Example sentences of "[vb base] more than the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Feminism is a given — but I want more than the political outline . |
| 2 | The following are our special letter services which you should use when you want more than the ordinary letter post . |
| 3 | The following are our special letter services , which you should use when you want more than the ordinary post . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | MANY readers have made enquiries about Treble Chance entries that cover more than the popular 16-match total . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | If negotiations yield more than the required rise then too much scrapping may result , generating unemployment . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | It is an important signal that short-term politics matter more than the longer-run question of how to house the next generation . |
| 13 | Nor would Germany , if she were attacked by France alone , obtain more than the benevolent neutrality of Austria-Hungary . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | In brief , there is enough evidence to show that the ways in which ill health and accidents arise are such that the lower socio-economic groups suffer more than the higher socio-economic groups . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | I mean more than the nuclear umbrella and the massive and rapid reinforcement capability that America offers within a NATO structure . |
| 18 | The casket was an idea introduced from the United States in the 1870s and does not , therefore , make more than the briefest possible appearance in this history of the English trade . |
| 19 | The rural charge-payers now pay more than the urban charge-payers since they pay the same basic charge plus the charge for Parish Council services , yet the provision of services by the Borough favours the urban areas . |
| 20 | We share more than the same atoms and molecules . |
| 21 | If overall losses are estimated at 1000 kg per ha per year , then the 20–25 million ha under shifting cultivation or permanent conversion from forest to other uses , generate more than the total nitrogen delivered by rivers to the oceans . |
| 22 | Under the Chester scheme , landlords pay £50 to register , but if they fail to do so and their houses contain more than the permitted number of occupants , they face fines of up to £1,000 . |
| 23 | New users of water or those who require more than the maximum amount scheduled in an existing licence have to apply for permission to take the estimated quantity to the water authority in the area in which the works is situated , which will then decide whether sufficient water is available for the new abstraction . |
| 24 | It easily unlocked his heart , one that bore more than the usual share of tragedy . |
| 25 | A third drink more than the weekly recommended levels of alcohol and more than half of men and women never exercise . |
| 26 | A third drink more than the recommended levels of alcohol , and more than half of men and women never exercise . |
| 27 | I never have more than the permitted amount of duty-free goods ; I 've never imported plants , or dogs , or drugs , or uncooked meat , or firearms ; and yet I constantly find myself wanting to turn the wheel and head for the Red Channel . |
| 28 | Few of the newcomers know any Hebrew and few have more than the vaguest idea about Israel . |