Example sentences of "[vb infin] more than [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It makes me feel more than somewhat persecuted to have items of the British public lurking about my property — particularly when most of them have n't read two lines of my verse together . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ We must do more than simply continue to meet the stringent safety and environmental standards imposed by statute . ’ |
| 3 | They may argue as a point of fact that , to carry on a taxable ‘ business ’ ( or ‘ economic activity ’ — the terminology in the EC 's Sixth Directive , Art 4(1) and ( 2 ) ) and so use the partial exemption rules , the person must do more than just sell a mere , say , £5 worth of food , drink , tobacco , matches , magazines , books , postcards , camera films , audio or video tapes , cassettes , compact discs , records , sunglasses or combs each year . |
| 4 | ‘ I think you 'll do more than just wish me success . |
| 5 | The pictures , on the other hand , must do more than just illustrate the story . |
| 6 | You can do more than just watch a programme once , straight through . |
| 7 | She was more than well acquainted with Lubor 's proclivity to see an invitation to grow amorous where there was none , though since he could n't do more than verbally flirt over the dinner table she could n't see any harm in accepting . |
| 8 | We shall not have a complete theory until we can do more than merely say that ‘ things are as they are because they were as they were . ’ |
| 9 | I told you last night , George , I ca n't do more than merely agree . |
| 10 | ‘ Did n't he want more than just sailing ? ’ |
| 11 | But perhaps one day he would want more than just to know . |
| 12 | But , according to Keith , this will take more than simply organising hardware and writing the appropriate software . |
| 13 | But cutting greenhouse emissions from transport will take more than just improving the efficiency of cars and trucks . |
| 14 | The father went on : ‘ I believe she said he had stopped breathing for a couple of seconds , and if we had n't had him at the hospital when it happened we would have more than likely lost him . ’ |
| 15 | Saving the elephant will require more than just working in Africa . |