Example sentences of "[was/were] much more " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was much more fun after a few drinks , gently mocking her dedication to saving this planet . |
| 2 | His departure was much more radical . |
| 3 | For him a paper was much more than a published news-sheet . |
| 4 | Surprised by Joy limited by the necessarily artificial conventions of autobiography , gives an impression that the development of Lewis 's religious opinions was much more cut and dried than was really the case . |
| 5 | In the face of such mystery , God was much more than just a protective wing to creep under . |
| 6 | Cohen , it seemed , was much more in touch with the mood of audiences than Forbes and , when the latter resigned on 25 March , 1971 , he took over EMI 's production programme . |
| 7 | The certain mystique it had was much more than just Cowboys and Indians on television . |
| 8 | This was much more than in the same period of 1973–75 , slightly more than in 1980 and similar to the decline in the first nine months of the 1981–82 recession . |
| 9 | Her younger sister and successor Elizabeth was much more of an unknown quantity . |
| 10 | Jamaicans felt it was much more than that . |
| 11 | But Reshevsky was much more than that . |
| 12 | Simon Johnson , whose highest first-class score had been 20 , romped to a maiden half-century which included nine fours and a six before blithely giving up his wicket in the belief that , if there was much more of this , Briers would surely bring back the brisk and uncharitable Millns and Parsons . |
| 13 | But I very soon found that I was much more like the companionable dog ! |
| 14 | There was much more movement amongst the people . |
| 15 | But Burn was much more than an uncommonly clever house planner . |
| 16 | You see , I think there was much more to it than just the fact that they were childless . ’ |
| 17 | Hess did not appreciate the significance of these strip reversals , but Vine and Matthews did , and they suggested that while the ‘ sea-floor spreading ’ concept was basically right , it could be refined and that instead of the simple kind of gigantic conveyor belt that Hess had conceived , with oceanic crust being generated at the ridges and moving away in opposite directions , the situation was much more like that of a conveyor belt-cum-tape recorder . |
| 18 | Grit swirled like drifting snow under the lorries and dropped from above , but at body height , behind the vehicle , it was much more calm . |
| 19 | The second series really went off the boil because there was much more emphasis on the woman lawyer . |
| 20 | Again , in terms of how final decisions were made there was much more evidence of consultation/team decisions within the ‘ training officers ’ group , than the ‘ no training officer ’ group ( see Table 33 ) . |
| 21 | It was not part of the Sakata residential sector , which had its own workers ' and managers ' houses where the Lomaxes lived , but was much more run-down . |
| 22 | And in fact I found from playing with Eric , that it was much more fun to just turn up and the first playing you did was to the audience . |
| 23 | She felt — it was much more than a memory-Toss Barnet 's strong hand holding hers , his lips on her cheek . |
| 24 | ‘ But in truth there was much more at the back of it all , including the whole story of what happened this summer between Kee and me . ’ |
| 25 | From watching Isobel and her husband he had discovered that there was much more to sex than just taking a girl to bed or being uneasily married to a frigid , grasping woman . |
| 26 | Many of these ingredients were indeed present , but as the months passed I became increasingly aware that there was much more than just science at work here . |
| 27 | Gay politics here was much more about what we conventionally regard as political activity . |
| 28 | Actually for radical gays it was much more about the relationship with the Labour movement ; much more about building social identities ; about relating to the need for social change . |
| 29 | Out of school , of course , I continued my birdwatching just as I had done back in Essex , only now there was much more variety . |
| 30 | I did n't set out to be a sculptor but discovered at college it was much more of a natural thing for me . |