Example sentences of "[ex0] was more " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fraser 's fork took several forms , as I say : or one might prefer to say that there was more than one fork to reckon with . |
| 2 | It is also possible to feel , and to be told in London , that there was more to be said about the mad love than he allowed himself , or was in a position , to come up with . |
| 3 | Nevertheless , they contain persuasive evidence to indicate that there was more for his people to do , and talk about , that there was more fun , than there is now in some parts of urban Scotland . |
| 4 | Nevertheless , they contain persuasive evidence to indicate that there was more for his people to do , and talk about , that there was more fun , than there is now in some parts of urban Scotland . |
| 5 | However , there was more to it than that . |
| 6 | But there was more to it than that as Swansea soared from Fourth Division to First with only a season 's rest . |
| 7 | The uncle 's car was an old Ford V8 with enormous fins and there was more than enough room for all of them in the back . |
| 8 | There was more to it than that . |
| 9 | Thirty years later , however , Tolkien saw that there was more in the word ‘ regress ’ than had immediately met his ear . |
| 10 | But there was more to Diana Spencer than met the eye . |
| 11 | Dealing with people came naturally and was in many ways the most important part of the job , but there was more that could come only with experience , and Charles was there to pass on some of the things he had learned over thirty-three years , some of them the hard way . |
| 12 | The public , of course , had only the word of the press to guide them , and although there was more than a germ of truth in what the tabloids reported , this was by no means the first autumn in which the Prince had spent weeks without his wife and children . |
| 13 | And there was more than a smack of sympathy for terrorism in a call by a leading Fundi for a ‘ broad show of unity ’ with a group which shot dead two policemen during a demonstration at Frankfurt airport . |
| 14 | But there was more to Mr Bush 's move than meets the eye . |
| 15 | They were aware that in a deep way Jesus had dealt a death blow to sin and death , but they believed there was more to it than that . |
| 16 | There was more than a hint of weary resignation in his reply . |
| 17 | The room was like the train compartment again , their two matching beds , windows on two sides , blinds and curtains , pictures on the walls , a mirror and a place to hang clothes , but everything bigger , and they were n't travelling , and there was more light in the room . |
| 18 | Indeed , trade union membership fell by more than 20 per cent , about 1.7 million in 1920 and 1921 , in a period when there was more industrial conflict than at any other rime in the inter-war years , other than in 1926 . |
| 19 | After lot 51 , a hideous hat-stand , there was more urgent whispering . |
| 20 | There was more in this vein as they turned right , and Mungo realized for the first time that they were actually heading into the forest . |
| 21 | There was more than a touch of class disdain in their attitude , but it also signified a political distance , an understanding that the parliamentary representatives had softer views and a broader idea of their responsibilities than the mere enactment of their supporters ' prejudices . |
| 22 | There was more than a touch of arrogance to the assumption , and clashes with governments , who could at least point to the fact that they had been elected , were inevitable . |
| 23 | But Minnie I ought to have suspected there was more to this kindness than appeared and so there is . |
| 24 | But there was more to it than nostalgia . |
| 25 | In 1935 he was at Loe Agra , where there was more fierce fighting , and then on the Khajuri Plain and up the Khyber Pass . |
| 26 | There was more in the pitch than on the opening day for the quicker bowlers and with the second new ball Mark Ilott , playing his first game for Essex for a year after serious back problems kept him out of the game last season , was impressively hostile . |
| 27 | First day of three : Leicestershire are 279–2 against Cambridge University AS the weather forecast had been jointly compiled by Harris and Gallup , there was more than sufficient play in Cambridge yesterday for Nigel Briers to hit an effortless century and his fellow Leicestershire batsmen to profit from a true pitch and erratic University bowling . |
| 28 | But suddenly , like catching a whiff of the sea when you 're still miles up the river , I had a feeling there was more to life than this . |
| 29 | Or maybe there was more to it ? |
| 30 | Obviously , there was more than one Bacon room . |