Example sentences of "of [v-ing] more than " 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 | People had begun to feel less ashamed about being greedy and of wanting more than their share of fairness . |
| 5 | At regional level the western states have for months managed to wriggle out of paying more than a fraction of the growing unity bill . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | My sons ’ dragons are incapable of flying more than a few miles before they fade . ’ |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | While not thinking it fitting to ask him questions about Ven , however , Fabia was wary of asking more than surface polite questions of Lubor himself . |
| 11 | It is evident that , by comparison with an unconditional grant , it is on a lower level of welfare ( shown by indifference curve I 1 ) as a result of spending more than it would otherwise choose to spend on good X. |
| 12 | Myers marries a sexy butcher he comes to suspect of having more than ground beef in her freezer . |
| 13 | Soil that appears to have the characteristics of staining more than deposition , particularly on plastic surfaces , may be chemically bonded . |
| 14 | You should be sure of why you are using quotations ; they should not be used to show off your reading or to give the impression of knowing more than you do . |
| 15 | But now he came to consider it , she 'd had an air of knowing more than she 'd let on throughout the proceedings . |
| 16 | If you are in the habit of drinking more than you think you should , try having two alcohol-free days every week . |
| 17 | Thus , though she had little intention of responding more than politely to any of the advances , she enjoyed the game : it made her feel human . |
| 18 | Private indigenous entrepreneurs in Nigeria are still to cultivate the discipline of conserving more than they consume of their trade surplus and of re-investing such surpluses to expand the firm . |
| 19 | What has affected the recent decline of entertaining more than anything else , of course , has been the change in the position of women . |
| 20 | Patrick Scott , managing director of BSB Datavision , said : ‘ I hope I am in the embarrassing situation of earning more than BSB . ’ |
| 21 | YOU are capable of earning more than enough money , but you are hopeless at budgeting or saving . |
| 22 | Few of his Frome ancestors had ever been so lucky , and nor had his father ; if death or disease did not rob a 19th-century artisan of his earning power , he had , as we see , the luxury of earning more than he needed to spend . |
| 23 | 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 ) . |