Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [prep] more [conj] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They are prepared for more than just a social call , ’ Taheb said . |
| 2 | Yes , Nicole and I go back a long way , and yes , you could say that we 're involved on more than just a superficial level . |
| 3 | The seething had been going on more or less from the time Taylor took over as manager . |
| 4 | Whereas businesses are moving to more and more decentralized operations , business units still need to have instantaneous access to information . |
| 5 | For him , the " Panopticon principle " ( p 216 ) should be regarded as more than just a particular example of ingenuity in architectural design ; rather : " … it was an event in the " history of the human mind " . |
| 6 | The Cabinet accepted the recommendation that a substantial British aircraft industry was required to hold off competition , and should be developed with more than just the Empire in mind ; also the premise that work on new aircraft should proceed under government direction , with the Treasury accepting responsibility for new types . |
| 7 | When viewed from this vantage point , designing can be seen as more than just a means of creating and applying technologies : it is also revealed as a means of shaping relations between people . |
| 8 | He pleaded for sources to be used for more than just illustration or comprehension . |
| 9 | A mood which seems to be slipped into more and more frequently as the months have elapsed since they first met . |
| 10 | Is there any reason why the same debate , or a debate on the same question , should not be conducted at more or less the same time in a great number of different places ? |
| 11 | As long as you can stay reasonably flexible a well-planned interview structure will make comparisons between candidates much easier because all candidates will have been put through more or less the same hoops . |
| 12 | The permanent members of the Security Council , who during the cold war were excluded from some operations , are being looked to more and more . |
| 13 | During the 1980s data networks of various kinds were spreading to more and more United States companies and industries ; several factors encouraged this , not least the deregulation of telecommunications and the emergence of new software packages tailored to particular industries ' networking needs . |
| 14 | Although they describe harvest feasts in an opposed manner , Leapor and Duck are engaged in more or less the same argument . |
| 15 | Damage is calculated in more or less the same way as a stone thrower . |
| 16 | The Micom Communications Corp subsidiary of MB Communications Inc , Lawrence , Pennsylvania has announced a new model in its Marathon range of data and speech network servers which is claimed to more than double the performance of the previous products . |
| 17 | However , the value of a company is based on more than just short-term profitability . |
| 18 | Although it has disadvantages , it is a great deal better than the kind of society in which there is no free press , or in which the press is gagged by more and more complex and frequently unworkable rules . |
| 19 | Mr Patten , however , is engaged in more than simply relieving his own exasperation at Beijing 's procrastination . |
| 20 | Both Jenny and Kathleen were up to various things and I 'd been having a go myself , but although my name was appearing on more and more waiting lists , nothing substantial seemed to be happening . |
| 21 | However , as with all fostering schemes , it was seen as more than just a means of putting roofs over heads . |
| 22 | Before the elections of 1964 , 1966 , and 1970 , real personal disposable income was rising at more than double its normal rate of growth — so supporting the political business cycle thesis , but Alt suggests that these " short pre-election spurts may not do the government of the day all that much good , and there is no evidence that they do ( at least if short-term enough ) the economy any particular harm " . |
| 23 | This growth in demand was accompanied by more and more technical developments from the original flickering wire to the high-intensity lighting we see today . |
| 24 | For rabbinical Judaism , militant activity was perceived as more than just an embarrassment . |
| 25 | ‘ You 're a good boy , Wayne , ’ Angelica had said , and they 'd both known that she was meaning for more than just the errand . |
| 26 | Part of hir was afraid Jahsaxa was planning on more than just keeping hir as a highclass whore . |