Example sentences of "[vb base] more [conj] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Admit you want more than a mere boy can offer . |
| 2 | Feminism is a given — but I want more than the political outline . |
| 3 | The following are our special letter services which you should use when you want more than the ordinary letter post . |
| 4 | The following are our special letter services , which you should use when you want more than the ordinary post . |
| 5 | This sponge superficially resembles a living bath sponge more than the other sponges in this book , being bun-shaped , with a minutely pitted external surface . |
| 6 | MANY readers have made enquiries about Treble Chance entries that cover more than the popular 16-match total . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | When soils receive more than the critical load , the natural capacity to neutralize acidity is overwhelmed , cations ( e.g. calcium ) are leached out , phosphorus is retained and aluminium and trace metals appear in the soil water . |
| 9 | Many show more than a tenfold increase in acidity since 1850 . |
| 10 | If negotiations yield more than the required rise then too much scrapping may result , generating unemployment . |
| 11 | Many router tables cost more than a basic router , but TKA Developments has launched a basic steel-framed table that may suit home workshops . |
| 12 | These CDs cost more than the major company ones , but this is fair enough since the higher costs have to be spread over a smaller volume . |
| 13 | The goods always cost more than the mere monetary price ; and it is the object of the system to externalise these costs , by passing them on to the poor or to the impaired resource-base of the earth , and by inviting even the rich to live in collusive dissociation from the costs they , too , must pay . |
| 14 | ‘ 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 ? ’ |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | They are very much a part of the scene nowadays and they certainly deserve more than a derisory four laps . |
| 17 | Er I think I am on version ten , I do n't know whether that 's one or two more than , but er , the officers have worked , worked very hard and I 'm very grateful to them , erm I 'm also very grateful to the primary heads , secondary heads , their own staff associations , and the representatives of the governors for whom Hilary , Bob and I have met , and er we 've listened very carefully to what they have to say and we 've done our modest best to er to er use their priorities as well as our own perhaps political one , we 've looked at the educational value er , I suspect more than the other two groups erm than the political sum . |
| 18 | One thing you must not do , however , is add more than a small amount of paint to control surfaces . |
| 19 | Because this cake mixture uses baking powder to make it rise rather than gradual incorporation of air while beating , make sure you do not overbeat the mixture or add more than the specified amount of baking powder — this would only serve to toughen the cake and make it heavy . |
| 20 | If you see and screen more than a certain target number of patients you will get paid more . ’ |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Any more than I give more than an irritated passing thought to turning up a heater when the temperature drops . |
| 23 | Nor would Germany , if she were attacked by France alone , obtain more than the benevolent neutrality of Austria-Hungary . |
| 24 | I believe in trickle filters , but they rarely get more than a passing mention . |
| 25 | With our ingenious roofrack , you get more than a practical convertible . |
| 26 | Erm you could n't put erm anything that was you know more than a small pedal bin size . |
| 27 | Ethnic minorities suffer more than the general population from all the main housing disadvantages — overcrowding , sharing of dwellings , lacking basic amenities , older housing , etc. , as Table 3.18 shows . |
| 28 | There can be no doubt that both in terms of the quantity and impact of the crimes examined the poor suffer more than the wealthy . |
| 29 | I mean more than the nuclear umbrella and the massive and rapid reinforcement capability that America offers within a NATO structure . |
| 30 | Father Wrench , however , as he is sometimes called — will never allow more than a proper quantity of either ale , wine or spirits … |