Example sentences of "[vb -s] to more [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he has not convinced his hometown audience that the larger goal of the Gulf war — the crafting of a new world order — amounts to more than a string of words . |
| 2 | One about Flaubert , one about Ellen , one about myself My own is the simplest of the three — it hardly amounts to more than a convincing proof of my existence — and yet I find it the hardest to begin . |
| 3 | Whether this amounts to more than a row of beans these days is questionable . |
| 4 | However the executive staff could receive changed instructions from the Council acting collectively , which amounts to more than the member States acting collectively through their delegates . |
| 5 | In about 13% of schools , the money contributed by parents amounts to more than the schools ' official funding from their LEAs . |
| 6 | Breathing in this way will be more efficient if the body is of the size and shape that gives maximum skin area and minimum body volume and this indeed , is just what is found among these lungless salamanders ; their bodies are thin and elongated and none of them grows to more than a few centimetres in length . |
| 7 | After all , Levi admits to more than a passing interest in things financial , shall we say . |
| 8 | If your parent has savings invested with a local authority , from which tax is deducted at the basic rate , she can only get some of this tax back if the tax , together with any other tax that is paid ( e.g. under Pay As Your Earn ) , comes to more than the proper tax on her total income . |
| 9 | If the report runs to more than a few pages , there should always be a list of the various sections and headings to be found in the report . |