Example sentences of "more [conj] [adj] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is hoped that this will be the sort of figure which will deter those exhibition event organisers , who in the past have been more than content to pay top players such as Seles a six figure appearance fee and cover any fine which they may have incurred . |
| 2 | ‘ Under different circumstances , I would have been more than keen to join a club of their stature , ’ he said . |
| 3 | The Prince was more than keen to help ; as a result of that approach he convened a meeting , known as the Windsor Conference , which is still widely regarded as one of the most significant advances ever made in race relations . |
| 4 | And , indeed , she was more than anxious to do what she could to help look after the twins . |
| 5 | Still buzzing from the morning , I was more than delighted to sunbathe in the sand and pine-needles . |
| 6 | Charlotte Campbell was more than delighted to have received a reply to her letter for the position of children 's nanny which she had seen advertised in The Times . |
| 7 | He knew if he had only played ball , she would have been more than pleased to accommodate him , as she probably thought of it , when his attentions were not engaged elsewhere . |
| 8 | He asked me out , and I was more than pleased to accept . |
| 9 | In the meantime she was more than welcome to share the facilities of the Holiday Inn — room service and swimming pool and sauna . |
| 10 | She really was more than half-minded to take them downstairs again and post them through the hole in the mahogany skirting board of the dining-room where they could lie in wait for crumbs of bread and cheese and apple peels that she would be careful to drop … |
| 11 | NAM 's Public Relations Officer , Howard Heeley , said that while the Museum were sorry to see the Mk 4 go , it was more than pleasing to know that it was intended to fly it again . |
| 12 | But he was a big man and for some reason I had an unhealthy picture of him being more than able to do something unspeakable to Tonka toys . |
| 13 | This regime should have been more than adequate to demonstrate any significant short-term effects of reduced sleep . |
| 14 | The beam was more than adequate to illuminate the non-operational neural net systems . |
| 15 | He knew of course , because Barbara had told him , that James had already missed one deadline and was more than likely to miss another . |
| 16 | In other circumstances she would have been more than willing to engage in this conversation herself , for it was one she had frequently enjoyed ; she liked Otto , she had always mildly fancied that he liked her , she was amused by the offhand continental gallantries with which he interspersed , absent-mindedly , the rigour of his argument ; but tonight she was tired , her eyes were closing , she had had four hours of party already , had not enjoyed the Hargreaves drama , had not enjoyed her talks with Ivan Warner and Teddy Lazenby , had been polite enough for long enough , and wanted to go home ; so stood at Brian 's elbow , dully , a reproachful wife , slightly annoyed that neither of them took much notice of her , as Otto invoked the name of Max Weber , a name which meant nothing to her at all , a name which excluded her , exhausted her , and provoked her into prodding , yet again , but this time successfully , Brian 's arm , and murmuring of baby-sitter Sharon , who was only sixteen . |
| 17 | ‘ Some friends who were with me on holiday in Romania talked about the idea and when they contacted me this year saying they were going to do the ride I told them I was more than willing to join them , ’ said Karen , who teaches at Applegarth Primary School , Northallerton . |
| 18 | He had been well aware that she would dearly love to have been one of his girlfriends , more than willing to go to bed with him had he given her any encouragement , and was resentful of his relationship with Liza . |
| 19 | And if the vagaries of distribution made it difficult to get It there were others on hand more than willing to give the new paper , Indica , and the new culture a boost . |
| 20 | Last time she was the agent for the then-MP , Mr Ian Wrigglesworth , and she was more than willing to step into his shoes . |
| 21 | Bob Calder , that ass , was more than willing to accept him as a man who knew all there was to know about women . |
| 22 | The look she flicked him reminded him that this was one area where she would not appeal for his help ; she had been more than careful to protect him from any involvement with a drug-taking brother . |
| 23 | Lastly , I think Jim Perrin is being more than generous to suggest that climbers and walkers have an exemplary record in observing agreements and their respect for the environment . |
| 24 | Karen had done her bit for me and I would have been more than happy to reciprocate . |
| 25 | However , the physician which has been more than happy to dish out expensive advice to clients on how they they should deal with their own ills , has been unable to heal itself . |
| 26 | Sir John condemned large advances for authors as ‘ sheer folly ’ ( although he admitted that while they were still common practice he was more than happy to receive one ) , and wondered whether as more publishers ‘ linked into bookshops ’ EPOS systems via EDI there would still be a long-term need for wholesalers ’ . |
| 27 | Stirling was more than happy to oblige , especially as Major Steele 's LRDG squadron was prepared to take the raiders out and bring them back . |
| 28 | He was more than happy to oblige , especially when I explained why . ’ |
| 29 | She was more than happy to busy herself with her new home . |
| 30 | Primarily a national vegetable judge , he was more than happy to cast his expert eye over the quality field of spring flowers and he commented on the high standard achieved by the village . |