Example sentences of "[vb infin] [prep] more [conj] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , to raise this income to £140.90 per week the family would need to more than double their earnings , from £75 a week to £165 a week ( Hansard , 28 July 1988 , col. 509 ) . |
| 2 | However , in instances whereby an originating office makes a request for assistance that would result in more than simply providing a favour' then a fee is appropriate and its level should be determined directly between the two offices concerned . |
| 3 | Children who were presented with a nonsense syllable alongside more and less in a variety of contexts made it contrast with more and less by adding or subtracting much smaller amounts ; by adding or subtracting everything ; by introducing some quite different manipulation ( stirring , flicking , rolling , tossing up and down , mixing both piles together ) , and so on . |
| 4 | You ca n't move at more than about fifteen miles an hour maximum down Hurst Road anyway can you ? |
| 5 | The capacity of a few — perhaps a very few — people to inflict extinction on us , will gradually extend to more and more small groups of human beings , all of whom are liable to exhibit the self-aggrandisement and irrationality which have led to so much unnecessary suffering in the history of our species . |
| 6 | It made our day to know that MKM can help with more than just knitting advice . |
| 7 | The Vision 's control fascia is so good looking that it will turn on more than just the gas . |