Example sentences of "[modal v] be [det] than a " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the section entitled ‘ Juvenile Employment ’ , Beveridge pressed the view that the exchange should be more than a place of registration and placement : it should be ‘ both a market-place and a centre of guidance and supervision in the choice of ‘ careers ’ . |
| 2 | Speechreading should be more than a communication aid ; it should enrich your quality of life , perhaps assisting you to become a more observant person , more aware , more alive , with the flexibility to adapt and adjust to new circumstances and with the courage and confidence to persist . |
| 3 | An accurate and meaningful account of a human society should be more than a generalised narrative of the changes in composition of the archaeological record through time . |
| 4 | However , the statement should be more than a transcript . |
| 5 | Should be more than a bit but I got Marg . |
| 6 | British film practice , to fulfil its potential function , must be more than a business enterprise . |
| 7 | It must be more than a " mere suspicion . " |
| 8 | Putting patients first must be more than a slogan |
| 9 | It must be more than a coincidence that all this was happening simultaneously . |
| 10 | I consider that she would have found a job by early Autumn and therefore the sum must be more than a , nearly a year 's earnings and I assess it at eight thousand pounds . |
| 11 | the probability of flooding must be less than a specified level ; |
| 12 | Travelling and sitting with them might be more than a man can bear first thing in the new year . |
| 13 | Indeed , you get the feeling that there 'd be more than a few pro-war songs knocking about if it shifted the units . |
| 14 | Indeed , you get the feeling that there 'd be more than a few pro-war songs knocking about if it shifted the units . |
| 15 | ‘ But where the sentence is substantial the offence will be grave , the risk the offender represents to the public can be significant and the difference which decision to grant or not to grant parole makes , may be more than a few months . |
| 16 | In the end the consequences of Chernobyl may be more than a horrifying collection of statistics about unleashed radiation , deformed lives , premature deaths . |
| 17 | ‘ And I think Ahn may be more than a little put out by the idea . ’ |
| 18 | A growing number of people believe this may be more than a fantasy . |
| 19 | It may be more than a fortnight — I do n't really know how long . " |
| 20 | It would be more than a week since he had thought of Millet . |
| 21 | I had never seen a police launch , but this one had an unmistakably official look about it , and in size and speed would be more than a match for either Stormy Petrel or Sea Otter . |
| 22 | Nigel got most of the estate , but would be more than a little embarrassed by estate duty ; and provision for Jacqui and her baby would be sorted out in time . |
| 23 | You could see that he would be more than a match for some small female saint with no name . |
| 24 | And I figured that it would be more than a racing cert that it was situated in another alleyway . |
| 25 | That would be less than a complete solution . |
| 26 | How long it will take to get over this shock is unclear , but it will be more than a year . |
| 27 | I hope the unity will be more than a veneer by the end . |
| 28 | In any other times , it can be less than a week . |