Example sentences of "[vb infin] [prep] more than [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The OECD , in its latest review of Ireland , forecasts that growth will fall by more than half this year , to 2.2% ; and it worries that the government 's hard-headed policies are going soft . |
| 2 | Modern professionals can hope to more than equal Rhodes ' achievements — viz. Club Professional Keith Williams , who in three consecutive friendlies in 1983 returned 63 , 63 and 67 and then followed these with a ‘ professional ’ 68 . |
| 3 | This makes it hard to see why a 20 per cent rule has much appeal , and a more attractive rule might ensure that the activities of participants do not overlap by more than some specific amount . |
| 4 | It was Emily who had suggested this ‘ drink after work ’ , and he knew it would lead to more than that . |
| 5 | We should have a full house for Portsmouth which will come in more than handy . ’ |
| 6 | The famous experiments carried out and observed by Erikson at the University of California indicate that such arguments may amount to more than outmoded Freudian theorising . |
| 7 | And few could ask for more than that . |
| 8 | ‘ I would put our chances at 50–50 — and you ca n't really ask for more than that . |
| 9 | You can not ask for more than that . |
| 10 | But the group selector , like the main gear lever , does ask for more than average effort from its user . |
| 11 | Food is the most important item in the expenditure of most households in the Third World and can account for more than three-quarters of the budget of a poor urban family . |
| 12 | 5 No subdivision of the X -axis should account for more than half the range of the X -values found in the data . |
| 13 | I remind the hon. Gentleman that , for the first time , domestic electricity customers are protected by a price cap which ensures that , for the next three years , electricity prices will not rise by more than retail price inflation . |