Example sentences of "[adj] be more [conj] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet the Commonwealth was after all invented at a time when the British were more than ever enamoured of their capacity for effecting the bloodless obedience of subject peoples . |
| 2 | This is more than just a case of increased differentiation in local voting behaviour . |
| 3 | And this is more than just drinkable , it is an enormous , fruit-packed wine , smelling sublimely of ripe blackcurrants . |
| 4 | Again , I must add , this is more than just a demo , as it 's subtitled ‘ A Requiem ’ to honour a friend of Origo who is no longer amongst us . |
| 5 | ‘ This is more than just a robbery , it is so frenzied and angry , the work of animals , that it is beyond the comprehension of the human mind . ’ |
| 6 | This is more than just a book with balances . |
| 7 | But this is more than just a taste of the past . |
| 8 | ‘ Why do I get the feeling this is more than just coincidence ? ’ |
| 9 | This is more than just instrumental self-aggrandizement , because this ‘ market forces ’ approach is an important ideological device in ‘ recommodification ’ , but the form of involvement is highly instrumental for many participants . |
| 10 | This is more than just crass . |
| 11 | This is more than just a subtle interweaving of his own and Proust 's problematics . |
| 12 | Just one or two people who were who were here from the start so they remembered you know th thi this was this was more or less where the builders finished off , this was about the last house they did |
| 13 | Two 's company … three 's more than just a coincidence . |
| 14 | From a Christian point of view , however , the concern for the poor is more than just an individual matter : it is legitimately a function of government acting on behalf of society as a whole and comparable to its mandate to maintain law and order . |
| 15 | Moreover , under section 245 of the Code , bodily harm includes any hurt or injury that interferes with the health or comfort of the complainant and that is more than merely transient or trifling in nature . |
| 16 | ‘ That is more than enough . ’ |
| 17 | The Bentley that 's more than just a badge |
| 18 | ‘ That 's more than just impetuosity , that 's sheer rashness . |
| 19 | Because of his experience , he 'd been taken further into God 's Kingdom , he 'd been given that vision into God 's Kingdom , now that 's more than just been given your eyesight , cos there 's a lot of people will see , who have their eyesight intact , but refuse to have the vision that was necessary to accept Jesus , new kingdom . |
| 20 | That 's more than likely why the likes of Solitaire and Minesweeper get booted as often in offices around the country , and why Leisure Suit Larry was so popular with the City types a while back . |
| 21 | That 's more than enough from me . |
| 22 | ‘ That 's more than enough . ’ |
| 23 | Only my pride would be hurt , of course , but that 's more than enough . |
| 24 | ‘ That 's more than enough , ’ she cried , leading the speaker to lunch . |
| 25 | I 've got four , that 's more than enough you have any more than those . |
| 26 | That 's more than enough ! |
| 27 | That 's more than enough ! |