Example sentences of "i be more " in BNC.

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1 David Esterley working on a Gibbons reproduction with the tools ‘ to which I am more attached than anything . ’
2 Having tried it both ways , I am more comfortable with the single act approach , and in the history of rock management , that has generally been the most successful route .
3 I can understand why Neil Kinnock might think so , but I am more optimistic .
4 I am more and more intrigued , every minute , ’ Catherine said .
5 In the longer term I am more optimistic .
6 You see although I wear the German uniform , you might really say that I am more neutral than anything else .
7 There is no artist with whom I am more frank , because I admire the man tremendously and need not by sycophantic .
8 Now I am more cautious .
9 I introduce the letters in the theatre sign but I keep it intentionally vague , I am more concerned with the feeling of light emanating from the theatre sign than with its readability .
10 Instead , try ‘ I am more and more at peace with myself , or ‘ I am healthy , and becoming more and more healthy ’ .
11 But in spite of the fact that I am more attentive to my own affairs than to yours , the disproportion of awareness is not necessarily in my own favour .
12 As a consumer I am more ambivalent .
13 I am more certain of that than I am of anything in my life , and although it is a slow and at times agonizing road I tread , the time will come when I shall be heard and cleared of the indictment held against me .
14 But I am more and more convinced that the problem is not at heart a technical problem capable of a technical solution but a moral problem concerned with the values of our age .
15 It was definitely a case of two points lost , but I am more disappointed that we played so well and did not win . ’
16 I introduce the letters in the theatre sign but I keep it intentionally vague , I am more concerned with the feeling of light emanating from the theatre sign than with its readability .
17 At this moment she looked to Joe like a witch and her voice and words sounded as ominous as any that could have been uttered by an authentic witch , as she hissed at him , ‘ I am more concerned about what happens to you than what a lot of stupid men do in their aim to kill each other .
18 I am more interested in the varying symbolic functions they fulfil .
19 I am more confident than ever that recovery is under way .
20 But I am more clumsy than dirty . ’
21 FORMER tennis champion Bjorn Borg — being sued for £400,000 — claimed yesterday : ‘ I am more or less bankrupt . ’
22 ‘ Do n't think you 've heard the last of this matter , ’ he said through his teeth , ‘ you wo n't get away with it , taking from me my home and my birthright , I should have been the eldest son , I am more worthy of the position .
23 I am more concerned with the ways in which social mechanisms work to permit the growth and refinement of abilities necessary for sporting involvement .
24 In fact I am more concerned about authorities which do not place children and decide by using no criteria beyond barely-concealed and crude financial ones .
25 I am more or less a consultant to them . ’
26 I am more married to my business than my wife .
27 And let's face it , I am more British than I am Kenyan .
28 But I am more bothered by the implications of losing what may be the last chance of a home-grown refuge free from ongoing human interference .
29 And here I dwelt , perfecting my powers , far away from stupid humankind … and now I am more powerful than any .
30 Asked how personal development had been affected , responses reveal improvements in self-confidence , social skills and aspirations : ‘ it has given me extra confidence to speak at meetings , e.g. community council , community association meetings ’ ; ‘ it has brought out skills I never new I had ’ ; ‘ I have learned to work closer with people since I joined , which is a new experience for me , and become more tolerant of people 's attitudes and ways ’ ; ‘ I am more aware of my own attitude towards my group ’ ; ‘ it has given me more confidence in my own ability to learn new skills ’ ; ‘ made me do things that I thought I was not capable of doing ’ .
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