Example sentences of "much more than [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 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 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | But he did much more than write : he drew it and painted it . |
| 7 | SMALL SELF-ADMINISTERED PENSION SCHEMES offer major attractions for director-controlled companies because they can do much more than provide directors ' pensions . |
| 8 | This Important feature enables a waveform detection system to do much more than provide signals confirming step completion in high speed systems . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Gilmore replied , ‘ I can not do much more than say that what was said was absolute nonsense . ’ |
| 13 | It seems that the teacher can not do much more than demonstrate applied knowledge and nursing skills , applied personal resources , and the skills required in modifying and adapting a variety of procedures to meet particular contingencies . |