Example sentences of "that there was more [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Among those who campaigned tirelessly for gifted youngsters , knowing full well that there was more at stake than mere survival , was Greta Burkill . |
| 2 | And she had needed to , for she had known — as Maurice had not — that there was more at stake than Tristram 's royalties , far more . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 5 | Elizabeth could see that there was more to this than George would tell her , but she , too , came to the conclusion that Sarah must go to Leeds and that as soon as possible . |
| 6 | She was also discovering that there was more to Sean O'Farrell than the frivolous charm which he presented to the world . |
| 7 | There soon came a point , however , when Maazel found out for himself that there was more to Puccini than the ‘ singable tunes ’ he played for his father . |
| 8 | The description of the Count as Alfonso 's " friend " suggests that there was more to this incident than simply the curbing of an unruly vassal . |
| 9 | I felt , however , that there was more to this seduction than met the eye , since genuine invention informs drawing after drawing . |
| 10 | That it turned out to be neither was because of Father McGiff 's discovery that there was more to Time 's perfidy than just the simple ruse of slowing him down . |
| 11 | It was the conviction that there was more to the affair than was capable of being explained upon the arrest of the fugitive Khans which now governed the tone of his response . |
| 12 | However , we had seen lively debates on aspects of a part of consumer credit with which many are not too familiar , debates which had illustrated well that there was more to the ‘ credit bargain ’ than the headline APR figure , and which had dispelled some long-held prejudices . |
| 13 | But she sensed all the same that there was more to it than that . |
| 14 | In parallel with these structural changes , it was realised that there was more to becoming a business than changing names and lines of reporting . |
| 15 | I believe Trade Unions recognised that there was more to the Bank Dispute in 1992 than a mere Salary Issue . |
| 16 | Of course , they agreed , and if afterwards both of them also agreed that there was more to Sally-Anne 's story than she had cared to tell them , about both Havvie and the mysterious Dr Neil — they had noticed that his name was constantly on her lips — they did not tell her what they had guessed . |
| 17 | The Attorney General said he was grateful to QC and that there was more to this matter than QC had suggested . |
| 18 | Moreover , just as there are general references to Salic law in the Pactus Legis Salicae , so too there are broad allusions to Ripuarian law in the Lex Ribvaria , suggesting once again that there was more to the law than what is contained in the code . |
| 19 | That well-known fountain of knowledge — the fat blerk down the pub ( I assume every pub has one of these ) — seemed to think that there was more to the Batty deal than we are being told . |
| 20 | Shelley knew that there was more to Constance Richards 's desire to look good . |
| 21 | Wells Store started from humble beginings in the early nineteen fifties and helped persuade the public that there was more to life than English cheddar . |
| 22 | Captain Dawson sensed that there was more behind the request than was readily apparent . |
| 23 | Thirty years later , however , Tolkien saw that there was more in the word ‘ regress ’ than had immediately met his ear . |