Example sentences of "[pers pn] more [conj] [adv] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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1 | I more or less demanded that Nigel be referred to her . |
2 | in all honesty ans answer what he said , you more or less made a statement and said yes I am er but I , I know all about the products and I 'll give you best advice . |
3 | A competent scholar who had an inbred regard for the pastoral needs of country congregations , he was exactly suited to his place , upon which he never needed to insist , and its responsibilities , which he more than adequately fulfilled . |
4 | This is what he more than once declared to be his aim . |
5 | And though he more than once declared suicide a selfish act , he must also have foreseen that there are certain states of mind in which sensitive consideration of others becomes impossible . |
6 | In any case , I believe Eliot admired the thrillers of the prolific E. Phillips Oppenheim , who was published in the yellow-backed series to which he more than once referred as a possible source of inspiration . |
7 | And he he more or less laid down the whole theory of probability , in a few days , Pascal |
8 | He more or less succeeded . |
9 | But er course we n n never got any money because we er m it more or less disbanded the Notts miners ' union that did , it er it took everything away was That was when we were er er s the Spencer union was formed more or less by the management . |