Example sentences of "[to-vb] more than the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is always almost impossible for a single practitioner to obtain more than the other firms in the area are obtaining and you do not want to be in a position of being undersold because your colleagues in other firms have an unrealistic view about what should be charged . |
| 2 | Thank God her college was n't yet fashionable enough to attract more than the odd one or two . |
| 3 | If you wish to write more than the simplest assembler code programs for the Z88 , you will need a considerable amount of technical information about the machine . |
| 4 | These pressures led Sir John to speculate more than the scientific data allowed and the national reaction was out of all proportion to the real facts . |
| 5 | It states : ‘ In the run-up to the first meeting , a supporting demonstration should be held which should aim to mobilise more than the 25,000 gathered on December 12 . |
| 6 | We need to be able to perceive more than the five emotions above , and it is easy enough to do so . |
| 7 | Members were asked to assist in these rules and not to play more than the stated fees ! |
| 8 | We were lucky to last more than the first fairway together . |
| 9 | She says that the pupils were ‘ not pushed or encouraged to do more than the basic minimum ’ . |
| 10 | When writing glissandos it is not necessary to give more than the first and last notes of the glissando , if the notes to which the harp is to be set are given . |
| 11 | It is unnecessary to give more than the following sketch of the widespread litigation which has attended the efforts made to bring this case to trial . |
| 12 | And thus the reader has to go more than the usual way he goes to understand what he 's looking at . |
| 13 | Choosing this road is likely to cost more than the first option , but you will at least ensure that your doors are the best that money can buy . |
| 14 | Perhaps the only clear utility is to remind us that , contrary to the preoccupations of many philosophers and a great many semanticists , language is used to convey more than the propositional content of what is said . |
| 15 | The theory that the development charge would leave the developer unwilling or unable to pay more than the existing use value for his land is not at present working out in practice , especially since a would-be house owner who pays building value to the seller of the land . |
| 16 | He knows the routine , he appreciates the need , if without relishing it , he is too much the practised professional to show more than the briefest irritation . |
| 17 | As soon as a society is able to produce more than the bare minimum needed for survival , it is possible for classes to emerge . |
| 18 | But if your report is to produce more than the predictable yawn then it must be different . |
| 19 | That pocket of life was plainly still some distance away , yet it was apparent to Jaq that the instrument was attempting to distinguish more than the single sharp blip that would represent Carnelian alone . |