Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [to-vb] [det] than " in BNC.
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| 1 | In most cases a man earning £300 per week would be expected to spend more than the man earning £100 per week , and so the transactions demand should be larger for the former . |
| 2 | Put together , they could be said to constitute more than the ‘ perhaps one or two opportunities ’ the discussion set out to find , but an outline strategy for reclaiming a grossly under-used source of much-needed brain-power in the boardroom : a strategy that now calls for sharpening and refining . |
| 3 | Your card can not be used to withdraw more than your daily limit from Cashline machines . |
| 4 | But in most places , and particularly in the parish Eucharist , the congregation ought to be enabled to sing more than hymns . |
| 5 | ( f ) when a purchaser is being sought for a holding , or aggregate holdings , of shares carrying 30 per cent or more of the voting rights of a company or when the board of a company is seeking potential offerors , and : ( i ) the company is the subject of rumour and speculation , or ( ii ) there is an untoward movement in its share price , or ( iii ) the number of potential purchasers or offerors approached is about to be increased to include more than a very restricted number of people . |
| 6 | A pupil who is , for example , studying chemistry , must be encouraged to learn more than certain concepts and procedures . |
| 7 | Theories must be allowed to contain more than experience can pronounce upon . |
| 8 | Before long , he would be required to produce more than just carefully worded facts about the murder that everyone knew already from the grapevine . |