Example sentences of "[to-vb] more than [vb base] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | How many people at breakfast time bother to do more than turn the set on , knowing that both channels are transmitting roughly similar programmes ? |
| 2 | Occasionally , very occasionally , a lone knight in armour rode into Ridgery Butts from the east and plunged straight down one of the forest paths without pausing to do more than pass the time of day at the Inn and drink ale . |
| 3 | Any use of force , according to this view , had to do more than hold the lines on the battlefield ; it had also to allow the Bosnian government the chance to fight and retake territory it had lost . |
| 4 | In a contested election , however , it was impossible to do much with direct patronage , even if such were available , for there was never enough to do more than grease the palms of a handful of venal men , most of whom were to be found in the burgh councils . |
| 5 | As the process of learning is hidden , it is not accessible to direct influence ; however , it is possible for the teacher to do more than tell the student what she needs to learn . |
| 6 | In the course of one short chapter it is not possible , nor indeed necessary , to do more than suggest the richness of the material which , with a little study , can be interpreted to throw light on former ages . |
| 7 | I have not been able to do more than suggest the rough outline of this approach . |
| 8 | There 's no need to do more than wipe the leaves if you can vouch for their purity . |
| 9 | Their mother was unable to do more than feed the girls and keep them clean ; her affection was reserved for the boys , it seems . |
| 10 | ‘ I 'll have to lock up the pages before seven , and I doubt Mike will be able to do more than meet the deadline . |
| 11 | Phrases of this sort are so familiar that it is not hard to understand a disposition which constantly interferes with attempts to understand syntactic structures , namely a tendency to regard them as transparently clear , with no need for a linguist to do more than record the existence of the surface construction . |
| 12 | They slept then , tucked up around one another , waking several times during the night , but rarely for long enough to do more than acknowledge the other 's presence . |
| 13 | It is impossible for me , for reasons of space , to do more than summarise the most relevant parts of the judgments of the Supreme Court of Canada . |