Example sentences of "be more [conj] [adv] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Felted roofing — and flat roofs in particular , need regular supervision if they are to stay watertight once they 're more than about 10 years old . |
| 2 | His warning to the American President that he would support Native Americans ( ‘ Red Indians ’ , whom he presumes to be tribally organized ) against the federal government is consistent with his view that natural ties are more than just rational ones . |
| 3 | Harry Eyres discovers that the Grands Crus of Alsace are more than just reliable wine bar whites |
| 4 | He offers heartache loud and clear on songs that are more than just minor vehicles of angst . |
| 5 | Transactions that are more than just once-only exchanges can not be organized , therefore , by a long-term market contract , agreed at the outset , specifying terms appropriate to any future state of the world . |
| 6 | The idea that the two areas , arts and science , are more than simply subject groupings , is not a new one . |
| 7 | Hewlett-Packard Co says that in the UK , growth in orders was a storming 39% , and that orders for Unix systems are more than double this time last year : exports from the UK are up 16% , 80% of everything sold is now new business , and all new business is on the Unix side — as price-performance improves two-fold every year , it is selling four times as many Unix boxes each year . |
| 8 | HP says that in the UK , growth in orders was a 39% , and that orders for Unix systems are more than double this time last year . |
| 9 | Whatever the final verdict may be , EP has shown itself , yet again , to be more than just another area of applied computer science . |
| 10 | it would n't be more than about twenty minutes before the lan the peasants would 've thought well maybe |
| 11 | ‘ But it was n't until I went to India that I cam to feel that humans were more than just mechanical responses . |
| 12 | Perhaps they were more than just good friends . |
| 13 | There is more but just this sample suggests the deep and unintelligible waters it is easy to fall into when trying to be explicit about multimedia . |
| 14 | The nature of a region is interpreted individually , therefore , but as an historically-created entity it is more than just one person 's interpretation . |
| 15 | This is more than just instrumental self-aggrandizement , because this ‘ market forces ’ approach is an important ideological device in ‘ recommodification ’ , but the form of involvement is highly instrumental for many participants . |
| 16 | Somerset is more than just pretty scenery |
| 17 | It 's more than just beautiful wrapping , more than lovely façades . ’ |