Example sentences of "[verb] be more " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well I know I know is the only one that realised I would 've been more shocked if had yeah I would have been out on the pavement here whistling with a banjo whistling Dixie there you are that one no not yet no . |
| 2 | And the barrel would 've been more or less , well about that in height sir . |
| 3 | I should , however , make it clear that the matters to which I have referred are more than sufficient on their own to justify outright rejection . |
| 4 | Yes , there has been more consistency , a following of the capitalist competitive dream , which has paid good dividends . |
| 5 | This was the beginning of her determination to learn sign language , which has been more of a boost to the deaf community over the years than any other gesture . |
| 6 | On the whole , especially at local level , the Left in Britain has been more goal orientated than the Right . |
| 7 | Recently there has been more emphasis on shore-based facilities , and a fishing pier , fish drying factory and ice plant have been established at Breasclete on Loch Roag in Lewis as one of the Board 's biggest strategic projects . |
| 8 | In recent years there has been more emphasis on the objectives of library services , and less upon quantitative measures . |
| 9 | With the development of the NACAB policy of equal opportunities in recruitment there has been more awareness of this issue and considerable developments in recruitment practices have resulted . |
| 10 | After last week 's resignation of GM boss Bob Stempel , there has been more blood letting within the car giant . |
| 11 | There has been more discussion of this phenomenon in relation to gender and race than age . |
| 12 | Her sister-in-law , on the other hand , has been more of an extrovert . |
| 13 | In some other countries , such as the southern African nations , the situation has been similar to that of some parts of Latin America , but there has been more freedom in recent months . |
| 14 | In some other countries , such as the southern African nations , the situation has been similar to that of some parts of Latin America , but there has been more freedom in recent months . |
| 15 | Since then , the burden of scepticism imposed by the three cases had lightened ; and there has been more progress . |
| 16 | It would be unthinkable for you to consider David here , who has been more of a son than you ever deserved … the stepson who stayed by your side when your own son deserted you ; and who even forgave you when his beloved mother died because of your neglect . ’ |
| 17 | The New Right emphasis on adversary politics and an overload of demands has been more of a critique of democracy in Britain than it has ever been a rigorous description of , and explanation for , British politics . |
| 18 | During most of the same period , there has been more emigration from the United Kingdom than immigration to it . |
| 19 | It has never been able to serve as a unifying force and if anything has been more of a divider . |
| 20 | This union has been more than tolerant with them . |
| 21 | There has been more expensive consultation with head teachers and the governors than has been possible er before and I hope the result of that it is reflected in the pages that you have in front of you . |
| 22 | There has been more violence and stabbing on the streets since the hours were extended . |
| 23 | It has been more of a blessing than a curse . |
| 24 | But the procedures involved were more than attempts to improve the sensitivity of attitude measures ; they also involved no little reformulation of the theory of attitudes . |
| 25 | ‘ There is quite a sameness in high street stores in Britain , ’ he told the Clothes Show Magazine , ‘ whereas what customers really want is more individuality . |
| 26 | But surely what we want is more than just housework to be waged and left as it is ? |
| 27 | This is n't about changing the company ; what people want is more money … ’ |
| 28 | I think what we actually want is more people who are more in tune with working people and their hopes , and their dreams and their aspirations , and tha in , in parliament , in the House of Commons than we 've got at the moment and so the motion I 'm putting forward which is to propose that we actually look at the Parliamentary Panel and make sure we get a few decent shop stewards in the House of Commons , a few people who got experience of actually being on the shop floor , a few people who got experience in the last fourteen years , that the last four Conservative governments have actually tried and defend and fight for the interests of working people right down the grass root , those are the people that we actually need in the House of Commons and we shall be looking at our Parliamentary Panel and we shall be looking at it very seriously to ensure that we get those sort of people onto that Parliamentary Panel and those sort of people into the House of Commons , that 's the best way to represent working people in Britain today and that 's the sort of contribution the G M B should be making . |
| 29 | Well what we really want is more roads . |
| 30 | Not only does this mean that science is handled by a senior member of the Canadian cabinet — a tax lawyer who once said that the last thing that Canada needs is more tax lawyers — but also it means that science and technology are seen as a part of the process of economic development . |