Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [be] more than " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1973 the government ran a considerable campaign to instruct electors how to record their votes under the system of proportional representation , but it was thought that after the experience of two proportional representation elections in 1973 the electorate did not need to be more than reminded of what was required . |
| 2 | They also appear to be more than usually keen on human prey . |
| 3 | Whereas East Anglia might have become a second power base in the early 1470s , Gloucester 's Welsh lands were never expected to be more than peripheral . |
| 4 | Whereas East Anglia might have become a second power base in the early 1470s , Gloucester 's Welsh lands were never expected to be more than peripheral . |
| 5 | Art has to be more than an ornament , or a reinforcement . |
| 6 | There has to be more than Newsnight … ‘ |
| 7 | If the auditors ' role is to be expanded , however , the APB recognises that there has to be more than just shareholder involvement . |
| 8 | Climbing has to be more than a race for E points , pumping away on raddled lumps of overhanging bolt-protected , sweaty limestone , or cavorting on plywood Towers of Babel , studded with artificial holds , floodlit for a ‘ quick-fox ’ titillation of the idle masses . |
| 9 | Effective cross-cultural briefing , such as that practised at the Farnham Castle International Briefing Centre , has to be more than the provision of information . |
| 10 | She looks about eight years old but has to be more than that . ’ |
| 11 | The action has to be more than complaint and exhortation . |
| 12 | What I found to be more than a little disconcerting was the feeling of drowning . |
| 13 | ‘ Maclean of Duart needs to be more than good and honest ! |
| 14 | The kudos of the job , the implied associations and the admiration of others are felt to be more than enough compensation . |
| 15 | The sign contains sufficient of the content of the thing signified to be more than a symbol . |
| 16 | His interest in witchcraft was said to be more than scholarly . |
| 17 | That 's got ta be more than that , cos that 's basically what my fares cost . |
| 18 | I happen to be more than grateful to her . ’ |
| 19 | This once-for-all improvement in the relative wage of women coincided with the implementation of the Equal Pay Act , and this is generally thought to be more than a coincidence ( see Zabalza and Tzannatos , 1985 ) . |
| 20 | Basically Goldman thinks Microsoft Corp 's Windows NT and Intel Corp 's Pentium are going to be more than Sun can handle , hurting Sun 's ability to improve earnings on a sustained basis over the next year or so and impeding its gains in market share . |
| 21 | Both Salomon Brothers Inc and more importantly Goldman Sachs & Co have moved Sun Microsystems Inc shares off their recommended buy lists : basically Goldman thinks Microsoft Corp 's Windows NT and Intel Corp 's Pentium are going to be more than Sun can handle , hurting its ability to improve earnings on a sustained basis over the next year or so and impeding its gains in market share ; Goldman believes Sun 's financial model may need to change more quickly than the company can realise ; the long-term judgment is based on Goldman 's view of Sun 's business as 80% to 85% client side where it thinks Windows , especially NT , will dominate in client-server systems , even where high-performance client products are needed . |
| 22 | Then Brandt went into a tea shop , in spite of feeling that his new landlady 's fried bread for breakfast was going to be more than enough to see him through the day . |
| 23 | ‘ Frank 's never going to be more than your average brain , ’ said Major Tilney to Toby Freely . |
| 24 | ‘ It 's going to be more than just perfect . ’ |
| 25 | But it 's got to be more than that . |
| 26 | The link with Labour has got to be more than just signing a cheque . |
| 27 | She was beginning to be more than a bit worried about the expenses involved in her escape , and hoped it would n't be too long before she could escape back to anonymity and London . |
| 28 | It was getting to be more than just a bad habit ; it was beginning to become an established part of his personality . |
| 29 | In aiming to be more than a mere common market , the Treaty emphasised the principle that the problems of one member state would be the problems of all . |
| 30 | Finally , in respect of the Wandjina , it appears to be more than chance that the word ‘ Wandjina ’ — sometimes spelled ‘ Wondjina ’ — can be formed from two Sanskrit words , ‘ Vand ’ and ‘ Jina ’ . |