Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adj] [adj] [conj] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The little round lawn with its grass path was so bitty that I was tempted to remove it altogether , and the two paved areas seemed too small to accommodate much more than a deckchair . |
| 2 | The Morgan test would not appear to require much more than a knowledge of the basic facts of life . |
| 3 | Whereas the parachute keeps the cable under tension as it drops , if there is a cross wind it tends to drift much more than a rope with no chute . |
| 4 | If it maintains its present determination to keep little more than a naval force in the region , it will have to convince others ( the Egyptians ? |
| 5 | But developments in Britain and the United States over the past two years suggest that micros need ultimately to cost little more than a tape recorder or a good transistor radio . |
| 6 | Simultaneously they turned to face one another and a moment later they were locked in an embrace . |
| 7 | This adds further interest in the picture , but you should be careful not to have any more than a corner of sky in the final print . |
| 8 | This afternoon , the Environment Secretary Michael Howard , back pedalled a little by announcing that he would allow the authority to spend another two and a half million pounds . |
| 9 | Be ready to open the airbrakes fully as it touches down to stop any bouncing or a gust lifting the glider into the air again . |
| 10 | The war was unlikely to become much more than a dispute over frontier posts , in which success would depend to a considerable extent on winning the support of the Indians who lived in the wide area between the colonies . |
| 11 | But even now , a woman has to achieve much more than a man in order to gain respect or " promotion " . |