Example sentences of "[is] more [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the constable quoted above makes clear , it is not that all neighbourhood policemen defuse every situation by the display of patience , sympathy , tolerance , and understanding , it is more that this is their first choice and they use other recipes , by becoming ‘ heavy-handed ’ and resorting to arrests , only when this one fails . |
| 2 | ‘ I only know that there is more that I do not know than that I know , , I answered . |
| 3 | This is not to say that Hewison denies outright the possibility of a career — his concentration throughout the book on the films of Derek Jarman speaks otherwise — it is more that the pessimism of his viewpoint stops him from looking for them . |
| 4 | It would be appropriate not simply as a true alternative to expulsion where the grounds for the latter exist but also where the circumstances make it difficult to identify some particular breach or failure by the partner served with notice , where the problem is more that his face no longer fits , where his general approach to the business of the firm is inconsistent with the policy which the other partners have decided to adopt , and so on . |
| 5 | A newsletter in 1964 complains that ‘ it is clear that the requested £10 per annum is more than one group can manage . ’ |
| 6 | It is relatively brief , as can be seen by comparing it with a more recent competitor for the same market , H. W. Janson 's A History of Art , which is more than twice the length and has more illustrations ( 928 in 1962 ) . |
| 7 | There is more than one Roth . |
| 8 | Cables are dangerous , and where there is more than one cable it is important to keep the glider straight and well clear of any other cable . |
| 9 | Reductions will be available to people whose charge in 1991–92 is more than £52 ( £1 a week ) over the 1989–90 rates bill for the property where they now live . |
| 10 | Les Noces de Pierette , which is more than 6ft wide , dates from 1905 . |
| 11 | At 666p , Rothmans is trading below asset value , which some believe is more than 750p a share . |
| 12 | The worst has produced 7.7 per cent over the year , while the best , Lloyds International , is more than six points better . |
| 13 | This is especially evident when there is more than one sergeant and there happens to be a clash of personality and leadership style between them , although senior managers within the station are sensitive to this sort of problem and switch sergeants about when it occurs . |
| 14 | It is that there is no community to appeal to ; for the phenomenon itself is the evidence that there is more than one community , or a divided community . |
| 15 | Our body clock has adjusted readily enough to the delay in our life-style at the weekend ( remember that the free-running period is more than 24 hours ) , but is less easily advanced , as is required , on Sunday night and Monday morning ( see Chapter 2 ) . |
| 16 | OUR family lives in a cottage in Scarisbrick ( pronounced Scazebrick ) that is more than 100 years old . |
| 17 | The East German total , proportionately much larger , is more than 160,000 . |
| 18 | If you are aged 55 or over and have a personal or occupational pension which is more than £35 per week , the rest will be deducted from your benefit . |
| 19 | If you are aged 55 or over and have a personal or occupational pension which is more than £35 per week , the rest will be deducted from your benefit . |
| 20 | If you are aged 55 or over and have a personal or occupational pension which is more than £35 per week , the rest will be deducted from your benefit . |
| 21 | None of its inhabitants is more than three inches high . |
| 22 | Despite recent improvements , unemployment is more than 20% , and real wages are lower than they were in the early 1980s . |
| 23 | Hong Kong 's inflation rate , around 14% in the year to April , is more than twice that of the United States . |
| 24 | The fact is that in some countries there is more than one party affiliated to the Socialist International . |
| 25 | There is more than one way to tackle this problem , but a very widely used and mathematically elegant technique called multi-dimensional scaling can help us . |
| 26 | In fact it is more than one book . |
| 27 | There is more than one way in which animals can congregate in the dark , or in the light . |
| 28 | IT IS more than 20 years since the novelist C P Snow delivered his Rede Lecture , The Two Cultures and the Scientific Revolution , and 20 since F R Leavis delivered his swingeing assault on Snow , which made the whole thing a subject of violent controversy , adding somewhat to the gaiety of that small part of the nation interested in academic ding-dong . |
| 29 | If the garage is more than 5m from the house , it is treated as an outbuilding for planning permission purposes . |
| 30 | This means that no planning permission is needed , unless the garage is more than 4m high ( ridged roofs ) or 3m high ( flat ones ) . |