Example sentences of "to more than [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whether this amounts to more than a row of beans these days is questionable . |
| 2 | Some sufferers , again particularly the juveniles and also those suffering severely from eating disorders — compulsive over-eating , anorexia or bulimia — may require long-term ( from a minimum of three months to more than a year ) support in a half-way house . |
| 3 | The number of patients waiting at the end of last year rose to 990 and the average waiting time had risen from 35 weeks to more than a year . |
| 4 | The number of patients waiting at the end of last year rose to 990 and the average waiting time had risen from 35 weeks to more than a year . |
| 5 | With a burden of about 150 kilograms — equal to more than a quarter of its body weight — a camel burns only around 15 per cent more fuel than it burns unladen . |
| 6 | Her book sales amounted to more than a quarter of a million . |
| 7 | Their accession on July 22 to ASEAN 's Treaty of Amity and Co-Operation signalled an end to more than a decade of hostility between them and their non-communist neighbours . |
| 8 | Group size is very small , rarely amounting to more than a singleton or a mother with a dependent infant . |
| 9 | One of the principal problems facing anglers fishing on Benbecula and the Uists , is knowing where to begin ; there are so many fine waters to choose from and never enough time to do proper justice to more than a handful . |
| 10 | Right : A tropical chiggoe flea that has burrowed into the sole of a foot , gorged itself , laid eggs and been squeezed out , having grown from less than one millimetre wide to more than a centimetre . |
| 11 | A failure to understand this essential point could lead to more than a trade war . |
| 12 | But he has not convinced his hometown audience that the larger goal of the Gulf war — the crafting of a new world order — amounts to more than a string of words . |
| 13 | Regretting ‘ that he had no power to send him to prison without the option of a fine ’ , the magistrate imposed a fine of 40 shillings ( probably amounting to more than a month 's wages ) or twenty-one days ' hard labour . |
| 14 | However the executive staff could receive changed instructions from the Council acting collectively , which amounts to more than the member States acting collectively through their delegates . |
| 15 | The other three preconditions , according to FMCG , are : that the acquiring bank has a proven record of controlling its non-interest expenses ( that is , the costs of computer systems , branches , staff and so forth ) ; that the acquiring bank will be getting a mix of businesses , which , combined sensibly with their own , add up to more than the sum of the parts ; and that the two banks are physically close together . |
| 16 | Just as the new conceptual artists have more passion than they were at first credited with , so many of the new painters amount to more than the sum of their supposed influences . |
| 17 | In about 13% of schools , the money contributed by parents amounts to more than the schools ' official funding from their LEAs . |
| 18 | The full basic pension for a man or woman ( April 1992/93 ) is £54.15 a week , £86.70 for a married couple ( unless your spouse is entitled to more than the £32.55 spouse 's addition on his/her own contributions , in which case you will receive more ) . |
| 19 | I feel assured , however , no one regrets the inconvenience and annoyance our supporters were subjected to more than the Coventry executive … |
| 20 | No nation quite so much as the British likes its art to tell a story ( witness the pictures of Victorian England ) and no nation went overboard quite like the British to buy the Vung Tau cargo ; but with French , German , Italian , Dutch and Taiwanese buyers sharing out these decorations of the age of William and Mary , we must assume that the ‘ shipwreck factor ’ in these prices appeals to more than the nation which owned the Titanic and whose schoolboys read Mr Midshipman Easy and Moby Dick . |