Example sentences of "[vb base] much more [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The costs involved in astronomy satellites cover much more than the detectors or telescopes and even the cheapest astronomical satellite now costs around £60 million . |
| 2 | The hon. Gentleman has said that it is in the process of acquiring two incredibly beautiful works and the point is that it is acquiring them even though they cost much more than the nominal amount of Government grant available . |
| 3 | Highly skilled and highly trained stockmen on intensive livestock farms can , it is true , earn much more than the average wage ( though often for longer and more awkward hours ) , since such workers are in relatively short supply , but they are the industry 's élite and constitute no more than 15 per cent of the labour force . |
| 4 | With Stanley turning out to be , in the best Ben Franklin tradition , an inventor and mechanical genius on the side , things get much more than a little too easy . |
| 5 | And someone else might catch it and get much more than a spot or two , so you see , you must be public-spirited about this . |
| 6 | Halifax Property Services offer much more than the traditional role of the estate agent . |
| 7 | Of course , we are all too aware of the physiological symptoms which result from anger and which take much more than a second to show their effect and presence : the forehead bunched in a frown , the staring eyes , the constricted pupils , the clenched mouth and fists , the jaw thrust forward , the reddened neck or face and enlarged arteries due to the increase in the blood supply to the skin . |
| 8 | Though the rich spend much more than the poor on health care , the poor spend a much greater proportion of their income ( about 5% v 2% ) . |