Example sentences of "[adj] [be] more [subord] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet the Commonwealth was after all invented at a time when the British were more than ever enamoured of their capacity for effecting the bloodless obedience of subject peoples . |
| 2 | This is more than just a case of increased differentiation in local voting behaviour . |
| 3 | And this is more than just drinkable , it is an enormous , fruit-packed wine , smelling sublimely of ripe blackcurrants . |
| 4 | Again , I must add , this is more than just a demo , as it 's subtitled ‘ A Requiem ’ to honour a friend of Origo who is no longer amongst us . |
| 5 | ‘ This is more than just a robbery , it is so frenzied and angry , the work of animals , that it is beyond the comprehension of the human mind . ’ |
| 6 | This is more than just a book with balances . |
| 7 | But this is more than just a taste of the past . |
| 8 | ‘ Why do I get the feeling this is more than just coincidence ? ’ |
| 9 | This is more than just instrumental self-aggrandizement , because this ‘ market forces ’ approach is an important ideological device in ‘ recommodification ’ , but the form of involvement is highly instrumental for many participants . |
| 10 | This is more than just crass . |
| 11 | This is more than just a subtle interweaving of his own and Proust 's problematics . |
| 12 | Two 's company … three 's more than just a coincidence . |
| 13 | From a Christian point of view , however , the concern for the poor is more than just an individual matter : it is legitimately a function of government acting on behalf of society as a whole and comparable to its mandate to maintain law and order . |
| 14 | Moreover , under section 245 of the Code , bodily harm includes any hurt or injury that interferes with the health or comfort of the complainant and that is more than merely transient or trifling in nature . |
| 15 | ‘ That is more than enough . ’ |
| 16 | The Bentley that 's more than just a badge |
| 17 | ‘ That 's more than just impetuosity , that 's sheer rashness . |
| 18 | Because of his experience , he 'd been taken further into God 's Kingdom , he 'd been given that vision into God 's Kingdom , now that 's more than just been given your eyesight , cos there 's a lot of people will see , who have their eyesight intact , but refuse to have the vision that was necessary to accept Jesus , new kingdom . |
| 19 | That 's more than likely why the likes of Solitaire and Minesweeper get booted as often in offices around the country , and why Leisure Suit Larry was so popular with the City types a while back . |
| 20 | That 's more than enough from me . |
| 21 | ‘ That 's more than enough . ’ |
| 22 | Only my pride would be hurt , of course , but that 's more than enough . |
| 23 | ‘ That 's more than enough , ’ she cried , leading the speaker to lunch . |
| 24 | I 've got four , that 's more than enough you have any more than those . |
| 25 | That 's more than enough ! |
| 26 | That 's more than enough ! |