Example sentences of "[vb -s] [prep] be more [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Art has to be more than an ornament , or a reinforcement . |
| 2 | There has to be more than Newsnight … ‘ |
| 3 | If the auditors ' role is to be expanded , however , the APB recognises that there has to be more than just shareholder involvement . |
| 4 | Climbing has to be more than a race for E points , pumping away on raddled lumps of overhanging bolt-protected , sweaty limestone , or cavorting on plywood Towers of Babel , studded with artificial holds , floodlit for a ‘ quick-fox ’ titillation of the idle masses . |
| 5 | Effective cross-cultural briefing , such as that practised at the Farnham Castle International Briefing Centre , has to be more than the provision of information . |
| 6 | She looks about eight years old but has to be more than that . ’ |
| 7 | The action has to be more than complaint and exhortation . |
| 8 | ‘ Maclean of Duart needs to be more than good and honest ! |
| 9 | Finally , in respect of the Wandjina , it appears to be more than chance that the word ‘ Wandjina ’ — sometimes spelled ‘ Wondjina ’ — can be formed from two Sanskrit words , ‘ Vand ’ and ‘ Jina ’ . |
| 10 | In short , the intelligence of insects , like that of our species , seems to be more than anything else the intelligence of evolutionary necessity . |
| 11 | In her enchanting story of The Velveteen Rabbit , Margery Williams ' tells of a cloth rabbit who longs to be more than just a toy . |