Example sentences of "[been] more " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes , there has been more consistency , a following of the capitalist competitive dream , which has paid good dividends . |
| 2 | This was the beginning of her determination to learn sign language , which has been more of a boost to the deaf community over the years than any other gesture . |
| 3 | Why has there not been more response ? |
| 4 | ( In France there would have been more of a flourish : ‘ Monsieur le Facteur ’ . ) |
| 5 | This had been more of a thump . |
| 6 | If she 'd been more of a woman , he believed , she would have meekly accepted his word and left it at that . |
| 7 | Elsewhere , there may have been more support . |
| 8 | It has survived so long because abolishing it would have been more trouble than it was worth , but that does not make it any better in itself . |
| 9 | On the whole , especially at local level , the Left in Britain has been more goal orientated than the Right . |
| 10 | Joanna Foster , chairwoman of the Equal Opportunities Commission , says that while virtually every politician and company has accepted that more must be done , there have been more words than action : ‘ Provision is patchy and mostly accessible only to high income groups . |
| 11 | Recently there has been more emphasis on shore-based facilities , and a fishing pier , fish drying factory and ice plant have been established at Breasclete on Loch Roag in Lewis as one of the Board 's biggest strategic projects . |
| 12 | Not until the anonymous informant had rung again on 4 August and there had been more calls to Lawrence , and they had finally made contact with John Lewis , did the Panel begin to find out what had really happened . |
| 13 | In Tambopata Reserve , an area of ten hectares , in the last ten years , there 's been more birds spotted than in Great Britain since they began keeping records in 1750 . |
| 14 | The previous evening , I could not have completed the last fifty yards without his help , but now if he had climbed on my back he could not have been more of a hindrance . |
| 15 | In recent years there has been more emphasis on the objectives of library services , and less upon quantitative measures . |
| 16 | With the development of the NACAB policy of equal opportunities in recruitment there has been more awareness of this issue and considerable developments in recruitment practices have resulted . |
| 17 | Incidentally the lesson would have been better if there had been more tape recorders in the school and if the tape had been ready at the right moment . |
| 18 | In recent years the Employment Department and the Department of Trade and Industry have been responsible for appropriate interventions but they have been more of a fire fighting nature than a sustained development of policy and role — which in any case , has not been the way government departments have tended to behave since they are organised to implement government policy in the immediate rather than long term . |
| 19 | She stood back , still holding his hands and saw tears appear in the eyes of the old man who had been more of a Father to her than her own Father . |
| 20 | After last week 's resignation of GM boss Bob Stempel , there has been more blood letting within the car giant . |
| 21 | What a shame it could n't have been more of a humdinger . |
| 22 | ‘ Our area manager said there had been more reaction to the closing of this post office than they had ever known , ’ Mr. Hover told the Herald . |
| 23 | Things might have been different if there had been more consultation with industry people across the board . |
| 24 | There have been more judgments against Britain at the European Court of Human Rights than there have been against any other country . |
| 25 | ‘ There 's been more water used on this floor than we 've had to wash ourselves and our clothes in since we left Liverpool ! ’ |
| 26 | The above were all covered by the Corporation Superannuation Scheme , but there are believed to have been more motormen and conductors who had not been long enough with the Corporation to qualify . |
| 27 | Most Christian communicators have been more message than receptor oriented . |
| 28 | Griffin , however , seems to have been more of a rogue than his dad ever was . |
| 29 | I felt there should have been more self-control . |
| 30 | ‘ But to be honest , I am a bit surprised there has n't been more interest considering how many I am scoring . |