Example sentences of "it [vb mod] be [adv] than " in BNC.
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| 1 | It should be more than one person deciding it . |
| 2 | The distance has been given as 4500 light-years , but may be as much as 7000 , in which case it must be more than a million times as luminous as the Sun . |
| 3 | ‘ Although I emigrated in 1965 it must be more than 30 years since Keith and I celebrated our birthdays together , ’ he said . |
| 4 | for me and I think it might be rather than just record an apology for her absence , I think we should just put in something , just to say that we 're that we are very sad |
| 5 | By February 1969 , Hello , Dolly ! was ready for screening , but the Broadway production was still running and it looked as if it might be more than two years before the film could be shown . |
| 6 | The price per night in one of the best can be as much as £35 ; but it could be less than £25 . |
| 7 | Despite intensive drilling , production has steadily fallen from its 1973 level of 9.2m barrels a day ; the government 's energy forecasters think it could be less than 6m b/d by 2000 . |
| 8 | You are going to decide now , by looking at your graph how you could improve this piece of work and I want you to write the target you decide on , it could be more than one , in the space that says I would improve this work by , you 're to write that now please , off you go and while you 're doing that let's get the register done , shh , shh shh , shh Sarah |
| 9 | Well we , it would be more than one percent inevitably . |
| 10 | It will however , be obvious to the dedicated teacher or parent , and it will be sooner than is often expected . |
| 11 | The crowd capacity at The Valley remains uncertain but it will be more than 8,000 — at least 2,000 above the figure envisaged when Charlton announced the end of their ground-sharing scheme with West Ham . |