Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] [be] [det] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Battery life is stated is stated to be around 9 hours but I found to be less than this . |
| 2 | What I found to be more than a little disconcerting was the feeling of drowning . |
| 3 | The sign contains sufficient of the content of the thing signified to be more than a symbol . |
| 4 | In the centre of the carbonaceous ball I could discern a small whitish marble which seemed to be all that remained of the original vegetable . |
| 5 | The problem was that determination seemed to be all that she now had left , and it was n't a currency that was likely to get her any further . |
| 6 | Woburn usually sees one or two newly-rebuilt Moths appearing each year but these seemed to be few and far between this time although one impressive exception was Torquil Norman 's immaculate DH.90 Dragonfly G–AEDU which made its debut here finished in a smart red and silver scheme . |
| 7 | Most Communists , despite their theoretical commitment to sexual equality , looked askance at any woman who aspired to be more than a tractor driver or street-sweeper . |
| 8 | His hands gripped the wheel with what she took to be more than necessary strength and he looked as if he would stop , spring out and grip her neck with equal intensity . |
| 9 | But such behaviour is not obviously threatening ( although it is almost certainly disorderly ) , and it may be doubted whether a conviction of the section 4 offence is proper unless the conduct complained of is such that it is likely to lead to further violence . |
| 10 | This proved to be less than straightforward as there were some differences of opinion as to whether part-time employees or the disabled should be included . |
| 11 | Though Shurton proved to be less than fertile ground for Pantisocracy , Henry Poole was quite happy to guide Coleridge and Southey to more promising territory near at hand . |
| 12 | Then the differences proved to be less than the similarities , and the same is likely to emerge with care management , ’ he says . |
| 13 | In fact the two-over-par score proved to be more than handy when compared to several of Greg 's challengers ' cards . |
| 14 | Peter Hewitt explains how a new managers ' toolkit proved to be more than just a game |
| 15 | In practice , it proved to be more than a mere truce after two decades of mutual and unbridled hostility . |
| 16 | But that proved to be more than enough as Amlwch were dismissed for 72 despite 31 from Jim Harrison . |
| 17 | She never liked to be less than definite . |
| 18 | Clearly , concern for children in what appeared to be less than propitious circumstances could be misplaced . |
| 19 | Civilization had to be more than a mere confluence of economic interests : ‘ And until we set in order our own crazy economic and financial systems , to say nothing of our philosophy of life , can we be sure that our helping hands to the barbarian and the savage will be any more desirable than the embrace of the leper ? ’ |
| 20 | To be worth two murders in eight days , Ascot had to be more than a mere gambling scam . |
| 21 | They had to be more than willing , and as ready as he to part without hard feelings afterwards . |
| 22 | It had to be more than the trauma of the afternoon . |
| 23 | She wanted to be more than an outsider in ‘ La Felicità ’ , more than a vague summertime nuisance for whose sake the family had to go travelling , someone only to be communicated with by notes or as a new source of rent . |
| 24 | Villages that experienced population losses tended to be those that had ‘ closed , disintegrating societies ’ , that is , those that had disharmonies in institutional life and where newcomers were regarded as ‘ foreigners ’ . |
| 25 | All the same , her dreamy enjoyment faded and as Felipe was almost smothered by Candace and Mitch was utterly involved with Ana , who refused to be more than primly polite to the new arrivals , Maggie found herself encumbered with Peter Rainford , who sat as close as he could get and set out to entertain her . |