Example sentences of "to do [adj] than [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.

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1	Already several of the rabbits were asleep , crouched uneasily between the thick stems , aware of the chance of danger but too tired to do more than trust to luck .
2	Salt kept her hard at work round the house from the time she woke till late at night , with grim satisfaction in seeing her too worn out to do more than fall into bed and sleep .
3	Without time to do more than yell in protest as he set off , Sarella launched herself after him and did her utmost to keep pace .
4	While Parliament itself can regulate such matters it has shown itself reluctant to do more than call on " the good sense of M.P.s not to abuse their privilege . "
5	It is , in my view , necessary for the plaintiffs to do more than point to the provisions of the statute .
6	In the legal profession , he wonders whether such action is fair , and intends to do more than talk about it .
7	As yet , Mitch was too occupied with the rope to do more than glance in their direction .
8	The shop was closed as the season was virtually over by now , and , although she did n't know what plan he had up his sleeve , she did n't expect him to do more than breeze in and out .
9	If the non-Tory intelligentsia truly wants to do more than tinker in its own backyard , it must look for a route to power that can connect Cambridge with Basildon .
10	But to refer to Wladek as ‘ a typical representative of the culturally passive mass which constitutes in every civilised society the enormous majority of the population ’ is to do less than justice to a tale which is at times very lively indeed and which was surely not written by any ‘ passive ’ sort of person .
11	Neither of them showed any inclination to do other than sit outside the café in the sunshine , and Oliver had shifted the conversation far away from the Durances and murder .
12	That lack of leadership makes it difficult for him to do other than cavil at our figures .

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