Example sentences of "more [conj] [vb base] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The summary of the Webbs ' view is that , by contrast with their model of Socialism , Owen 's scheme — if it could have been carried out — would have done no more than redistribute the capital of the country without altering or superseding the capitalist system in the least . |
| 2 | Even a Trinidad deal does little more than bring the amount of interest that Africans owe closer to what they are managing to pay anyway . |
| 3 | When his father died he felt nothing and had done nothing more than take a day off for the funeral . |
| 4 | The likely result is that this wording does no more than track the law as laid down in Jones v Sherwood Computer Services plc [ 1991 ] NPC 60 : see 13.6 . |
| 5 | This is justified by his belief that abstractionism does more than obscure the truth of immaterialism . |
| 6 | The sun was shining at two thousand feet , but it did no more than lacquer the fog . |
| 7 | Nobody who is sensible or sane would say that we should export more arms to a country that is already awash with them , because it would do little more than increase the bloodshed that has already stained that country . |
| 8 | You may also find icons which do no more than invoke an error message because the associated program or file has been erased from the harddisk . |
| 9 | Nevertheless , if cost effectiveness is seen as a relevant criterion , the potential savings in accident costs alone promise to more than recoup the outlay on the environmental traffic management schemes . |
| 10 | The enthusiasm of the sixties ( it was not just naivety ) would have held that education should lead the whole process , while the cynicism of the seventies and eighties would have us believe that education , that is schools at any rate , can do no more than mirror the society of which they are part . |
| 11 | It is clear , furthermore , that Categories 1 and 2 do not impose an evidential burden on the defendant as far as the consent issue is concerned , for generally speaking , where the defence seeks to do no more than deny the prosecution 's assertion , it is entitled to have its claims placed before the jury . |
| 12 | When you knit with the main bed alone , the sinker plate does more than hold the yarn ; it holds the knitting back against the machine while the needles move forward . |
| 13 | Effective management of a county interest required the politician to do more than strike a bargain in which a vote , or votes , was the return for immediate patronage . |
| 14 | The road to Rimini by-passed the town and in a few moments they were out in the wilds again , labouring up a steep , tortuous medieval track on which modern civilization had done no more than slap a layer of asphalt and a road number . |
| 15 | AI programs are primarily symbolic processes that do more than follow an algorithm , as in traditional ( procedural ) computing . |
| 16 | How many people at breakfast time bother to do more than turn the set on , knowing that both channels are transmitting roughly similar programmes ? |
| 17 | Realising that it is far too late in her life to expect her to do more than make an effort to modify this trait in her character , you should see if you can direct it away from the home . |
| 18 | Fraud by itself may do no more than make the contract voidable . |
| 19 | He did no more than raise an eyebrow . |
| 20 | The old man — she was the child of a second marriage , and he had been well past forty before she was born — snorted his disbelief , but she knew he was doing little more than vent the nervousness of the past hours , now that the suspense was over . |
| 21 | Occasionally , very occasionally , a lone knight in armour rode into Ridgery Butts from the east and plunged straight down one of the forest paths without pausing to do more than pass the time of day at the Inn and drink ale . |
| 22 | This is the real point which lies at the heart of the present appeal ; in a sense , everything which I have said so far has done no more than set the stage for its consideration . |
| 23 | Did it do no more than keep a subsistence economy running ? |
| 24 | Using the long-run marginal cost curve relevant to the competitive industry , this move from E ' ; to E would produce a social gain equal to the area of the triangle AE ' ; E. Thus , the more a monopolist can achieve economies of scale and lower production costs , the more likely it is that the area of the rectangle B will exceed the area of the triangle A. On balance the cost savings arising from monopoly would then more than offset the deadweight burden triangle , and society would actually gain from monopoly . |
| 25 | I can do no more than endorse the statement made by the proposer and would just like to formally second the proposal resolution number two . |
| 26 | Si paid more than triple the estimate for False Start when Sotheby 's New York auctioned the collection of the late Victor Granz . |
| 27 | The value of fuel saved should soon more than cover the cost of purchase and installation . |
| 28 | To a degree this is true , but business relationships do no more than reflect the formality of relationships generally . |
| 29 | The construction task will not end with this book , which does little more than lay the foundation for an approach that will celebrate geography as focusing on the ‘ question of place ’ within contemporary society . |
| 30 | You will realise that words of comfort like this can solve no problems for her ; they can do no more than bathe the wound she has sustained , but she will be badly in need of something to cling on to and because they are spoken by someone who loves her they may be exactly what she wants to hear when she is trying to reassemble herself and face the future . |