Example sentences of "[ex0] [be] more [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The amp manufacturers ' answer to the dilemma is to provide sufficient flexibility to suit all tastes , and there are more than a few ways of going about that , too ! |
| 2 | There are more than a few Hungarians who would happily revert to the good old days of Kadarism , when the Hungarian president , Janos Kadar ( 1956–1986 ) , offered the ‘ cheeriest barracks ’ in eastern Europe a relatively high standard of living in return for political passivity . |
| 3 | But there are more than a few teething problems . |
| 4 | The issue 's not totally devoted to scorching soccer action however ( huge sighs of relief from the two-left-feet brigade ) , as there are more than enough non-sporty releases coming out to keep any forty-fags-a-day fan happy . |
| 5 | But if there are more than about 12–15 words in the unclassifiable group , and your children are older than 9 , then look again more carefully , because you have probably put words there that ought to be in a different category . |
| 6 | But it is just too hard to solve the equations when there are more than a few particles involved . |
| 7 | And it seems to me that the outer suggested limit of ten miles is unduly generous and that there are more than sufficient sites available within a radius of six to eight miles from York City Centre . |
| 8 | If there are more than a handful of lawyers doing personal injury work get a member of the support staff to compile and distribute a monthly newsletter . |
| 9 | And that misuse of the aerosol sprays is probably responsible for about three thousand five hundred deaths , but I think you 've got to put that into perspective , first of all against the six thousand people who are killed on the roads every year in Britain , and you 've also got to set it against our estimate that there are more than a quarter of a million people alive today who would have died in childhood if it had n't been specifically for the advantage of being able to take medicines , anti-biotics generally in their childhood to keep them alive . |
| 10 | He began making plans to fill Wembley Arena with 12,000 people a night , convinced there were more than enough Kylie fans waiting to see her . |
| 11 | By 1970 there were more than half a million students at a now expanded network of higher education , and in 1980 the number exceeded a million for the first time , taking in roughly a quarter of the relevant age group . |
| 12 | There were more than that number tied up in the harbour , although most of these were smaller , and all traders . |
| 13 | A certain number of people here ( there were more than So signatures ) addressed a petition to the Mayor ( I think his name is M.Tardieu ) describing me as a man not fit to be at liberty , or something like that . |
| 14 | Of whom there were more than a few I would imagine , thinking of how she had thrown herself on the poor defenceless Marcus . |
| 15 | There were more than a few ‘ One Sergeant Wilko ’ and similar chants during the evening , perhaps making up for the heat-of-the-moment bollocking he got at Anfield for taking off a very industrious Rod Wallace . |
| 16 | There were more than there should have been . |
| 17 | I 'm here because I believe that we share many objectives and because I know that there 's more that unites us than divides us . |
| 18 | Er , there is a a little orange leaflet which has been placed on the seats during the day that many of you , I hope , already have er , for anyone who has n't may I perhaps place these on the front table , there 's a the , there 's another supply over there and , could I please ask that some responsible representative from each district would please take a few more of these away with you so that they are distributed in district meetings in the near future , and attention drawn to them there er , if there are not enough copies er , then I 'm sure the provincial office on receiving a , a request from you will make sure there 's more that passed on to you . |
| 19 | And th th there 's more but I mean the facilities for them is there ? |
| 20 | Gillis accepts , against the advice of his chair-bound agent ( Miranda Richardson ) , but soon discovers that there 's more than a movie at stake . |
| 21 | ‘ There 's more than one radio playing . |
| 22 | But there 's more than one way of finding out what you need to know — start a conversation around the subject , use friends or people in the news as examples — you can find out how he feels about their situation , without relating it directly to you . |
| 23 | There 's more than one kind of truth . ’ |
| 24 | There 's more than one angle on everything . |
| 25 | If there 's more than one winner , they EACH get a ring . |
| 26 | Most other birds of prey will fight if there 's more than one chasing the same prey . |
| 27 | There 's more than one of them in Finland . ’ |
| 28 | Or say there 's more than one person working on a project . |
| 29 | ‘ In the younger years there 's more than in older years , I think you 'll find . |
| 30 | There 's more than one red face in the mobile division this morning , believe me . |