Example sentences of "[modal v] be more [conj] [art] " 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 alternative , it should be stressed , must be more than an alternative governing group . |
12 | And , and they 've got erm , well they must be more than the Portacabins , but I mean they 've got erm places there though |
13 | Travelling and sitting with them might be more than a man can bear first thing in the new year . |
14 | ‘ When I started taking those wickets last summer , I began did begin to think I had a chance of representing my country but , to be truthful , I did n't think it could be more than the England A side . |
15 | Indeed , you get the feeling that there 'd be more than a few pro-war songs knocking about if it shifted the units . |
16 | Indeed , you get the feeling that there 'd be more than a few pro-war songs knocking about if it shifted the units . |
17 | ‘ 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 . |
18 | In the end the consequences of Chernobyl may be more than a horrifying collection of statistics about unleashed radiation , deformed lives , premature deaths . |
19 | ‘ And I think Ahn may be more than a little put out by the idea . ’ |
20 | A growing number of people believe this may be more than a fantasy . |
21 | It may be more than a fortnight — I do n't really know how long . " |
22 | So a horse may be able to cope with the stress of injury or the stress of being isolated from other horses ; but if they both happen at the same time , the resulting stress and anxiety may be more than the horse can manage successfully . |
23 | Referring principally to those techniques of soil conservation developed by research stations and government institutions , many studies of the economics of soil conservation which focus on the private economic incentives for soil conservation , show that , although total benefits from a soil conservation scheme such as terracing may be more than the total cost , individual farmers usually lose income from these practices ( Harshbarger & Swanson 1964 , Holtman & Connor 1974 ) . |
24 | It would be more than a week since he had thought of Millet . |
25 | 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 . |
26 | 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 . |
27 | You could see that he would be more than a match for some small female saint with no name . |
28 | And I figured that it would be more than a racing cert that it was situated in another alleyway . |
29 | Macmillan , however , saw that amalgamation of the Service Ministries and the Ministry of Supply concurrently with sweeping changes in Defence policy would be more than the Defence establishment could take . |
30 | However , half-dozen such lines would be more than the ‘ patience ’ argument could comfortably dismiss , and this is about the number of good alignments that are known at present . |