Example sentences of "much more than [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wengen 's skiing is extensive , but for piste skiers is mostly easy ; Murren is very limited , with one spectacular descent from the famous Schilthorn ; Zermatt has something for everyone and lots for experts , but to reach its full potential needs better snow than it often receives ; Saas Fee has an excellent glacier , but again needs abundant snow to provide much more than that — in particular , to satisfy better skiers . |
| 2 | But they did not do much more than that . |
| 3 | Mr Major would have a fighting chance ( though not much more than that ) of remaining in Downing Street . |
| 4 | Jamaicans felt it was much more than that . |
| 5 | But Reshevsky was much more than that . |
| 6 | On its simplest level the Zone denotes Germany immediately before and after military defeat , but it is much more than that . |
| 7 | Just think : the average age of the Iraqi soldier is 19 , the average age of the British soldiers ca n't be much more than that |
| 8 | I believe that he is second to none as a theoretician , but coaching requires much more than that . |
| 9 | Yes , much more than that even : the only love of his young life that had come as love must come — uncalled and overpowering , without the sequel of second thoughts , without the burden of regret . |
| 10 | But the Twiggs have done much more than that . |
| 11 | As it was , our retreat turned out to be much more than that — it was a warm experience where we shared thoughts and feelings with others , and where our static everyday lives were challenged . |
| 12 | ‘ Much more than that . |
| 13 | Then Edna answered quietly , ‘ Much more than that , Doctor . ’ |
| 14 | Self-sustaining fusion requires much more than that . |
| 15 | Ca n't ask for much more than that . |
| 16 | The latter is a mere politician , whereas the former is much more than that . |
| 17 | A purpose will be to reassess the value of our penal system as it has been built up until now — but much more than that . |
| 18 | you do n't want much more than that do you ? |
| 19 | Do n't want much more than that no . |
| 20 | But here , nature itself provides the landscape and the monuments and so much more than that . |
| 21 | The first call was really brief — just ‘ Hello , it 's Eric ’ , not much more than that . |
| 22 | This is the remote area of Appenzell , known to many for the unique flavour of its celebrated cheese , but for many tourists , not much more than that . |
| 23 | Dancer , singer , actress , teacher and diplomat , her work is infused with an anger born of a deep knowledge of pain and oppression — racial and sexual — but much more than that with humour and wisdom . |
| 24 | A and and to say twenty days when somebody might need much more than that , somebody might need |
| 25 | Not everyone would feel that these were messages for them ; many people always turn to the cartoon page first of all , and some do n't read much more than that ; God gives Jeremiah several cartoons in the course of this passage ; did you notice in verse 25 the dig about wearing your feet out — because the people had already worn their shoes out ! |
| 26 | Not much more than that , I think most good ne neighbours look for each other anyway , in fact probably that 's what happens in your street . |
| 27 | But Coffin knew it was much more than that . |
| 28 | However , it is a less expressive image , as it is a less expressive moment , for while he is so wrapped up in the action of taking the shot she can not reveal much more than that furtive concentration that takes over any face in the act of intensive looking . |
| 29 | I walked — in amazing Cecil B de Mille film type downpour yesterday for tea with a young lawyer son of one of John 's contemporaries at Gordonstoun , so that he could help me finalise the leaflet for a seminar on 14th January in respect of INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY , which many think is akin to copyright and so on but it embraces much more than that nowadays , especially in respect of computers , TV and sound usage , collaboration in respect of research and development projects which eat investments budgets and so on . |
| 30 | Do n't forget , I have lived here three months , and although I know the family to be close-fisted there can not have been much more than that . ’ |