Example sentences of "of [verb] more than [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It will suffice to observe that those on higher assessments were mostly merchants , and the poorer ones manual workers , and to conclude that a tiny farming community was incapable of generating more than a limited demand for their services . |
| 2 | They are not capable of enjoying more than a limited amount of leisure . |
| 3 | A note on a field of collecting which shows every sign of becoming more than a passing fad — that of old cheques . |
| 4 | At regional level the western states have for months managed to wriggle out of paying more than a fraction of the growing unity bill . |
| 5 | Elsewhere on the steeper slopes leaching removes enough mineral content from the thin poor soils to render them infertile and incapable of supporting more than a poor vegetation carrying very little stock . |
| 6 | My sons ’ dragons are incapable of flying more than a few miles before they fade . ’ |
| 7 | In the year beginning November 1917 National Service Medical Boards conducted nearly 2.5 million medical examinations in Great Britain : of every nine men , only three were perfectly fit and healthy , while two were on a definitely ‘ unfirm plane ’ of health and strength , three were incapable of undergoing more than a very moderate degree of physical exertion and the remaining one was a chronic invalid . |
| 8 | Such ideas have probably influenced the process of teaching more than the content of courses in higher education , although they had a direct bearing on the original terms of reference of university extra-mural departments . |
| 9 | The target beneficiary was the salaried ‘ family man ’ who , by reason of earning more than the £250 limit applied to non-manual workers , was excluded from participation in the new 1925 contributory state scheme , under which a retirement pension became payable at 65 and a modest pension became available to widows of any age ( Groves , 1983 , p. 41 ) . |