Example sentences of "there [was/were] [adv] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But suddenly , like catching a whiff of the sea when you 're still miles up the river , I had a feeling there was more to life than this . |
| 2 | If only they would read a little Dickens or Kipling they would soon discover there was more to life than cheating people and watching television . |
| 3 | Would Tim have persuaded Jan to throw away her book at last and learn there was more to life than work ? |
| 4 | Surely there was more to life than that ? |
| 5 | ‘ She obviously decided there was more to life than a ship 's doctor had to offer . ’ |
| 6 | Wells Store started from humble beginings in the early nineteen fifties and helped persuade the public that there was more to life than English cheddar . |
| 7 | That it turned out to be neither was because of Father McGiff 's discovery that there was more to Time 's perfidy than just the simple ruse of slowing him down . |