Example sentences of "[vb base] more [conj] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Port Solent has a choice of houses and apartments to suit the various needs of the yachtsman and those who want more than a home on the waterfront . |
| 2 | Many industrial buying decisions involve more than the buyer and in some cases the technical specifier , production personnel and finance personnel are involved . |
| 3 | At The American College in London you earn more than a degree — you receive an education with a career focus and individual attention from faculty who are professionals in their fields . |
| 4 | If you earn more than the LEL , you pay contributions on all earnings — a big disincentive to raising your hours , and therefore your pay , by that small amount . |
| 5 | It was mizzling steadily , so I had lashed out on a minibus ticket , which cost more than a taxi would here . |
| 6 | You can choose glasses that cost more than the value of your voucher and pay the difference yourself . |
| 7 | You deserve more than a medal . |
| 8 | Good luck , Mr Greer , you deserve more than a medal . |
| 9 | A team is a small group ( 6 to 8 people is a typical size ) who co-operate together in such a way that they accomplish more than the sum total of the individuals . |
| 10 | For there 's nothing the Scots enjoy more than the scoring of own goals . |
| 11 | Today , of course , the process is mechanized ; four hundred razor-sharp cutting discs slice more than a yard of cloth in one swift pass . |
| 12 | The complex was rebuilt after a firebomb attack more than a year ago , and its owners certainly have made the most of the opportunity . |
| 13 | In the wild clownfish seldom stray more than a metre or so from their anemone and are therefore good aquarium subjects , finding no difficultly in settling down in the confines of the average home system . |
| 14 | Well , I , I wan na go skiing as well , so you get more than a day trip . |
| 15 | But the community care reforms imply more than a shift in the location of care . |
| 16 | The ladies of our period of whom we know more than the name were almost always ladies of exceptional character or talent , who force themselves on our notice partly at least for this reason . |
| 17 | But there is little doubt in my mind that the future will only go to the large company if that large company is really able to release the energies and the synergies that ought to be a part of the grand design and make more than the sum of the parts . |
| 18 | We lack more than a will , and a needed oblivion ; we lack even the starting point of identity : a name . |
| 19 | In his amateur days he was an ‘ eviction technician ’ ( a fashionable euphemism for bouncer ) but such work is regarded as unseemly for the standard bearer of a sport which prides itself in its healthy clean-living image , and he now supplements his income from the few competitions which pay more than a pittance by personal appearances . |
| 20 | Although the names looked at so far dip more than a toe into this price region , we feel like trying a different brand . |
| 21 | Glancing back through what I have written so far , I detect more than a note of cynicism . |
| 22 | The question now arises : can that rational animal Man ever become more than an animal which criticizes its own spontaneous tendencies in the light of its awareness of itself and of external conditions ? |
| 23 | Many spreadsheet users never use more than a mono text mode display ! |
| 24 | But though such temperate-zone parasites can be unpleasant and dangerous — Lyme disease can kill — they rarely affect more than a handful of people . |
| 25 | One resident said : ‘ We could hear the music and we live more than a mile away . |
| 26 | Relatively few individuals survive to become adults and most of these seldom live more than a year or two . |
| 27 | Many candidates who start at the bottom skip grades on the way up , or , perhaps because of pressure of other work , take more than a year between adjoining grades . |
| 28 | So if you 've more than a mite of sense you 'll point your base somewheres else . |
| 29 | Cars , trucks , planes and boats currently contribute more than a quarter of the annual greenhouse gases worldwide , a percentage that is likely to increase . |
| 30 | Intelligent music lovers require more than a pout from Simon Le Bon or a wiggle or is it a riddle from Nik Kershaw . |