Example sentences of "[vb infin] [to-vb] more than a " in BNC.
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| 1 | But you will probably need to spend more than a single day in Winterthur . |
| 2 | I have applied to the grant scheme Environment Wales for some funds , but I do n't expect to get more than a few hundred pounds , if anything at all . |
| 3 | He did n't like to spend more than a week at it . |
| 4 | His band of defectors , called the Socialist Janata Dal , can not hope to win more than a handful of seats in the coming general election . |
| 5 | There are many ways in which these emotional drives can be channelled , and I could not hope to name more than a few of them . |
| 6 | If you are getting income support and you have high fuel charges at a fixed rate , you will not have to pay more than a maximum fixed amount . |
| 7 | For instance , a concert attracting 70,000 at Wembley would have to pay more than a gig at the sock and Warthog in the High street . |
| 8 | Although this represents a greater increase ( £7 ) than in the other categories , it seems only fair that two single adults should not have to pay more than a family . |
| 9 | In order to do well at English at Oxford , you would have to show more than a purely aesthetic aptitude . |