Example sentences of "[prep] [be] [det] [subord] " in BNC.

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1 We should have left it there could of been more than this one .
2 But might of been might of been more because erm , tt she 's had a , a grant for so much
3 The case against is less than convincing .
4 That 's got ta be more than that , cos that 's basically what my fares cost .
5 For your information , the ‘ scum ’ whom you 'd like to ban from Levellers gigs to let the ‘ genuine ’ fans in are more than likely friends of the band and were going to the gigs before you .
6 For your information , the ‘ scum ’ whom you 'd like to ban from Levellers gigs to let the ‘ genuine ’ fans in are more than likely friends of the band and were going to the gigs before you .
7 As for animals belonging to a dangerous species , a camel has been held to be such because it may cause severe injury by kicking and biting , but strict liability was imposed for injuries suffered by falling off the camel because of its irregular gait .
8 Desire of Bride to be more than a bride , to be a mother too .
9 Desire of Bachelors to be more than bachelors , to be husbands and fathers too .
10 ( Tye does compare this learning to learning to balance a pencil on your nose , but if that comparison is made to do any work , Tye 's theory will simply be a behaviouristic one , and he usually seems to want it to be more than this . )
11 But the declaration issued by the congress left no doubt that the decision was intended to be more than a mere facelift : ‘ The present concept of socialism , the Stalinist system , has exhausted all its social , economic , political and moral reserves , and has proved unsuitable for keeping pace with global developments .
12 Civilization had to be more than a mere confluence of economic interests : ‘ And until we set in order our own crazy economic and financial systems , to say nothing of our philosophy of life , can we be sure that our helping hands to the barbarian and the savage will be any more desirable than the embrace of the leper ? ’
13 Art has to be more than an ornament , or a reinforcement .
14 If it is to be more than a symbolic marker of the moment when North and South decided in principle to work together for mutual survival , a number of decisions on how to administer it will have to be made .
15 ‘ Some people expect a movie to be more than entertaining if they go and just laugh all the way through , they think there 's something wrong .
16 They monopolise access to public positions , they hold competition in check , they allow their expenses to be more than comfortably met from tax revenue and whenever things Set tough they form an excessively large coalition , not against any parliamentary minority but instead against the majority of non-organised voters …
17 ‘ Maclean of Duart needs to be more than good and honest !
18 In fact the two-over-par score proved to be more than handy when compared to several of Greg 's challengers ' cards .
19 There has to be more than Newsnight … ‘
20 to be more than amateurs ?
21 On the other hand , it is likely to be more than counterbalanced by heightened household poverty within the larger poorer families , and an overall reduction in local-government spending as a large proportion of expenditure will be controlled by central government .
22 It is more likely , however , that these singularities will prove to be more than artificial coordinate singularities that particles can pass through .
23 In short , the intelligence of insects , like that of our species , seems to be more than anything else the intelligence of evolutionary necessity .
24 However , for most airports with overall impact of the Tunnel is unlikely to be more than a temporary hiccup in the strong growth of traffic .
25 The American adventure movie Raiders of the lost ark and its sequels , in which actor Harrison Ford played Indiana Jones , an heroic archaeologist , have proved to be more than just financially successful productions .
26 What I found to be more than a little disconcerting was the feeling of drowning .
27 Planning , is of course likely to be more than just identification of needs .
28 Barbara Conroy , in her book on library staff development discusses evaluation in terms of how far stated objectives have been achieved , and emphasizes that although evaluation requires careful identification of what is being evaluated and why , to decide the ‘ how , when and where ’ , of evaluation if it is to be more than ‘ just a way of channelling impressionistic information into a required report form ’ , that it is not a highly ‘ esoteric ’ activity , necessarily involving ‘ complex research methodology ’ .
29 To be worth two murders in eight days , Ascot had to be more than a mere gambling scam .
30 Virtually any dried foods can be prepared in this way at very little cost and this has been found to be more than adequate to get the fry .
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