Example sentences of "more [conj] [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | They should devote themselves wholly to the problem of making life in South Africa , regarded as more or less a foreign country , bearable for self-respecting British men and women . |
| 2 | In 1986 , Christopher Lewinton was appointed as chief executive with more or less a free hand to do whatever he felt necessary . |
| 3 | I was n't in the actual throe er , er I wa I 've always been more or less a loner . |
| 4 | Now that was er er more or less a favour to me . |
| 5 | The status of the foreign minister as merely a high-ranking bureaucrat meant that the diplomats whom he directed , and in particular the heads of the more important Russian missions abroad , often looked on him as more or less an equal and hardly as a superior at all . |
| 6 | In each case the shout is far more than simply a war cry . |
| 7 | For real benefit , allow your exercise to help you on more than simply a physical level . |
| 8 | In doing this , they make it easier to understand why some form of local government continues to survive as more than simply a creature of the centre . |
| 9 | From this point moral indignation became more than simply a grassroots phenomenon . |
| 10 | As a sociolinguist Stubbs sees reading , for instance , as more than simply a mechanism for decoding written into spoken words : he prefers to concern himself with understanding meaning , pointing out that ‘ we do not normally read meaningless material ’ ( ibid. p. 15 ) . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | However , and perhaps more importantly , it must be remembered that housing is more than simply a place to live in . |
| 13 | In almost every other respect , certainly , the Celtic Church appears to have been something more than simply a repository for Nazarean thought — as Nestorian Christianity was , for example . |
| 14 | Resource-based learning therefore turns out to involve much more than simply a method of revitalizing and individualizing learning . |
| 15 | That of 1814 , however , became known as the Great Revival and it was much more than simply a recruitment phenomenon . |
| 16 | For David Prentice the desire to paint the landscape encompasses much more than simply an aim to record its appearance |
| 17 | Section 2 to read : The Coordinator as part of his/her responsibility is part Area Secretary for a geographical area with no more than approximately a quarter of a million population . |
| 18 | This is the pub as social institution , so much more than just a place for drinking . |
| 19 | One supplier of this type of boarding , Caradon Celuform , now offers much more than just a maintenancefree material . |
| 20 | And glory in the 1,000 Guineas may well be a lot more than just a warming winter thought because Dead Certain beat as competitive a field as there has been for a juvenile filly 's race for many years . |
| 21 | As most new artists signed by record companies are introduced to A&R departments by established managers , or by music industry lawyers , artists should consider approaching more than just a record company when seeking a recording contract . |
| 22 | Bentley is Back And now more than just a badge 16 |
| 23 | The Bentley that 's more than just a badge |
| 24 | More than just a facelift for BMW 's most important model , the new 3-series marks a fundamental change of direction |
| 25 | In the face of such mystery , God was much more than just a protective wing to creep under . |
| 26 | The crews are mostly ‘ medical assistants , ’ which means possessing more than just a knowledge of first aid . |
| 27 | It was becoming something more than just a folk club . |
| 28 | All sorts of little sub-businesses grew after the first month or two and it was at this point that we thought it would be nice to turn it into something more than just a folk club . |
| 29 | Vinegar is more than just a table condiment to sprinkle over chips . |
| 30 | But the firm is more than just a money-maker ; it is the consummate all-rounder . |