Example sentences of "have [prep] be more than " 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 | From the outset , it has been clear that COSE , the Common Open Software Environment , would have to be more than just a unified desktop interface , and this week , two more pieces of the COSE puzzle appear to be dropping into place ( CI No 2,142 ) . |
| 9 | For masturbation , it would have to be more than just a passing person . ’ |
| 10 | But it will have to be more than the mysterious death used in the old , simple detective story . |
| 11 | Civilization had to be more than a mere confluence of economic interests : ‘ And until we set in order our own crazy economic and financial systems , to say nothing of our philosophy of life , can we be sure that our helping hands to the barbarian and the savage will be any more desirable than the embrace of the leper ? ’ |
| 12 | To be worth two murders in eight days , Ascot had to be more than a mere gambling scam . |
| 13 | They had to be more than willing , and as ready as he to part without hard feelings afterwards . |
| 14 | It had to be more than the trauma of the afternoon . |
| 15 | The sad truth is to tackle these subjects you have to be more than just willing , you have to be shite-hot . |