Example sentences of "[vb mod] [be] more [conj] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Should be more than a bit but I got Marg . |
| 2 | Speechreading should be more than a communication aid ; it should enrich your quality of life , perhaps assisting you to become a more observant person , more aware , more alive , with the flexibility to adapt and adjust to new circumstances and with the courage and confidence to persist . |
| 3 | However , the statement should be more than a transcript . |
| 4 | In the section entitled ‘ Juvenile Employment ’ , Beveridge pressed the view that the exchange should be more than a place of registration and placement : it should be ‘ both a market-place and a centre of guidance and supervision in the choice of ‘ careers ’ . |
| 5 | Putting patients first must be more than a slogan |
| 6 | It must be more than a coincidence that all this was happening simultaneously . |
| 7 | British film practice , to fulfil its potential function , must be more than a business enterprise . |
| 8 | Travelling and sitting with them might be more than a man can bear first thing in the new year . |
| 9 | It may be more than a fortnight — I do n't really know how long . " |
| 10 | A growing number of people believe this may be more than a fantasy . |
| 11 | I had never seen a police launch , but this one had an unmistakably official look about it , and in size and speed would be more than a match for either Stormy Petrel or Sea Otter . |
| 12 | You could see that he would be more than a match for some small female saint with no name . |
| 13 | It would be more than a week since he had thought of Millet . |
| 14 | How long it will take to get over this shock is unclear , but it will be more than a year . |
| 15 | I hope the unity will be more than a veneer by the end . |