Example sentences of "[modal v] be more [conj] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Should be more than a bit but I got Marg .
2 Speechreading should be more than a communication aid ; it should enrich your quality of life , perhaps assisting you to become a more observant person , more aware , more alive , with the flexibility to adapt and adjust to new circumstances and with the courage and confidence to persist .
3 However , the statement should be more than a transcript .
4 In the section entitled ‘ Juvenile Employment ’ , Beveridge pressed the view that the exchange should be more than a place of registration and placement : it should be ‘ both a market-place and a centre of guidance and supervision in the choice of ‘ careers ’ .
5 Putting patients first must be more than a slogan
6 It must be more than a coincidence that all this was happening simultaneously .
7 British film practice , to fulfil its potential function , must be more than a business enterprise .
8 Travelling and sitting with them might be more than a man can bear first thing in the new year .
9 It may be more than a fortnight — I do n't really know how long . "
10 A growing number of people believe this may be more than a fantasy .
11 So a horse may be able to cope with the stress of injury or the stress of being isolated from other horses ; but if they both happen at the same time , the resulting stress and anxiety may be more than the horse can manage successfully .
12 I had never seen a police launch , but this one had an unmistakably official look about it , and in size and speed would be more than a match for either Stormy Petrel or Sea Otter .
13 You could see that he would be more than a match for some small female saint with no name .
14 It would be more than a week since he had thought of Millet .
15 Macmillan , however , saw that amalgamation of the Service Ministries and the Ministry of Supply concurrently with sweeping changes in Defence policy would be more than the Defence establishment could take .
16 How long it will take to get over this shock is unclear , but it will be more than a year .
17 I hope the unity will be more than a veneer by the end .
18 There should be a 50 per cent statistical probability that the actual quantity of recoverable reserves will be more than the amount estimated as proven and probable and a 50 per cent statistical probability that it will be less .
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