Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] more [subord] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You are more than a grandmother . |
| 2 | No doubt you 're very switched on , when it comes to good productivity but in case , like me , you are more than a touch muddy , here are some helpful hints . |
| 3 | we 're , we 're more than a quarter . |
| 4 | They are more than a spark but less than a small fire and exporters have high hopes . |
| 5 | maybe no only they 're more than a year . |
| 6 | My main concern is how much of the network would become ‘ prohibited ’ ; if it 's more than a fraction , I would prefer the present undefined arrangements . |
| 7 | ‘ It 's more than a guard ’ said a spokesman . |
| 8 | It 's more than a month since they conjured up a victory . |
| 9 | And I have a feeling- ’ She now drew in a long breath before resuming ‘ And it 's more than a feeling , it 's a certainty that , although we 're leaving here , being forced to leave here , we 'll return , for this is our home . |
| 10 | ‘ It 's more than a miracle . |
| 11 | Yes , O K then , right , because it 's more than a week away , I 'll give you a bell close to the time , just to make sure you , everything 's alright . |
| 12 | If you 've never been to an ice hockey game , it 's more than a game — it 's a night out . |
| 13 | My palace if I were a king it 's more than a palace it 's my everything . |
| 14 | a king it 's more than a palace it 's my everything . |
| 15 | They 're the only times really and as with the I B M the I B M people 's the company I B M said if it 's more than a page is it really worth sending it out . |
| 16 | if you , because it 's more than the Headway can do |
| 17 | It 's more than the lands . |
| 18 | Now evidence shows that it 's more than the fact that he has something on his mind to distract him from sex — it 's an actual physical phenomenon . |
| 19 | THE LAST TIME I WAS IN Baghdad I was sitting in the bar of the famous , and famously dreadful , Al Rashed ( ‘ It is more than a hotel , ’ say the advertisements , though they do n't tell you in what way ) , drinking with a senior government official . |
| 20 | To the people of England , it is more than a question of who administers local government : the lines on the map , the cricket teams , the Lords Lieutenants and signposts are important . |
| 21 | A financier in the Manchester broking community said yesterday : ‘ It is more than a possibility that he will make an offer to get Knighton out of his hole . ’ |
| 22 | But the programme 's producer , Peter Kinkead , says it is more than a gimmick — despite the fact that there are only about 5500 Prestel sets in TVs 's catchment area . |
| 23 | It is more than a coincidence that he is an excellent speech speechreader , a stimulating , well-informed person , recognized by his colleagues as a man of integrity whose opinions are respected . |
| 24 | It is more than a year since the red and white surveyors ' poles glinted above the reeds , blazing a trail for the draglines that were soon to follow . |
| 25 | It is more than a decision to buy flowers for your lover or plan a romantic dinner . |
| 26 | British Coal , one of the few companies still nationalised , has the unenviable task of proving to its customers that it is more than a dinosaur of the industrial revolution , slouching towards privatisation and a slow demise . |
| 27 | It is more than a matter , however , of just declaring our personal commitment to one viewpoint and then hoping that this will resolve all problems . |
| 28 | It is more than an atlas : it is a superbly illustrated synopsis of the characteristics of the major tropical diseases , their infective agents , their ecology , their life cycles and their vectors … probably the best value for money for anyone interested in obtaining an illustrated guide to tropical medicine and medical parasitology . " |
| 29 | In sex the body is central , and although in the end it is more than the body that is loved , the body is the beginning and fat women just can not get started . |
| 30 | He is more than a year older than Emma , but he lives in Dorset , an area which does n't encourage early school entry . |