Example sentences of "may [vb infin] [det] than [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Senior professors at our university , for example , may earn less than the staff at the nearby Westernised hotel and considerably less than the street corner cobblers or entrepreneur peasants , but they get massive banquets and use of the university 's chauffeur-driven cars . |
| 2 | Sotheby 's Harry Dalmeny said : ‘ You ca n't estimate the price of notoriety , his Military Cross and other medals may fetch more than the £2,000 we estimated . ’ |
| 3 | Old binders can still be found at farm sales , but few are in good working order and spare parts and canvases may cost more than the machines themselves . |
| 4 | A number of software vendors such as Bitstream , Adobe and Microsoft themselves can supply extra fonts but they may cost more than the budget user can afford . |
| 5 | Thus nowadays a company may have less than a decade in which to recoup its investment . |
| 6 | It may take less than a tenth of a second , yet the fish do not bump into each other . |
| 7 | To give more power to the carver 's elbow there are now a wide range of electric carving systems , and here we test a selection of machines and tools that may offer more than a saving in time |
| 8 | It is rare for the responsibility for causing conflict to rest solely on one side , and this may involve more than the organist and the minister . |
| 9 | Examinations are formidable even to the best prepared ; for the greatest fool may ask more than the wisest man can answer . |