Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] [det] than [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Senior professors at our university , for example , may earn less than the staff at the nearby Westernised hotel and considerably less than the street corner cobblers or entrepreneur peasants , but they get massive banquets and use of the university 's chauffeur-driven cars . |
| 2 | But as we leave the twentieth century and reflect on the last 100 years , we should expect more than a shallow gallery of designer fancies . |
| 3 | Fats should contribute less than a third of the total energy in your diet . |
| 4 | The Chelsea Flower Show is probably not the most obvious place to pick up a bargain — lead lions rampant and Medici urns atop Corinthian columns must cost more than the Governor of the Bank of England earns in a week to transport there , let alone purchase . |
| 5 | He would have to pretend , however , that Carole was as keen as he was that Amaranth should have more than a fair crack of the whip . |
| 6 | The flight to Edinburgh should take less than an hour . |
| 7 | The Labour party says that we can not argue that a single person should pay less than a family next door with several working adults . |
| 8 | Management may argue that , with less warranty and other protection , they should pay less than an " arm's-length " purchaser , and that the price they pay does not involve any element of benefit chargeable to income tax under Schedule E ( see below , 4.3 ) . |
| 9 | Sotheby 's Harry Dalmeny said : ‘ You ca n't estimate the price of notoriety , his Military Cross and other medals may fetch more than the £2,000 we estimated . ’ |
| 10 | You 'll need more than a bottle of rum to get through this disaster of a voyage ! |
| 11 | What 's more , we 'll need more than a fair share of luck . ’ |
| 12 | As there were cars to spare , if one was found with a defect , for which a replacement part might cost more than the cost of a licence , it was withdrawn particularly if the route on which it worked was nearing its closure . |
| 13 | I 'm sure it 'll cost more than a quid but seeing as you ca n't like get more than a mile long piece anyway so |
| 14 | But it 'll take more than a few bruises to soften him up . |
| 15 | It 'll take more than a tender touch to help the victims of the oily sea . |
| 16 | The young man put two half crowns and two pennies on the counter , saying as he did so , ‘ We 'll take more than the sweets away with us tonight . |
| 17 | Similar to ( age-related ) personal allowance , the married couple 's age-related increases are subject to a couple 's income so it is possible that they might get less than the full addition — or maybe nothing extra at all . |
| 18 | He 'll get more than a short back and sides at this men-only beauty salon . |
| 19 | Secondly , it allowed them to make virtue out of a necessity by pushing law and order once more ideologically centre-stage as another area where the individual could do more than the State . |
| 20 | As she walked to it , Huy wished that he could see more than the slit in the dress revealed . |
| 21 | ‘ I think it 'd take more than a lot of nomes and some string to fly it , anyway . ’ |
| 22 | Faithful to him , even if they would have to be apart sometimes , as he 'd be faithful to her , although he knew she 'd take more than a little convincing about that . |
| 23 | ‘ It 'd take more than a few facts to convince Dudley Ford that he 's mistaken ! |
| 24 | There could be a need to check forensic evidence , for example , or to prevent a suspect absconding , or to travel to a far-away police station where the investigation was being conducted , and any of these could take more than a day . |
| 25 | And it could take more than a change of luck to lift them off the bottom of the table . |
| 26 | Still , critics wonder how an institution next to the Museum of Natural History and a block away from New York 's Columbus Avenue could attract less than a third of the number of visitors who go every year to Norman Rockwell 's home in Stockbridge , Massachusetts . |
| 27 | I think you 'd get more than a t parking ticket looking at it for M O T wise if he get pulled . |
| 28 | Actually , Trevor could get more than a little noisy . |
| 29 | They were lovely clothes , beautifully made from fine materials , and if Ellie took a tuck with her hand at the back of the dresses , and turned the hems up a good six or nine inches , looking in the dressing mirror she could get more than a fair impression of how she might look once she too was a young woman . |
| 30 | Females were particularly vulnerable in the ‘ falling in love craze ’ and could suffer more than the males as a result of their romantic encounters . |