Example sentences of "more [subord] [verb] [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is some argument that the UCTA is doing no more than spell out a rule about what is really voluntary acceptance , which is already in the common law ( ICI v Shatwell [ 1965 ] AC 656 ) . |
| 2 | A high number of singular military displays more than took up the slack , riding a post- Desert Storm popularity wave . |
| 3 | Whether this moderate tower in St Enoch 's Square will do more than brighten up a few central shopping streets remains to be seen . |
| 4 | The losses look likely more than to wipe out the projected profits on the ECR90 project . |
| 5 | In fact the script , which saw American lawyer Thomas Ward cleared of the charge of stealing £5.2 million from Guinness while he was working on the brewing giant 's takeover of Distillers Group , did little more than tie up the loose ends of the storyline . |
| 6 | Treasury chiefs are furious at the move that more than wipes out the benefits of the scrapping of the car sales tax . |
| 7 | All told , the Warwick researchers said that the compensation effects could increase employment by 420000 — more than cancelling out the destruction of jobs in factories or offices that take on board the new technologies . |
| 8 | Fortunately , it was obvious that Luke had done no more than drop off a suitcase . |
| 9 | From the off he had me convinced that by helping him I was doing no more than carving out a new life for myself as a better citizen , a better human being . |
| 10 | He loves nothing more than slaving over a hot work bench to extract the last 0.5bhp needed to win his rider a world title , but as Yamaha 's GP technical co-ordinator last year he did n't get that chance . |