Example sentences of "[to-vb] more [conj] [adv] the [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | You may need to purchase more than just the anemone you require . |
2 | Indeed , the whole is considered to constitute more than just the sum total of its parts . |
3 | Companies will have to be more flexible in their demands , to accommodate more and more the individuals ' different hopes , wishes and ambitions . |
4 | To decide which one is right for you , you have to consider more than just the job you do . |
5 | I had to keep more or less the leverage more or less the same because you could n't differ them and er I er had that job to er do for and er it was the H M S Gothic and they was going to South Africa and er when er they was on , in the middle of South Africa on the coast one of the royalty died . |
6 | When Karen Stephens trained as a hairdresser she had to learn more than just the rudiments of cutting and blow-drying/ She also had to tackle the problems of learning how to lip-read in a mirror , as 20-year-old Karen has been deaf all her life . |
7 | The meanings of certain types of phrases have come to mean more than simply the combination of words from which they are composed ( sometimes they bear no relation to their constituents ) . |