Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] [be] more than " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | The kudos of the job , the implied associations and the admiration of others are felt to be more than enough compensation . |
| 4 | His interest in witchcraft was said to be more than scholarly . |
| 5 | That 's got ta be more than that , cos that 's basically what my fares cost . |
| 6 | 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 ) . |
| 7 | But it 's got to be more than that . |
| 8 | The link with Labour has got to be more than just signing a cheque . |
| 9 | Virtually any dried foods can be prepared in this way at very little cost and this has been found to be more than adequate to get the fry . |
| 10 | In the case of the breeding tank , undergravel filters have been found to be more than adequate in most situations as long as a few basic concepts are followed . |
| 11 | The Le Mans officials were blameless as their safety measures were found to be more than adequate , and the speed at which the injured were taken to hospital was also exemplary . |
| 12 | The American adventure movie Raiders of the lost ark and its sequels , in which actor Harrison Ford played Indiana Jones , an heroic archaeologist , have proved to be more than just financially successful productions . |
| 13 | In 1933 its total membership was believed to be about 300 , but the cost of a fund-raising appeal for £25,000 proved to be more than the sum collected and the movement went £800 into debt . |
| 14 | But the declaration issued by the congress left no doubt that the decision was intended to be more than a mere facelift : ‘ The present concept of socialism , the Stalinist system , has exhausted all its social , economic , political and moral reserves , and has proved unsuitable for keeping pace with global developments . |
| 15 | However , the booklet is intended to be more than a list of records . |
| 16 | The S3 graphics co-processor and its associated chipset is justly acknowledged to be more than useful for speeding up Windows graphics , offloading much of the graphics work from the CPU as it does , and the speed up with a variety of tasks under Windows and applications is very noticeable . |
| 17 | She wished she had been born into a different age , an age when women had been allowed to be more than a decorative possession . |
| 18 | Rosie told me the other nurses who worked here have tried to be more than just assistants to him . ’ |
| 19 | From the very start , one must realise that WordStar for Windows 1.5 is meant to be more than just a word-processor , but is perhaps more aptly billed as a document processor . |
| 20 | Religions as sociological entities are not meant to be more than stepping-stones to an appreciation of the profound Mystery at the heart of reality . |