Example sentences of "[det] [det] than [vb base] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The proprietors could not do much more than launch a rather fragile settlement around Charleston , and even this could not be occupied continuously until 1681 . |
| 2 | His argument deploys the old jargon of authenticity , now combined with the jargon of otherness ; despite his Hegelian framework , Scruton deploys this jargon as an exalted metaphor which does little more than bestow a spurious profundity on a normative sexual politics which is at heart timid , conservative , and deeply ignorant . |
| 3 | In running the same course of action is likely to do little more than raise a few curious glances from fellow competitors . |
| 4 | Because ‘ communication ’ is such a wide-ranging subject , this essay can do little more than survey a few distinct areas of study . |
| 5 | ( No one , of course , believes that the Liberal Democrats can do any more than secure a hung parliament — but there is a very real possibility that this may happen and they are therefore a force to be considered . |