Example sentences of "more but " in BNC.
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| 1 | You keep waiting for more but it does n't come . |
| 2 | Cameron leaned towards the minister , who straightened his back still more but said nothing . |
| 3 | We charge a little more but our customers receive the highest quality service , excellent food and a wide choice of quality beers , ’ Tony said . |
| 4 | ‘ We 're not in the game any more but do n't quote me , ’ one of their ‘ names ’ said . |
| 5 | Those who came included the food-obsessed Jo Brand ( 'I thought it was a ‘ Fork benefit ’ ) ; Marks Thomas and Miwurdz ; Michael Redmond ; The Comedy Store Players ; and Mark Steel ( 'I know it 's not trendy to say so any more but I just hate the police . |
| 6 | Nottingham ( tel : 0602 481444 ) is offering the same return on its Anniversary Bond for investments of £5,000 or more but there are penalties on withdrawal within 12 months — 90 days ' loss of interest . |
| 7 | Of course , you can always do more but it is encouraging to know that you can reap the benefits of exercise in just ninety minutes a week . |
| 8 | We are sorry that she wo n't be seen by more but it just has not been possible . |
| 9 | The jet crashed in a ball of flame , destroying 15 cars and damaging 10 more but further evidence of the good fortune became clear yesterday with the sight of the aircraft wreckage embedded in mud . |
| 10 | She kept her resolution not to see Beatrice any more but wrote revealingly to Middleton Murry , who later became her husband : ‘ I wonder if Beatrice Hastings has maxed her jacob yet or if she flew to Italy with her Dado [ Dedo ] . |
| 11 | Anne Butler could do no more but return home . |
| 12 | James and Martha Lamb had had nine , including the small George of the King 's silver bowl ; their descendants must have had more but the last of the line , Augustus Lamb , was a celibate clergyman . |
| 13 | If cells from the region of the early embryo that will normally give rise to the eye are grafted into the region that will form the gut the cells do not form an eye any more but just part of the gut . |
| 14 | Here 's three on 's are sophisticated ; thou art the thing itself ; unaccommodated man is no more but such a poor , bare , forked animal as thou art . ’ |
| 15 | Rameshwar answered , ‘ I shall go home no more but will make my home forever at your feet . ’ |
| 16 | One thousand buildings have been constructed to these standards at costs of one per cent more but with a resulting 40 per cent cut in heating bills . |
| 17 | She has to have the money , though , because goodness knows what her rent will be , and Rose Macaulay says she will not pay a penny more but Rose will do exactly what everyone will have to do and pay what she is told . |
| 18 | When general it ordains a standard , which however has not more but less authority than the particular choice , since it depends on a generalization about everyone 's reactions in a recurring situation , which is as vulnerable to exceptions as any other generalization . |
| 19 | No one believes her any more but they 're ready to believe anything anyone else says about her ! ’ |
| 20 | Big Mac fans eat more but McDonald 's dives |
| 21 | Most meal-times took an hour or more but she had realized how important it was for him to eat . |
| 22 | I leave you to enjoy all these and more but not before all of us at MKM have wished you a ‘ Happy Christmas ’ . |
| 23 | It 's not the Crazy Gang any more but maybe we 'll find a new name . ’ |
| 24 | Those thrills prompt you to come back for more but they 're often reinforced by a swirling hotch-potch of memories . |
| 25 | The response rate to a verbal questionnaire can easily be 90% or more but a mailed questionnaire can have a response rate as low as 30% even with follow-up reminders . |
| 26 | And of course you also have to consider the depth of your pocket — down bags cost more but are a good investment . |
| 27 | Research in one village of 200 households revealed one-third had disposable incomes of £30,000 a year or more but another had only £6,000 or less . |
| 28 | Arrangements may have to be made for existing £6 membership who genuinely can not afford more but who would like to continue to receive the magazine . |
| 29 | That means it 's not the market any more but forced distribution . |
| 30 | I asked him for more but he said that with the family allowance we had the same . |