Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] to be more " in BNC.
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| 1 | From the outset , it has been clear that COSE , the Common Open Software Environment , would have to be more than just a unified desktop interface , and this week , two more pieces of the COSE puzzle appear to be dropping into place ( CI No 2,142 ) . |
| 2 | For masturbation , it would have to be more than just a passing person . ’ |
| 3 | But for the talks to be resumed in a favourable climate , there would have to be more confidence that the violence could be contained , agreement or no agreement . |
| 4 | If it is by Rolle , it would seem to be more of a series of prompts for meditation on the Passion than a fully worked out structure . |
| 5 | But it will have to be more than the mysterious death used in the old , simple detective story . |
| 6 | But there will have to be more penetration against a side which forced a draw at Derby County last Saturday . |
| 7 | It is more likely , however , that these singularities will prove to be more than artificial coordinate singularities that particles can pass through . |