Example sentences of "[prep] more [conj] [adv] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Continuity between the two fabliaux in the case of animal imagery is a matter of more than just a general resemblance . |
| 2 | On the other hand , if ATP wanted to demonstrate that they really are interested in the welfare of more than just the top 75 , as some of their lower-ranked members have recently suggested , then helping Birmingham through its current difficulties , which one hopes are only temporary , would not have been a bad thing . |
| 3 | And the ‘ they ’ of more or less the whole town will have heard too . |
| 4 | It 's more common among the very young , men with more than just a basic education , and very common among the unemployed . |
| 5 | In 1986 , Christopher Lewinton was appointed as chief executive with more or less a free hand to do whatever he felt necessary . |
| 6 | Other phrases with more or less the same meaning are nihil obstat ( ‘ nothing hinders ’ ) and cum licentia ( ‘ with licence ’ or ‘ with permission ’ ) . |
| 7 | Were looking at the body beautiful and what we do to achieve it , we all arrived in the world with more or less the same package of features , limbs , faces , torso 's , since then , all of us I bet have tried to improve or disguise the way we look , what do we do ? , why do we do it ? , well let's start with a few questions , er , are you , well let me ask you this do you have a beautiful body ? , button one for yes , and button two for no |
| 8 | They also adopted a different approach to that adopted by Lyell J , but they all came up with more or less the same figure at the end of the day , around £54,000 . |
| 9 | 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 " . |
| 10 | They should devote themselves wholly to the problem of making life in South Africa , regarded as more or less a foreign country , bearable for self-respecting British men and women . |
| 11 | His query concerns a 2-iron which his local pro reckoned might be worth more than just a few bob . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | ‘ They are prepared for more than just a social call , ’ Taheb said . |
| 14 | Maybe when he really got roughed up or stayed out for more than just a few days , Manuel would think about talking things over with the vet , but for now , well , ‘ what 's the hurry , man ? ! ’ |
| 15 | Only a few of the Christian residents appeared to notice that the Syrians had come prepared for more than just a few days ' stay . |
| 16 | The construction of villages where beds could be had by tourists for more than just the two months of July and August was advocated in suitably selected places . |
| 17 | If you speak for more than about a fifth of the total time this is not appraisal , it 's lecturing , or worse , pontificating . |
| 18 | Now he appears as a policeman , but in more or less the same character , as the star of his own series . |
| 19 | Although they describe harvest feasts in an opposed manner , Leapor and Duck are engaged in more or less the same argument . |
| 20 | It appears to be aimed squarely at what the Americans would call a ‘ resort diver ’ , rather than someone like me who dives several times a week in more or less the same areas . |
| 21 | Damage is calculated in more or less the same way as a stone thrower . |
| 22 | It was then widely believed that the universe was static , yet if space , and particularly time , were curved back on themselves , how could the universe continue forever in more or less the same state as it is at the present time ? |
| 23 | The universe existed and would continue to exist forever in more or less the same state as it is today . |
| 24 | I had dressed as well as I could that morning , in more or less the same stuff I 'd worn for Grandma Margot 's funeral . |
| 25 | For real benefit , allow your exercise to help you on more than simply a physical level . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Erm the greenbelt objectives which we identify with or could be compromised by significant peripheral expansion , or the expansion of a settlement within the greenbelt , were primarily the effecting the setting of the historic city , which we and the County considered and refer to more than just the green wedges , and but involve the whole countryside , and the setting of the settlements within the greenbelt around the Greater York area , expansion of lar large urban areas into the countryside , possible coalescence of settlements . |
| 28 | It should be remembered , however , that the great majority of inland sewage works themselves ultimately discharge their treated effluents to open watercourses , subject to more or less the same kinds of constraint as other dischargers . |
| 29 | ‘ Awards ceremonies seem to adhere to more or less the same format the world over , ’ Maria commented , betraying slight disappointment . |
| 30 | Indeed , the threatened coal strike of 1925 , which occurred at more or less the same time , seemed to confirm this impression . |