Example sentences of "[verb] [det] more than [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For groups in this position the right to take part in politics represents little more than the right to whistle in the wind . |
| 2 | A settlement was reached in 1972 , but in the 1980s , as the devolution of power to the south became little more than a façade and the economic situation deteriorated , the separatist movement re-emerged . |
| 3 | Welch is the first to admit that when the Theatre Royal opened in 1982 it was widely regarded as a white elephant , which quickly became little more than a stopping off point for second-rate touring products . |
| 4 | In the end , this is a book without a conclusion — despite its charts , its statistical tables and its thickets of notes , it offers little more than a collection of historical raw material . |
| 5 | That is an inadequate answer , given that more than a year ago there was a severe weather crisis throughout the country , especially in the east midlands district where 2 million people were without supplies , some of them for a considerable period . |
| 6 | Collaborative change , with negotiation between professional groups and the state , may be the best way forward , but without strong government control it risks becoming little more than a tinkering with the existing system . |
| 7 | It was once an important port , but now contains little more than a wharf , the use of which is also limited by the extremely wide range of the Severn Estuary tides . |
| 8 | $800 for Solaris 2.0-on-Sparc sounds expensive compared to USL 's $350 for Unix SVR4.2 ( Destiny ) , but SunSoft claims such a price would buy little more than a kernel from USL , and is virtually useless in such form . |
| 9 | However , it cost little more than the price of the land — a real bargain , ’ she parodied in a bitter little voice . |
| 10 | Instead of government-rigged prices , they want little more than a reaffirmation of existing anti-dumping rules . |
| 11 | The provisions the Committee recommend for inclusion involve little more than a restatement of the existing common law position : |
| 12 | Engineering , which played so central a role in this country 's industrial development , now has little more than a bit part according to many economists and politicians . |
| 13 | Barbados , which even now has little more than a quarter of a million people , has led the way with a roll of honour of mind-boggling proportions . |
| 14 | It may be true that the story of the English people is best seen in English literature , but English literature contains much more than the story of the English people . |
| 15 | But this book contains much more than an exposition on the background to the Children Act and an explanation of the principles on which it is founded . |
| 16 | A sensible aid policy — not just for Russia and Eastern Europe , but for the third world in general — calls for careful priorities , realistic goals and , above all , an understanding that the quality of aid matters much more than the quantity . |
| 17 | Men and women work all day and at the end of the week those in waged work get a wage packet which does n't buy much more than the necessities of life . |
| 18 | interested in English nobody , sh did n't know any more than the girl next door did she ? |
| 19 | Secondly the archive base became much more than the database ( or rather its constituent tables ) . |
| 20 | The little round lawn with its grass path was so bitty that I was tempted to remove it altogether , and the two paved areas seemed too small to accommodate much more than a deckchair . |
| 21 | Sharpe knew he was seeing much more than a cavalry raid , though he was not certain whether this was the real invasion . |
| 22 | The change to a community-based service … involves much more than a change to the pattern of service provision . |
| 23 | It is important to begin by recognizing that assessment is a process which involves much more than the collection of information and data . |
| 24 | Away he goes Lawrence again to the right-handed and that 's short on the back foot plays it down with a dead bat , ball bounces little more than a yard or two . |
| 25 | Aerial photographs reveal little more than the site 's main features , and plotting scatters of surface finds only gives a reasonable guide to its centre , with little information about its extent or shape . |
| 26 | At her worst — which is to say , when her performances , all crust and no bread , seemed little more than a rash of mannerisms — she could strike one as impossibly tic-ridden and implausible . |
| 27 | Meanwhile the war progresses , causing little more than a headache over the shortage of petrol ( p.66 ) . |
| 28 | An inexpensive pond heater will solve the problem — and cost little more than a lightbulb to run . |
| 29 | Do not repeat this more than a couple of times in rapid succession however , because otherwise the dog may start to interpret this as a game . |
| 30 | The costs involved in astronomy satellites cover much more than the detectors or telescopes and even the cheapest astronomical satellite now costs around £60 million . |