Example sentences of "this be more [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To give you time to get your group together , we will hold your reservation on option for up to four weeks ( providing this is more than 12 weeks before departure ) without any financial obligation . |
| 2 | This is more than twice the size of Trevor Pinnock 's English Concert ( Archiv ) , for example , and substantially larger than Sigiswald Kuijken 's Petite Bande ( Deutsche Harmonia Mundi ) . |
| 3 | This is more than 10 per cent . |
| 4 | the major — this is more than 50% ; and |
| 5 | This is more than a million million million times as long as the universe has so far existed . |
| 6 | If this is more or less true , then the strength of any solid should lie between E /10 and E /5 . |
| 7 | This is more or less the same as saying that theme normally precedes rheme . |
| 8 | Another result of the ease and availability of the Pill is an assumption that this is more or less the only method of birth control . |
| 9 | In areas of rocks of varied resistance incised meanders may be preserved in resistant rocks such as limestones and destroyed in areas of weak rocks such as clay : this is more or less as expected since the downstream sweep of the meander belt would destroy the spurs in clay regions . |
| 10 | Erm but this is more or less , indigenous within the engineering industry , there is even inherent within an engineering mind , and I 'm not with the planners or the technical experts , but even in the ordinary lay engineer , he looks to be able to do the job more efficiently , with the materials that he has in hand er and possibly introduce a new type of tool if he can get the proper material , and likewise the employer was doing the same thing . |
| 11 | By " doing " things I mean it alters the state of the world ; this is more or less what Engels had in mind with his references to production and reproduction . |
| 12 | And this was more than just a professorship . |
| 13 | This was more than it fell during the same stage of both the 1973–75 and 1981–82 recessions , but less than the short , sharp fall in 1980 . |
| 14 | This was more than offset by $22 billion of additions , half from ‘ fallen angels ’ , formerly investment-grade debt downgraded to junk during the year . |
| 15 | This was more than twice the 80 litres/t volume running from grass that was ensiled with 50kg/t of sugar beet plus an inoculant , and 10 times the 20 litres seeping from grass wilted to 30% dry matter . |
| 16 | This was more than just because ‘ Liverpool ’ is n't easy to rhyme . |
| 17 | I assumed that this was more than an architectural whim , but might have some connection with conservation of land in this predominantly agricultural country . |
| 18 | Railways somehow symbolized the fact that Americans never did anything by halves , and this was more than borne out by the architecture of American railway stations . |
| 19 | Some tone did go , but this was more than compensated for by the Power Tool 's onboard EQ . |
| 20 | For the thousands of families who flocked into Little Rock this was more than a mere election . |
| 21 | This was more than two years after superior fighters had been added to the battle effort ; however , the P-40 was so strong and had the reputation of coming home even with severe damage . |
| 22 | When the pope wrote to Anselm that ‘ we behold in you the venerable persona of St Augustine the Apostle of the English ’ this was more than a complimentary politeness . |
| 23 | But this was more than a confession . |
| 24 | ( Though of course one of the most efficient ways of removing women from the printing houses was to propose marriage , and this was more than once half-seriously proposed as a deliberate strategy . ) |
| 25 | In the final quarter of the year , it surged and closed at its high of 330p , 24.5% up on the 30th September level ; this was more than twice what the FT 100 Share Index achieved and reflected investor enthusiasm for a group that is seen as a prime beneficiary of any pick up in advertising , has bags of room to take on new business ( 25% unutilised capacity on its magazine presses ) and is cash rich . |
| 26 | This was more than a simple distillation of the man 's thoughts on the current political situation . |
| 27 | He made a loss of £100 000 from his long position in shares , but this was more than offset by his profit of £118 000 from his short futures position . |
| 28 | This was more than a political strategy , however . |
| 29 | This was more than three times the normal fare , and the astonished Annamese stood between the shafts of his vehicle staring after Joseph in amazement until he and Chuck disappeared inside the palace . |
| 30 | This was more than she could stand . |