Example sentences of "[pers pn] be more [subord] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I 'm more than a big girl , she cried silently , gazing at her face , devoid now of any make-up . |
| 2 | Since you 're more than a little accident prone at this time , exercise caution and be careful not to lead your owner into trouble . |
| 3 | If you were more than a reasonable time , they would claim that you were failing to work your beat , or gossiping — things like that . |
| 4 | They were more than the part-time special constables in the British tradition , in that they were seen as having a social role in the context of an individual 's responsibility to his or her community . |
| 5 | IF it 's more than a small amount that you 're drinking and also a regular thing then booze may not be quite as harmless as you think . |
| 6 | If it 's more than a few years old . |
| 7 | It 's more than an equal for pricier rivals like the £14,350 Honda CRX and the Vauxhall Calibre at £14,421 . |
| 8 | ‘ It 's more than the last straw for Faye . |
| 9 | However , since it is more than a mere sign , it partakes of the reality it signifies and is a means of grace through which the atoning work of Christ is made effective in the life of the Christian . |
| 10 | ‘ poeticity ’ , he says , is like oil in cooking ; you can not have it on its own but when it is used with other food it is more than a mere addition . |
| 11 | When a car drives slowly into her taxi , stationary at a traffic-clogged crossroads , it is more than the stupid accident it would be in London , New York or Sydney . |
| 12 | What all this shows is that a distinctively structuralist kind of criticism is possible , and moreover , that it is more than the simple application and refinement of the tools of poetics . |
| 13 | When he arrives in the White House we will discover if he is more than a brilliant campaigner . |
| 14 | He is more than the greatest of stroke-players and he was patient enough to take advantage of Robertson 's flagging energy and win 12-15 , 9-15 , 15-5 , 15-12 , 15-8 . |
| 15 | Bowe , they say , who does impressions of Stevie Wonder , Bill Cosby and Ronald Reagan that could earn him a different sort of starring role on the Vegas Strip , has yet to prove that he 's more than a clever impersonator of a heavyweight champion . |