Example sentences of "[prep] [be] more " in BNC.
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| 1 | But might of been might of been more because erm , tt she 's had a , a grant for so much |
| 2 | We should have left it there could of been more than this one . |
| 3 | Oh should of been more organized . |
| 4 | He probably would of liked a boy , it would of mean quite nice to have a boy and a girl , girl or a boy , one of each it would of been more expensive , could n't pass the clothes down . |
| 5 | Well there 'd ought to of been more control but apparently now , you know how the Indians come over here , all the time do n't they ? |
| 6 | This is n't the way that the current system reasons , and I would certainly like to take the current system and push it in this direction of being more expert in a human sense . |
| 7 | What we would be dealing with are more of the implications , or this is how , for whatever reasons , it has come to pass that people write journalistic stories in this kind of way — might there not be other , better , more adequate ways of writing journalistic stories ? |
| 8 | That 's got ta be more than that , cos that 's basically what my fares cost . |
| 9 | For your information , the ‘ scum ’ whom you 'd like to ban from Levellers gigs to let the ‘ genuine ’ fans in are more than likely friends of the band and were going to the gigs before you . |
| 10 | For your information , the ‘ scum ’ whom you 'd like to ban from Levellers gigs to let the ‘ genuine ’ fans in are more than likely friends of the band and were going to the gigs before you . |
| 11 | Desire of Bride to be more than a bride , to be a mother too . |
| 12 | Desire of Bachelors to be more than bachelors , to be husbands and fathers too . |
| 13 | Hungry and cold would have to wait until I could go back to the cafe , dirty was obviously going to be more of a problem . |
| 14 | ( Tye does compare this learning to learning to balance a pencil on your nose , but if that comparison is made to do any work , Tye 's theory will simply be a behaviouristic one , and he usually seems to want it to be more than this . ) |
| 15 | So there are going to be more lock-outs . |
| 16 | But the declaration issued by the congress left no doubt that the decision was intended to be more than a mere facelift : ‘ The present concept of socialism , the Stalinist system , has exhausted all its social , economic , political and moral reserves , and has proved unsuitable for keeping pace with global developments . |
| 17 | Mr Lawson received a standing ovation for his low-key conference speech , but that appeared to be more of a defensive rank-and-file reaction to widespread media reports of party dissent than enthusiasm for the unflinching substance of the message . |
| 18 | It is perhaps significant that there appeared to be more choice of newspaper than of television news . |
| 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 | Art has to be more than an ornament , or a reinforcement . |
| 21 | While the match is only another World Cup warm-up , it is likely to be more of a searching test of England 's potential than last month 's goalless draw with Italy . |
| 22 | There needs to be more dips , swerves , lapses , use of space and architecture . |
| 23 | I did n't really teach him to be a mime artiste but to be more of himself , physically , on the outside . |
| 24 | If it is to be more than a symbolic marker of the moment when North and South decided in principle to work together for mutual survival , a number of decisions on how to administer it will have to be made . |
| 25 | Mr Kaifu has turned out to be more of a winner than a cipher . |
| 26 | Domestic oil interests , mindful of Mr Bush 's background as an oilman , would prefer there to be more emphasis on encouraging domestic production . |
| 27 | ‘ Some people expect a movie to be more than entertaining if they go and just laugh all the way through , they think there 's something wrong . |
| 28 | When you choose your meeting room , the size has to be such that there always appears to be more interest in the event than the organisers anticipated . |
| 29 | But there are likely to be more upsets before it is recognised by investors . |
| 30 | They monopolise access to public positions , they hold competition in check , they allow their expenses to be more than comfortably met from tax revenue and whenever things Set tough they form an excessively large coalition , not against any parliamentary minority but instead against the majority of non-organised voters … |