Example sentences of "[vb infin] more than a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 'll need more than a bottle of rum to get through this disaster of a voyage ! |
| 2 | Negotiation and discussion will achieve more than a row , but if a clash is unavoidable , explain to them why you were shouting . |
| 3 | ‘ To make you happy , Schätzchen , I would give more than a Brancusi , ’ Thomas said softly . |
| 4 | I would n't hesitate about going along to another of the band 's gigs where , it is to be hoped , the audience would give more than a round of applause for the amount of hard work put into the show . |
| 5 | Whilst out selling with sales manager Anne King [ and sold £1,500 in two days ] , they had an appointment with a certain Mr Gomez who could n't speak more than a couple of words of English . |
| 6 | perhaps this was because he could hardly see more than a yard in front of his face . |
| 7 | Her shoulder-length hair obscured her face , though Alice moved position to try and see more than a slab of cheek . |
| 8 | The size of the neat , compact body is deceptive : the Devon can weigh more than a Hereford or Beef Shorthorn . |
| 9 | I 'm sure it 'll cost more than a quid but seeing as you ca n't like get more than a mile long piece anyway so |
| 10 | Also , the cost of services has to be borne , in the main , from central or local government coffers , because most older people can not meet more than a fraction of the costs of the high levels of labour-intensive care they need . |
| 11 | I do n't feel I can face more than a snack in this heat … ’ |
| 12 | 6 October , 1835 FELIX MENDELSSOHN writes to his family from Leipzig : ‘ The day after I accompanied the Hensels to Delitzsch , Chopin arrived here ; he would not stay more than a day , and so we spent it together entirely , and played music . |
| 13 | Do n't eat more than a bird , I daresay . ’ |
| 14 | Claudia could n't eat more than a morsel of the beef Roman had ordered . |
| 15 | At tea breaks and lunchtime I never saw him eat more than a bar of chocolate or a biscuit . |
| 16 | Space does not permit more than a summary of the aspects the would-be consultant needs to consider jointly to ensure both a good beginning and optimum development for such a group , and readers are therefore referred to the guidelines offered in detail elsewhere ( cf Hanko 1985/7 ) . |
| 17 | I told him about the cold-water tap , how it did not always produce more than a trickle , how frequently the pressure let us down . |
| 18 | Changes in these attitudes and practices will be the result of a long political process which will certainly take more than a century to work out , and even then will probably compress the time which it took Europe to work through comparable processes . |
| 19 | There could be a need to check forensic evidence , for example , or to prevent a suspect absconding , or to travel to a far-away police station where the investigation was being conducted , and any of these could take more than a day . |
| 20 | ‘ In places this size , you come away saying it would take more than a day to see them , ’ said Mr Craig . |
| 21 | Should n't take more than a couple of weeks at most … |
| 22 | There are plenty of packages around for under £150 and they should n't take more than a couple of days to master . |
| 23 | ‘ The BNP contends that it will take more than a Race Equality Council to smooth over the cracks of the fragmenting edifice that is the multi-racial society . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ The BNP contends it will take more than a Race Equality Council to smooth over the cracks of the fragmenting edifice that is the multi-racial society . ’ |
| 25 | Should n't take more than a fortnight . |
| 26 | Ferguson now sports a tuft of facial hair around his lips and chin , permitted him by the Tannadice tablets of stone , but it will take more than a beard to signify maturity . |
| 27 | Today so few theatregoers travel by bus that it would take more than a strike of the red giants to kill anything on stage . |
| 28 | And it could take more than a change of luck to lift them off the bottom of the table . |
| 29 | Add the life and colour of cities such as New York , Washington , San Francisco and Vancouver , and this is a land it would take more than a lifetime to truly discover . |
| 30 | This wo n't take more than a moment . ’ |