Example sentences of "[vb mod] be more [subord] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There may be more than mere nostalgia in all this . |
| 2 | Excitement usually increases the rate of speech , raises the voice pitch and there may be more than usual gesticulation . |
| 3 | They did not need an extra hand until harvest , he had said , or even later when they could lay off the casual help and Richard and his father would be more than sufficient labour to see the small hill farm through the winter . |
| 4 | I would like your help upgrading the 2286DD to the equivalent of a 2286HD which I believe will be more than sufficient capacity for his school work . |
| 5 | Within a year or so you will have the satisfaction of moving in to the house you have built with your own hands ; your old home will have been sold , allowing you to pay back the building society loan you took out to buy the land and materials ; and there will be more than enough profit , considering how much you saved by using your own labour , to pay for some champagne to celebrate . |