Example sentences of "be [adv] [det] [conj] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She could n't have been more than ten then and by our standards would be scarcely more than a child now . |
| 2 | Incidentally , though Walker is held to be still more than a touch rusty after so long away from rugby — inclined , for instance , to carry the ball under the wrong arm — the rapidity with which he has come into cap contention ought to be food for thought for our own Jamie Henderson . |
| 3 | It is important to remember , therefore , when comparing returns on short-term instruments that a rate of discount will always be slightly less than the rate of interest giving the corresponding reward . |
| 4 | The woman of the future would be far more than a nurse or consoler , she would have a positive religion to realize as a high-priestess of health . |
| 5 | The average stay is five to six months , but sometimes it may be as much as a year . |
| 6 | As it floats away , the spider continues to spin until there may be as much as a yard of thread hanging in the air . |
| 7 | We should have gone there this coming Saturday , but may be as much as a week late . |
| 8 | The price of a full season ticket was going to be as much as a term 's school fees , and when I saw my father 's horrified face , I said , ‘ I can cycle . ’ |
| 9 | The greatest cause of redundant data however is the inclusion of the company logo ; this has been known to be as much as an order of magnitude greater than the average model . |
| 10 | But half a century on and the most basic Jeep will , according to UK importers TKM , be as much as an impulse , fashion buy as a Harley-Davidson motorcycle or , though on a slightly less grand scale , a pair of Ray-Ban Aviator sunglasses . |
| 11 | The amount of negative pitch needed may , in extreme cases , be as much as the amount of positive pitch available ( see later ) . |
| 12 | But it may be as little as a century old . |
| 13 | It should be noted that for s238 to apply , the value of consideration received must be significantly less than the consideration provided by the vendor . |
| 14 | He was backed by the Brewers ' Association of Scotland , which said the real price increases on the pint across the bars of pubs would be considerably more than the Chancellor 's claimed increase of 1.5p per pint . |
| 15 | However , he stressed that the offer would have to be considerably more than the break-up value of the portfolio . |