Example sentences of "much more than [verb] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | In these areas Gloucester 's appointment in 1480 as the king 's lieutenant in the north did not do much more than recognize existing realities . |
| 2 | In these areas Gloucester 's appointment in 1480 as the king 's lieutenant in the north did not do much more than recognize existing realities . |
| 3 | The proprietors could not do much more than launch a rather fragile settlement around Charleston , and even this could not be occupied continuously until 1681 . |
| 4 | ‘ But Tate 's pictures seem to have avoided the doldrums ; his prices have much more than kept pace with inflation . ’ |
| 5 | The usual reason these days is that the target company employs an army of people with skills of a kind difficult and too time-consuming to assemble by recruitment , and that trying to build such a team would cost much more than buying the company . |
| 6 | Even the Republic had felt far from confident about forming a long-term colonial policy ; Cromwell 's Council had invited merchants to say what should be done , but had not had time to do much more than conquer Jamaica and revive the East India Company . |
| 7 | As a restaurant manager you will have total control of a sizeable business , and that means much more than overseeing the day to day running of the restaurant [ which is quite a challenge in itself ] . |
| 8 | If you locate your own specimens it is worth so very much more than catching one with a name . |
| 9 | It is convenient to think of Parliament as the legislature , even though Parliament does much more than legislate , and though legislative power also resides elsewhere . |
| 10 | In these pulsars , γ -ray emission accounts for as much as 1% of the total neutron star spin-down energy , much more than emerges at optical or radio frequencies , so study of this emission is important in understanding pulsar emission and evolution . |
| 11 | Attaining maximum health involves much more than aiming for a low weight . |
| 12 | Sustaining men through a long sentence is much more than providing work or classes , important though they are . |
| 13 | Despite allaying concerns felt by some teachers , the adviser did not play down the accountability purpose to the exercise , nor was the self-appraisal presented as much more than providing factual information and describing their policy and practice . |
| 14 | However , management of the school 's budget share is about much more than managing the school 's money . |
| 15 | But he did much more than write : he drew it and painted it . |
| 16 | The same principles of design , quality and attention to detail ensure that Miele kitchens offer much more than meets the eye . |
| 17 | Sleep is also very important for me , much more than going out to the newest disco or restaurant . |
| 18 | Both developments produced their frustrations , dangers and , for their shareholders , disappointed expectations , and both cost much more than estimated . |
| 19 | Executive dress for both men and women means much more than finding a pair of unscuffed shoes in the morning . |
| 20 | Some day the boffins 'll make games with massive levels , innovative features , loads to see and do , much more than blasting a few planes and balloons . ’ |
| 21 | SMALL SELF-ADMINISTERED PENSION SCHEMES offer major attractions for director-controlled companies because they can do much more than provide directors ' pensions . |
| 22 | This Important feature enables a waveform detection system to do much more than provide signals confirming step completion in high speed systems . |
| 23 | Israel did not have to do much more than open the area to its own produce and place obstacles in the way of anyone trying to develop enterprises or co-operative ventures . |
| 24 | Preparing for this Assembly involves much more than booking a few halls and sending out invitations . |
| 25 | Now let us take a step in time and move from summer to autumn , the time when the lush weed is still present and the water still runs clear at not much more than summer level . |
| 26 | St Tropez was known for its beaches , and normally she could spend hours just soaking up the sun and watching the other people parading , but she felt too unsettled to do much more than lie on her towel , playing aimlessly with the sand and trying to convince herself that she did not want anything more out of Piers than he was prepared to give her . |
| 27 | But negotiating a bank loan involves much more than agreeing an interest rate . |
| 28 | Involvement should mean much more than agreeing to be interviewed by the analyst and working extra overtime hours as the operational date for the new system nears . |
| 29 | Gilmore replied , ‘ I can not do much more than say that what was said was absolute nonsense . ’ |
| 30 | If you bought that many bonds then you would effectively be losing around £3.50 a week in interest , not much more than doing the pools . |