Example sentences of "to more [subord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sir Edward Bailey 's lucid explanation of these deposits was that the boulders ( up to more than loo feet long ) fell from a submarine fault scarp , probably triggered by earthquakes which also produced the clastic dykes that are a feature of the sections . |
| 2 | What assurance can he give the House that that will amount to more than crumbs from the European Commission 's table ? |
| 3 | ‘ It does n't amount to more than gossip , you know . |
| 4 | She did n't have time to more than glance at it before two pairs of strong hands lifted her from the stools , and placed her unceremoniously on a table top . |
| 5 | Dostoevsky 's notebook word ‘ tone ’ amounts to more than dust and mortar and summer smells ; it catches up human beings and entangles them with the city . |