Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] be [det] than [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They also appear to be more than usually keen on human prey . |
| 2 | If the auditors ' role is to be expanded , however , the APB recognises that there has to be more than just shareholder involvement . |
| 3 | This year America 's deficit and Germany 's surplus are forecast to be less than half as big , as a percentage of GNP , as they were at their peak ; Japan 's surplus may be only a quarter of its peak level . |
| 4 | ‘ It 's going to be more than just perfect . ’ |
| 5 | The link with Labour has got to be more than just signing a cheque . |
| 6 | If they really believe that the merger was the best way forward , they must now be be supporting something that they know to be less than best and and this is now rendered all the bad feeling and all the destruction of the past two years , a complete waste of time . |
| 7 | It was getting to be more than just a bad habit ; it was beginning to become an established part of his personality . |
| 8 | From the outset , it has been clear that COSE , the Common Open Software Environment , would have to be more than just a unified desktop interface , and this week , two more pieces of the COSE puzzle appear to be dropping into place ( CI No 2,142 ) . |
| 9 | For masturbation , it would have to be more than just a passing person . ’ |
| 10 | The American adventure movie Raiders of the lost ark and its sequels , in which actor Harrison Ford played Indiana Jones , an heroic archaeologist , have proved to be more than just financially successful productions . |
| 11 | In her enchanting story of The Velveteen Rabbit , Margery Williams ' tells of a cloth rabbit who longs to be more than just a toy . |
| 12 | Peter Hewitt explains how a new managers ' toolkit proved to be more than just a game |
| 13 | But that proved to be more than enough as Amlwch were dismissed for 72 despite 31 from Jim Harrison . |
| 14 | Rosie told me the other nurses who worked here have tried to be more than just assistants to him . ’ |
| 15 | From the very start , one must realise that WordStar for Windows 1.5 is meant to be more than just a word-processor , but is perhaps more aptly billed as a document processor . |
| 16 | The sad truth is to tackle these subjects you have to be more than just willing , you have to be shite-hot . |
| 17 | They 've become acutely aware that to succeed they need to be more than just well-informed , they need to be well-read in the widest sense . |
| 18 | All the same , her dreamy enjoyment faded and as Felipe was almost smothered by Candace and Mitch was utterly involved with Ana , who refused to be more than primly polite to the new arrivals , Maggie found herself encumbered with Peter Rainford , who sat as close as he could get and set out to entertain her . |