Example sentences of "be more [conj] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A man 's wife , his child , these things are more than the world to him . |
| 2 | Possible tests of success in this facet of the changes is whether non-executives are clear about their contribution and whether decisions are more than the sum of executive preferences . |
| 3 | Good learning environments are more than the sum of their parts ; they are exciting , attractive , motivating and challenging for those within them . |
| 4 | Wages , for those who can find work , are unlikely to be more than the equivalent of $15 a month , paid in clumsy wads of devalued roubles . |
| 5 | The cost of the low-end word processor and desktop publishing program combined may well be more than the cost of a good word processor that can do many of the same functions . |
| 6 | You also need to allow for the cost of both building and tiling a separate shower enclosure ; this can often be more than the cost if installing the shower itself . |
| 7 | Effective cross-cultural briefing , such as that practised at the Farnham Castle International Briefing Centre , has to be more than the provision of information . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | There are several areas in which the continued health of the Course depends upon a collaborative response which must necessarily be more than the aggregate of views of individual fields and departments . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | It had to be more than the trauma of the afternoon . |
| 12 | There should be a 50 per cent statistical probability that the actual quantity of recoverable reserves will be more than the amount estimated as proven and probable and a 50 per cent statistical probability that it will be less . |
| 13 | He was beginning to get to know them as individuals and to glimpse their relationships but he could never be more than the outsider looking in . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Jung , unlike Freud , believed that the symbols , or archetypes contained in dreams and hallucinations were more than the manifestation of sexual hang-ups . |
| 16 | Jung , unlike Freud , believed that the symbols , or archetypes contained in dreams and hallucinations were more than the manifestation of sexual hang-ups . |
| 17 | Yet , sex is more than the act of sexual intercourse and penal penetration . |
| 18 | The cost of credit … is more than the borrower can afford . |
| 19 | Here is more than the chance to do a bit of direct selling or attract further commissions ; there should be the desire to communicate and work with others . |
| 20 | If the D6 roll is more than the distance you have veered away then the Doom Diver has over compensated and the template is moved over and beyond the target the full distance roll . |
| 21 | This is more than the change that inner London received , and I think it 's quite unbelievable that York 's population , base population is actually starting of from the figure of er a hundred and three , a hundred and four thousand , and I think York City Council will agree with that in any case , erm , the new major estimates for nineteen ninety two would already suggest that that population 's declined by a further thousand , which I think emphasizes that these major estimates are estimates , and because of the differ the difficulties within the census for nineteen ninety one , with under enumeration , some problems may have occurred . |
| 22 | According to Paasi , therefore , a region is an institutionalized division of space , and is more than the myriad individual places which come and go in the lives of their creators . |
| 23 | The Church is more than the herald announcing the message , it is a demonstration model which gives credence to the effectiveness of that message . |
| 24 | The creation of a new county palatine was indeed a grand gesture , and a notably archaic one , but on examination the gesture is more than the substance . |
| 25 | The creation of a new county palatine was indeed a grand gesture , and a notably archaic one , but on examination the gesture is more than the substance . |
| 26 | When the nuclei of light elements join together or ‘ fuse ’ , energy is released ; what is more , the amount is more than the energy needed to push these nuclei into one another overcoming the electrical repulsion , so if we could accomplish this efficiently we would have a plentiful and dean supply of energy . |
| 27 | And this is more than the ambition with which I began , and more than my son 's inheritance . |
| 28 | But , as we have seen , there is more than the student 's gaining a relativize sense of the knowledge encountered on a course . |
| 29 | Hon. Members would then see what good measures I introduced and with what democratic reticence I did it , which is more than the Leader of the House can claim for the way he adduced his case tonight . |
| 30 | Religion therefore is more than just a personal affair and its influence in society is more than the sum of its influences on individuals . |