Thiercelin was any judge , receive more than a curt acknowledgement from the emperor , who disliked him at least as much as most . |
| 4 | Many show more than a tenfold increase in acidity since 1850 . |
| 5 | Most countries allow their citizens to bring home articles without an import licence , providing they cost less than a certain amount , without paying excess duty . |
| 6 | A good-looking , pre-war pen cost less than a third of its modern cousin , and wrote just as well . |
| 7 | Many router tables cost more than a basic router , but TKA Developments has launched a basic steel-framed table that may suit home workshops . |
| 8 | ‘ I think you deserve more than a certain amount of punishment for making me wet and nearly giving me a heart-attack — Do you know how difficult it would have been to get an ambulance out here to you ? ’ |
| 9 | His use of skilled craftspeople to make his objects , his thorough-going professionalism , his choice of imagery — ‘ whitened ’ black pop star Michael Jackson , porno-politician La Cicciolina — pose questions about the relationship between the commodity and the object of affective value which deserve more than a one-line dismissal . |
| 10 | They are very much a part of the scene nowadays and they certainly deserve more than a derisory four laps . |
| 11 | One thing you must not do , however , is add more than a small amount of paint to control surfaces . |
| 12 | If you see and screen more than a certain target number of patients you will get paid more . ’ |
| 13 | This is done as soon as some function is declared ( the simplest necessary declaration is that some solid entities are being entered ) and some volume exists , ie geometric entities that give more than a single coordinate value in each orthogonal direction . |
| 14 | I believe in trickle filters , but they rarely get more than a passing mention . |
| 15 | With our ingenious roofrack , you get more than a practical convertible . |
| 16 | Erm you could n't put erm anything that was you know more than a small pedal bin size . |
| 17 | Father Wrench , however , as he is sometimes called — will never allow more than a proper quantity of either ale , wine or spirits … |
| 18 | However , most laboratories which produce more than a modest number of thin sections are now equipped with appropriate automatic and semi-automatic systems . |
| 19 | ‘ Or you risk more than a mere snub . ’ |
| 20 | Since the late 1950s , however , the importance of all of the above factors has diminished to the extent that , even taken together , they no longer offer more than a partial explanation for the restricted nature of Soviet — Latin American relations . |
| 21 | The Abbots united for the inevitable photograph bear more than a passing resemblance to a sports team . |
| 22 | Yet , a number of democratic constitutions today contain more than a mere organisation chart of functions and powers ; they contain Bills of Rights , which may also include a charter of social and economic rights , something characteristic of constitutions of the twentieth century , although generally honoured more in the breach than in the observance . |
| 23 | On no occasion did the number of protesters reach more than a few hundred . |
| 24 | Spaces with more than two dimensions require more than a single parameter to describe the Gaussian curvature at a given point . |
| 25 | Ron Evans had the idea that we should interview her in a terrace street that bore more than a passing resemblance to the famous TV set . |
| 26 | 60% of child cycle owners have less than a two kilometre journey to school ; |
| 27 | Although women comprise less than a fifth of all known offenders , the proportion of young women passing through the courts is rapidly increasing . |
| 28 | None of the proposals would raise overall retail sales or have more than a tiny effect on prices . |
| 29 | Inner cities have more than a proportionate share of social problems . |
| 30 | This means that members in the Republic of Ireland who are over twenty five years of age and have more than a three year no claim bonus have had no increase in premium for over three years and for all other policyholder there has been no increase for over two years . |