Example sentences of "[vb -s] more [conj] [adv] [art] " in BNC.

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1 The modern surveyor involved in administering building contracts needs more than just a working knowledge of its terms — he needs a detailed legal appreciation .
2 ‘ A real book needs more than just a good writer .
3 It 's no secret that Mansell has more than just a soft spot for Frank Williams , and indeed has enjoyed lots of success at Williams in the past .
4 Although Joe does n't use much sweep picking , la Frank Gambale , or rapid-fire althernate picking , la Yngwie , he covers more or less every other technique in the book !
5 Independent of this physical cause there exists always one more or less contrary evil to the cure of maladies in any Hospital whatever which results from the great number of sick assembled in one place , the bodies of which occasion emanations which alters more or less the wholesomeness of the air , but this cause may in some manner be done away with by the great cleanliness of the Stables and fumigations that might be performed from time to time …
6 The purpose of this chapter is to describe the rest of the machinery through which the political leadership operates outside Whitehall and this includes more than just the system of local government .
7 Shipman 's two-volume Story of the Cinema ( Hodder and Stoughton ) is also a very good read — the first volume goes up to Gone With The Wind and the second starts with Citizen Kane and reaches more or less the present day .
8 Now the centre-piece of the ‘ new ’ , lush , grass , airfield , and serving as the ‘ Officers Mess ’ is a surviving building from the field 's brief ‘ other ’ life , a totally restored relic of a war that grows more and more a second-hand experience as every day ticks by .
9 This new life reveals more and more the gifts of God , and less and less the human efforts we vainly try to make .
10 " The language emphasizes more and more the need for a new international economic order " , she said .
11 However , one detects more than just a hint of resentment when he talks of the ‘ middle-class ’ , who , with their penchant for rationalisation and organisation , appear to have appropriated the game .
12 Access requires more than just the existence of possibilities .
13 They 'll find out it takes more than just a little hope
14 It 's something I think everyone recognizes at their own , that village school plays more than just the function of educating children , in small village communities .
15 The Beta version of Ultrafax from WordStar/Zsoft we 've been pre-viewing is the link between your Windows applications and the rest of the world 's fax machines , but offers more than just the facility to print your documents remotely .
16 The Release control performs more or less the reverse of the Attack rotary , adjusting the time for the signal gain to fall back to the level set by the Range control .
17 The word ‘ habitat ’ implies more than simply the physical environment of an animal .
18 Sport is exercise that satisfies more than just the physical needs of our body ; it is exercise that aims to fulfil other sets of needs and drives .
19 When a mite climbs on to a worker ant 's chin , it expects more than just a free ride ( photographed at about 20 times life size ) .
20 Fortunately I have never had this problem either with ferrets or dogs but should it ever hit my animals it means more than just the loss of the ferrets .
21 Because of the connection with prostitutes , pornography means more than just the graphic depiction in words or pictures of sexual activity .
22 [ The alternative ] means more than merely a different way of ‘ doing social science ’ .
23 Instead you should use the command SUBST A : B : / B : A : / which does more or less the same job .
24 The Martian encampment they find may be deserted but the lichen-like vegetation , triggered into accelerated growth by a light drizzle of rain , proves more than just a minor hazard for the astronauts as they race against time to repair the ship .
25 Perhaps now , in the same way , Judith Cowan 's new range or work can also be effective in a climate which desperately seeks more than just a checklist of intention .
26 Examples are our economy , which becomes more and more a credit economy , or our science , in which most scholars must use innumerable results of other scientists which they can not examine .
27 As the Quality Improvement Process becomes more and more a part of C&P 's culture , quality education will naturally become more integrated with the mainstream training programmes at all levels .
28 ‘ Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe . ’
29 As trading becomes less and less directly connected with physical trading floors , or even a particular trading system , the rulebook becomes more and more the key determinant of the exchange 's identity and objectives .
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