Example sentences of "[vb infin] something more than [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Any basic change in the executive branch of British government will need something more than the type of structural reform of the civil service proposed by the Fulton Committee . |
| 2 | ‘ I ai n't simple , mister , I bet you 'll want something more than no answering back . |
| 3 | The court accepted at least part of that argument , allowing that the sculptures may contain something more than the original work . |
| 4 | A piece to be presented should have something more than a surface narrative quality in the characterisation . |
| 5 | Maybe it is true that it will take something more than a 44-points thrashing by France to force the IRFU into serious action . |
| 6 | However , formulae such as " adjectives precede their nouns " do not take us beyond a very shallow level of linguistic description ; nor is it an improvement to find phrases such as " an attributive adjective " unless the description proceeds in some way to give an account of how a term like attributive may mean something more than a simple statement about formal grouping . |
| 7 | Beryl needed firm handling but losing father and brother inside four days must mean something more than the prospect of a secure income . |
| 8 | The Hancock Half Hours seemed to be finally at an end and both Ken and his public were ready for something in which ‘ Stop messing about ’ would mean something more than an admonition to an actor to concentrate on his script . |
| 9 | This would involve something more than the counselling which EWOs routinely provide in truancy cases . |