Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [is] more than a " in BNC.
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| 1 | GMs wind-cheating coupe is more than a pretty face . |
| 2 | This Devonian is more than a useful one-day cricketer who does his stuff as a medium-pace seamer. he is rated as a sound technical batsman , sure-footed against the spinner and able to get the short-pitched bowling away . |
| 3 | . Whether this manoeuvre is more than a technical device is dubious . |
| 4 | This view is more than a particularly extreme form of the New Critics ' attack on the ‘ intentional fallacy ’ . |
| 5 | There 's sunbursts and there 's sunbursts , and although this one is flawed by a couple of sanding marks around the back , the overall effect is more than a little tasty . |
| 6 | For we already have knowledge , ’ said the king , ‘ that our enemy in Wales has sent letters praying aid to all these potential foes of our state , and a joint assault is more than a possibility . |
| 7 | The human mind is more than a computer : Computers have dull and exact memories — what went in can come out again , exactly as it went in . |
| 8 | A good caddie is more than a mere assistant . |
| 9 | As that doyen of golf-writers , the late Henry Longhurst said , ‘ A good caddie is more than a mere assistant , he is guide , philosopher and friend . ’ |
| 10 | In this blithe seaside comedy , Depardieu reminds us that a great star is more than a great actor ; he is a creature people ca n't stop watching . ’ |
| 11 | It follows that if there is a small bald patch ( or a patch with grooves less than 1.6 mm deep ) 4 cm in diameter on a tread width of 12 cm an offence is committed for 4 cm is more than a quarter of the 12 cm width of tread . |
| 12 | The Great Mother is more than a blind force of Nature . |
| 13 | How the bureaucracy relates to the ruling class is more than a matter of origins . |
| 14 | His glorious book is more than a history and more than a 25,000-mile travelogue , although it is also both of those . |
| 15 | The Conservative case is more than a political ideal : it can be backed up by rigorous economic arguments . |
| 16 | A decision to purchase new curtains is more than a matter of taste ; it is also a financial decision . |
| 17 | The man endued with the Holy Spirit is more than a match for the unclean spirits which are such a feature in Mark 's account . |
| 18 | Indeed brain-mind identity is more than a belief , it is a hypothesis which seems to be the simplest explanation of the mind-brain problem , if it is a problem , and therefore one which parsimony requires us to accept . |