Example sentences of "[verb] more [conj] [adv] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The modern surveyor involved in administering building contracts needs more than just a working knowledge of its terms — he needs a detailed legal appreciation . |
| 2 | ‘ A real book needs more than just a good writer . |
| 3 | They all wanted to know more or less the same thing : ‘ What is this tunnel thing about ? ’ |
| 4 | I have a feeling that most women want more than just a casual affair . |
| 5 | If you want more than just an ordinary bathroom , Dolphin can provide all the help and advice you 'll need to create the complete special bathroom . |
| 6 | It 's no secret that Mansell has more than just a soft spot for Frank Williams , and indeed has enjoyed lots of success at Williams in the past . |
| 7 | Although Joe does n't use much sweep picking , la Frank Gambale , or rapid-fire althernate picking , la Yngwie , he covers more or less every other technique in the book ! |
| 8 | If you are pregnant , or breastfeeding , for example , you will need more than double the recommended daily amount of calcium . |
| 9 | To compete in business you 'll need more than just a good idea — you 'll need commercial ability and experience to create that viable growing concern . |
| 10 | When Sally got off the bus he was waiting for her , leaning against the bonnet , smoking a cigarette and looking more than ever the dashing young man-about-town . |
| 11 | But the event attracted more than just the curious and those wanting to buy . |
| 12 | When we consider the attainment of higher political office , the trend is for the ‘ typical ’ MP to prevail more and more the higher one goes . |
| 13 | Shipman 's two-volume Story of the Cinema ( Hodder and Stoughton ) is also a very good read — the first volume goes up to Gone With The Wind and the second starts with Citizen Kane and reaches more or less the present day . |
| 14 | Now the centre-piece of the ‘ new ’ , lush , grass , airfield , and serving as the ‘ Officers Mess ’ is a surviving building from the field 's brief ‘ other ’ life , a totally restored relic of a war that grows more and more a second-hand experience as every day ticks by . |
| 15 | Always wear clothes to reveal your shape when having these taken , and adopt more or less the same poses . |
| 16 | Ask a dozen American curators about Earl A. Powell III , the new Director of the National Gallery , Washington , and you get more or less the same general response : ‘ If you were having lunch with Rusty ( his nickname that everyone uses ) and did n't know what he did for a living , you would think he was either an Assistant Secretary of the Navy , a General Manager of General Motors , or a football coach . |
| 17 | They 'll find out it takes more than just a little hope |
| 18 | The ie became more than ever the pre-eminent entity in society . |
| 19 | Advertising may well continue in much the same form as in the past and , therefore , careers in this field will remain more or less the same . |
| 20 | Should the term mean more than just a circumscribed spatial area ? |
| 21 | In the case of local politics , should this mean more than just the local implementation of national policy ? |
| 22 | Most of us apply more or less the same old lotions , creams and make-up all year round through force of habit . |
| 23 | MASTER potter Michael Hughes hopes to raise more than just a few laughs when he takes part in a marathon charity event . |
| 24 | The word ‘ habitat ’ implies more than simply the physical environment of an animal . |
| 25 | Sport is exercise that satisfies more than just the physical needs of our body ; it is exercise that aims to fulfil other sets of needs and drives . |
| 26 | When a mite climbs on to a worker ant 's chin , it expects more than just a free ride ( photographed at about 20 times life size ) . |
| 27 | Because of the connection with prostitutes , pornography means more than just the graphic depiction in words or pictures of sexual activity . |
| 28 | [ The alternative ] means more than merely a different way of ‘ doing social science ’ . |
| 29 | And are talking about I think more than just a few people erm therefore the s |
| 30 | Instead you should use the command SUBST A : B : / B : A : / which does more or less the same job . |