Example sentences of "[vb infin] more than a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What 's more , we 'll need more than a fair share of luck . ’ |
| 2 | If you want more , go inland ; if you can get by with less , stay in the city ; if you do n't need more than a square foot or so , go to the islands . |
| 3 | Harper 's own wife would need more than a few such compliments when he reached home , for she had been adamantly opposed to her husband travelling to Brussels . |
| 4 | In crystallography , each lattice point can accommodate more than a single atom . |
| 5 | But as we leave the twentieth century and reflect on the last 100 years , we should expect more than a shallow gallery of designer fancies . |
| 6 | For the direct benefit of pupils it will be individual partners who will matter more than a grand design of co-operation . |
| 7 | Many great rivers — the Ganges and the Indus , the Amazon and the Yangtze — are so muddy that the animals swimming in them can not see more than a few inches ahead . |
| 8 | This meant that not only did the boots weigh more than a small car , but I was obliged to wear four pairs of socks to stop my feet moving about in them and turning my heels into chilli con carne . |
| 9 | For reasons which will become apparent , I will not provide more than a brief overview of this approach . |
| 10 | You could never expect things to last , after all , could not plan more than a few days ahead . |
| 11 | Your call should not cost more than a first class stamp . |
| 12 | Naturally , it will cost more than a basic policy . |
| 13 | As before , when she was on the Northern Line , she thought there must be some rule , some operating law , that would stop more than a limited , controlled number getting in . |
| 14 | Neither did the nose drop more than a few degrees below the horizon . |
| 15 | Go on ; but do n't stay more than a few minutes . ’ |
| 16 | Do n't worry , Billy , I wo n't stay more than a few hours and by that time I 'll know one way or the other . |
| 17 | The rest of this book will not produce more than a flawed account of some of the arguments that have been advanced both concerning the physical and moral nature of God ( because even if a God existed , there is still the question of whether we should worship Him or rebel against Him ) . |
| 18 | Books can be sold on their jackets to impulse buyers who may well not read more than a few pages once they have bought them . |
| 19 | The likes of Dr James Halden would n't take more than a passing interest in a common domestic servant . |
| 20 | Meanwhile , Falkirk will take more than a passing interest in two Premier Division matches tonight , and hoping that the Old Firm do them a favour by beating fellow strugglers Dundee and Motherwell . |
| 21 | It would take more than a sharp tongue to cut down Alexander Vass . |
| 22 | It will take more than a bloody hurricane to stop me . ’ |
| 23 | It 'll take more than a tender touch to help the victims of the oily sea . |
| 24 | This option was given to working wives in 1948 and withdrawn in 1978 but women who had already chosen to pay the reduced rate were allowed to continue , provided they did not take more than a two-year break from employment after 1978 . |
| 25 | ‘ From what I 've seen of Officer Hassan , it would take more than a missing golf-club to prise him away from his suicide theory . ’ |
| 26 | It will take more than a few scandal-mongers to sink him . |
| 27 | Thinking it had taken the old baggage long enough to show some concern , and it would take more than a few mumbled words to alter things . |
| 28 | But it 'll take more than a few bruises to soften him up . |
| 29 | ‘ It 'd take more than a few facts to convince Dudley Ford that he 's mistaken ! |
| 30 | He would have to pretend , however , that Carole was as keen as he was that Amaranth should have more than a fair crack of the whip . |