Example sentences of "be [adv] more [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 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | However , he stressed that the offer would have to be considerably more than the break-up value of the portfolio . |