Example sentences of "may [vb infin] more than " in BNC.
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| 1 | To be happy and settled in a winning province is therefore very important to the top players and for once this may count more than attractive job offers and other benefits . |
| 2 | I 'm very much cap-in-hand when people come — they may know more than I do . |
| 3 | They may know more than they realize , for it may be only on the occasion of a question that they see or realize applications and utilities of writings with which they are perfectly familiar . |
| 4 | Different people make more use or one sense than another : they may see more than they hear ; or they may feel more than they see , even though they have sight . |
| 5 | Sotheby 's Harry Dalmeny said : ‘ You ca n't estimate the price of notoriety , his Military Cross and other medals may fetch more than the £2,000 we estimated . ’ |
| 6 | Different people make more use or one sense than another : they may see more than they hear ; or they may feel more than they see , even though they have sight . |
| 7 | Drinkers at a new pub may see more than pink elephants hovering overhead if they have one too many this weekend . |
| 8 | Pulling out may cost more than staying in . |
| 9 | Old binders can still be found at farm sales , but few are in good working order and spare parts and canvases may cost more than the machines themselves . |
| 10 | A number of software vendors such as Bitstream , Adobe and Microsoft themselves can supply extra fonts but they may cost more than the budget user can afford . |
| 11 | Even then , some may gain more than others , and this could lead to other options being sought which do not produce gain for everyone . |
| 12 | If you press a key and hold it down rather than just tapping it , you will type the same character again and again ; or , if you are deleting text , you may delete more than you meant to — so keep your touch light . |
| 13 | To give more power to the carver 's elbow there are now a wide range of electric carving systems , and here we test a selection of machines and tools that may offer more than a saving in time |
| 14 | This dissatisfaction may reflect more than being hard up . |
| 15 | It is rare for the responsibility for causing conflict to rest solely on one side , and this may involve more than the organist and the minister . |
| 16 | Examinations are formidable even to the best prepared ; for the greatest fool may ask more than the wisest man can answer . |
| 17 | However , the very fact that the right to park is not exclusive means that one tenant may appropriate more than his fair share of parking spaces . |
| 18 | The awkwardness will probably prompt you to talk just for the sake of filling in the space , and you may say more than you wanted to or even find yourself talking rubbish . |