Example sentences of "[noun sg] [be] more " in BNC.
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| 1 | These larger units of text are more than just sets of sentences , and convey more meaning than the sum of the individual sentences . |
| 2 | Anyone who wants to come along to the training on Wednesday nights at Keanie Park are more than welcome . ’ |
| 3 | Under these circumstances , there is little doubt in my mind that the supposed advantages of support teaching are more than outweighed by the disadvantages which it presents . |
| 4 | On the other hand , tasks that are dogged with uncertainty are more of a challenge and put greater onus on the co-operative skills of the team members . |
| 5 | Hysteroscopy and biopsy are more time consuming and expensive than the traditional dilatation and curettage . |
| 6 | The ecumenical diversity is meant to help the programme be more of an evangelism tool for the churches , said Woody Wilson , Associate Producer . |
| 7 | She is privately perturbed , though not entirely unsympathetic one suspects , with recent words of disenchantment from Valda Lake , the 21-year-old Devonian who feels there may in future be more joy , if less money , in being an art student . |
| 8 | She is privately perturbed , though not entirely unsympathetic one suspects , with recent words of disenchantment from Valda Lake , the 21-year-old Devonian who feels there may in future be more joy , if less money , in being an art student . |
| 9 | The four main zaibatsu were more than able to supply the financial needs of the two main political parties , but in return they expected state support to continue . |
| 10 | On the other side were more houses and a large building tentatively identified as an armoury or arsenal . |
| 11 | At the beginning of one of his books I discovered these words , which to me in my lowly condition were more than words : ‘ I am made unlike anyone I have ever met ; I will even venture to say that I am like no one in the whole world . ’ |
| 12 | We long to see peace ; so we pray that you will strengthen those who work for peace , and restrain those who believe that the only solution to violence is more violence . |
| 13 | Unless the wind is more than about 45° to the direction of take-off , a strong cross wind seldom creates problems . |
| 14 | Javed at the crease is more than the uncomplicated warrior , laying about him with pride . |
| 15 | The human mind is more than a computer : Computers have dull and exact memories — what went in can come out again , exactly as it went in . |
| 16 | The Kirkland facade is more than a mere architectural exhibit within the building , for |
| 17 | High Tea 's more of an event with Farley 's Tea Timers . |
| 18 | Mrs Rosemary Cubitt of the Ovens Women 's Action Group said ‘ Our demonstration is more to alert public opinion than to block the entrance . |
| 19 | As my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State has said on many occasions in the House , the Department is more than happy to receive representations from the hon. Gentleman or anyone else about specific cases of blacklisting . |
| 20 | ‘ If all I 'm going to get in the future is more talk and less music they can forget it . ’ |
| 21 | THE apparent squabble between the South African government and the ANC over the precise nature of their agreement on the immediate political future is more show than anything else . |
| 22 | He said : ‘ The Manchester bid is more than just a superb technical achievement . |
| 23 | The study is more filly reported in Kyle et al. ( 1981 ) but fig. 10.3 emphasises the lack of effect of sign coding in deaf people . |
| 24 | But if practice is more than repetition , what is it and where do we start ? |
| 25 | In the West , a car is more than a way of travelling ; it represents freedom and flexibility and is a potent status symbol . |
| 26 | Maybe my unhappiness is more about wants |
| 27 | They have argued that most crime is petty and that the increase in recorded crime is more to do with the public 's decreased tolerance than anything else : |
| 28 | Geysir is more what the tourist from Western Europe , or America — is used to , with its hotel and constructed pathways . |
| 29 | There 's sunbursts and there 's sunbursts , and although this one is flawed by a couple of sanding marks around the back , the overall effect is more than a little tasty . |
| 30 | Originally , the abridged talk in Davis 's recording had seemed to be a sensible compromise , yet looking back I can see that it had something to do with the partial dissatisfaction expressed in my review of the reissue : ‘ the total effect is more of a divertissement than of opéra-comique ’ . |