Example sentences of "[adj] more than an [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Soderstrom has been , in her distinguished career , much more than an operetta singer , but her virtues , solid attack , excellent diction , and a clear , fine voice appealing more through its silvery edge than through depth or human vulnerability , are essentially charming rather than thought-provoking .
2 ‘ Nothing will change my commitment to the idea that a truly liberal education is much more than an examination syllabus , ’ she says .
3 At best they furnish little more than an outline guide to the interpretation of the numerical data , a hint of the kind of hypothesis that needs to be tested .
4 The increasing use of local area networks , where the PC is little more than an access terminal and important data is stored on a central file server , is also changing buying habits .
5 The price war of autumn 1985 then was little more than an advertising exercise , though it did reduce the general price of holidays for 1986 .
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