Example sentences of "[be] more [conj] [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was n't in the actual throe er , er I wa I 've always been more or less a loner . |
| 2 | They are more than just a money machine . |
| 3 | A system which has the intelligence to acknowledge that people are more than just a bag of bones dressed up in a birthday suit and that ill-health is not only caused by biological factors , but social , political , economic and environmental ones as well . |
| 4 | Herbs are more than just a culinary delight — they are among the most colourful plants you can choose for the garden . |
| 5 | Spenser 's depictions in Book V are more than just an attempt to justify Grey . |
| 6 | The very fact that philip Augustus made no serious attempt to invade or attack Gascon ) , in the campaigns of 1202–4 may be more than simply a comment upon the military limitations of the French crown . |
| 7 | May we try by our own example to show that a world of peace and compassion can be more than just a hopeful dream . |
| 8 | You may be making a parafoil , or an inflatable animal shape , in which case the paper pattern will be more than just a flat plan . |
| 9 | In her enchanting story of The Velveteen Rabbit , Margery Williams ' tells of a cloth rabbit who longs to be more than just a toy . |
| 10 | WITH the sun at the heart of your horoscope until the 21st and Venus bringing her sweetness to bear on relationships from the 8th , December could be the most crucial month of the year for love and partnership matters — the 19th could be more than just a magical moment . |
| 11 | Experience at the Birmingham Money Advice Centre ( see Appendix III ) shows that — at least for the generally poor people who go to the Centre with money problems — mail order , check traders and other weekly callers such as tallymen are woven so closely into the fabric of daily ( or rather weekly ) life as to be more than just a possible buying choice . |
| 12 | It was getting to be more than just a bad habit ; it was beginning to become an established part of his personality . |
| 13 | With the obligatory ‘ W ’ across its malformed chest , the tousle-headed little aberration appears in the latest set of increasingly hep ‘ Be more than just a number ’ ads , |
| 14 | But it would be more than just a production job . |
| 15 | From the outset , it has been clear that COSE , the Common Open Software Environment , would have to be more than just a unified desktop interface , and this week , two more pieces of the COSE puzzle appear to be dropping into place ( CI No 2,142 ) . |
| 16 | Peter Hewitt explains how a new managers ' toolkit proved to be more than just a game |
| 17 | From the outset we 've known COSE , the Common Open Software Environment , to be more than just a unified desktop interface , and this week , two more pieces of the COSE puzzle appear to be dropping into place . |
| 18 | For masturbation , it would have to be more than just a passing person . ’ |
| 19 | A label can be more than just a sequence of characters . |
| 20 | Be this as it may , the constitutional authorities who support the introduction of a Bill of Rights to limit Parliament , government , and the state , nevertheless recognise that it calls for a fundamental constitutional change if it is to be more than just a pious declaration of good intent . |
| 21 | ‘ There could be more than just a career , ’ she said softly . |
| 22 | From the very start , one must realise that WordStar for Windows 1.5 is meant to be more than just a word-processor , but is perhaps more aptly billed as a document processor . |
| 23 | Solly 's years in the wilderness were more than just a dearth of high-profile wins . |
| 24 | I think they were more than just a marauding band of outlaws . ’ |
| 25 | Vinegar is more than just a table condiment to sprinkle over chips . |
| 26 | But the firm is more than just a money-maker ; it is the consummate all-rounder . |
| 27 | But Voyager is more than just a pretty face ; one would expect no less from Volker Schlondorff . |
| 28 | But the countryside is more than just a pretty picture . |
| 29 | Sociology , as a social science , is more than just a collection of empirical findings and is also more than just a set of speculative armchair ‘ theories ’ . |
| 30 | This is more than just a case of increased differentiation in local voting behaviour . |