Example sentences of "[pers pn] be [prep] more [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm of more use to him , if I carry his letters faithfully , than all the statutes and limitations and restrictions they 've clapped on the Welsh trade . |
| 2 | I 'm in more danger while Mason 's in England . |
| 3 | When the doors closed on the place in which I had dwelled , and I found myself alone in the world of Men , I was in more agony than you could dream exists . |
| 4 | I was in more pain than I think I have ever experienced . |
| 5 | If , however , you 're after more sophistication in both sound and facilities , and if you occasionally like to wander on the wild side , then the ME-10 is the way to go . |
| 6 | At the end of the Saturday debate we were in more disarray than at any stage since either coming to power or Margaret Thatcher taking over the leadership . |
| 7 | In practice , not unexpectedly , they were of more value to the temporarily displaced skilled worker than to the chronically under-employed — the most intractable problem . |
| 8 | This can be traced back as far at least as Lord Mansfield , who said : ‘ In all mercantile transactions the great object should be certainty and therefore it 's of more consequence that a rule should be certain , than whether the rule is established one way or the other . |
| 9 | It is with more pleasure that I thank all those who have helped my ideas about the Lorenz equations to develop ; they are many , but I must mention particularly Peter Swinnerton-Dyer , Bob Williams and Paul Glendinning . |
| 10 | ‘ The charter will potentially have a very large impact on small firms because it is about more regulation . ’ |
| 11 | When he spoke again it was with more confidence . |
| 12 | A year later he was in more conflict with the BBBC which delayed granting him permission to fight in Australia after he had left the country . |