Example sentences of "will [vb infin] more than [art] " 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 | What 's more , we 'll need more than a fair share of luck . ’ |
| 3 | 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 |
| 4 | But it 'll take more than a few bruises to soften him up . |
| 5 | It 'll take more than a tender touch to help the victims of the oily sea . |
| 6 | The young man put two half crowns and two pennies on the counter , saying as he did so , ‘ We 'll take more than the sweets away with us tonight . |
| 7 | He 'll get more than a short back and sides at this men-only beauty salon . |
| 8 | I support the measure , but for those reasons I have no confidence that the Bill will make more than a very small difference . |
| 9 | Which towns will need more than the average number of ( i ) schools and ( ii ) hospitals and nursing homes ? |
| 10 | Do you live far from a good shopping area so that you will need more than the average amount of food storage space and a large deep freeze ? |
| 11 | Historians of science who want to understand the development of contemporary theories will need more than the printed journals , they will need access to the electronic resource . |
| 12 | For the direct benefit of pupils it will be individual partners who will matter more than a grand design of co-operation . |
| 13 | The reverse happens when flying southerly headings and the compass will show more than the actual amount of the turn , so carry on past your actual heading . |
| 14 | Negotiation and discussion will achieve more than a row , but if a clash is unavoidable , explain to them why you were shouting . |
| 15 | Naturally , it will cost more than a basic policy . |
| 16 | Shirts that left Comme des Garçons with a one-hundred-pound price tag will be knocked down for a bargain price ; and a man 's shirt that looks good on a woman will cost more than the men-only variety . |
| 17 | It will take more than a few scandal-mongers to sink him . |
| 18 | It will take more than a streak of dogged determination to see it through . |
| 19 | It will take more than a bloody hurricane to stop me . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 22 | Meanwhile , Falkirk will take more than a passing interest in two Premier Division matches tonight , and hoping that the Old Firm do them a favour by beating fellow strugglers Dundee and Motherwell . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | It will take more than the prospect of weight savings to prompt them to abandon this safe method . |
| 25 | Fullback Jim Staples received a helping hand , but it will take more than the magic sponge to get the Irish side back on its feet . |
| 26 | It will take more than the ratification of the treaty to restore Britain 's European credentials . |
| 27 | It will take more than the three weeks to reveal the confusion that abounds , but we shall do our best . |
| 28 | It could well be that it will take more than the measures that the Government have introduced to strip the glamour from smoking , notwithstanding the 115,000 smoking-related deaths per year in Britain alone . |
| 29 | TOO MUCH SUPPLY , TOO LITTLE DEMAND It will take more than an upturn to cheer the developers up — there will be little for them to do until tenants move into the large areas of commercial space that have yet to be let |
| 30 | Others are quite literally hedging their bets , hoping the next scheme will pay more than the last . |