Example sentences of "[been] more [conj] [adv] [vb pp] " in BNC.

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1 I am reasonably sure that by this time any fair-minded reader with a spark of decency will readily acknowledge that all the apparent similarities between Daniel Miller and myself have been more than satisfactorily explained .
2 Moreover , the use by the courts of these common law devices of obstruction , breach of the peace and nuisance is difficult to legislate against as the essential purpose ( which before the 1960s had been more or less achieved with police co-operation ) is to permit ‘ reasonable ’ picketing , including the right to accost for a short period within which arguments can be advanced , without putting persons in fear or to immoderate inconvenience .
3 The conflict between Chilperic and his half-brothers began on the death of their father Chlothar I. More interestingly , Merovech 's bid for power followed his uncle 's murder ; similarly Gundovald , who had been more or less ignored when he first returned to Gaul in 582 , became a plausible candidate for the throne when Chilperic was killed .
4 And and the three individuals who I worked with particularly , they 'd all been more or less written off , and they all come through with distinctions .
5 Good courses of ore had been met with in Deep Level , but Leathart pointed out , " the whole of the ground has been more or less worked prior to the present adventurers " .
6 They have n't been as much part of my life as I would like , because for the last year or so it has been more or less taken up by the future of the channel .
7 The bungalow had been more or less cancelled out by mother 's renovations .
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