Example sentences of "[pron] [is] more [conj] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The arrangements for the new style NHS assume a continuing need for a local organisation which is more than a tier of management . |
| 2 | Well , you know , I always , I 'm always you have to drink two pints a day , which is more than a litre . |
| 3 | ‘ We was in t'workhouse together and 'e 'll do as 'e 's told , which is more than a lot of 'usbands does . ’ |
| 4 | Gillis accepts , against the advice of his chair-bound agent ( Miranda Richardson ) , but soon discovers that there 's more than a movie at stake . |
| 5 | There is more than a grain of truth in the observation by A. P. Herbert that royal commissions were usually appointed ‘ not so much for digging up the truth , as for digging it in . ’ |
| 6 | There is more than a grain of truth in this scenario , despite Mrs Thatcher 's undoubted role in the creation of the new British Library building . |
| 7 | It is not entirely true that people are as handicapped as we , the comparatively unhandicapped , are prepared to handicap them , but there is more than a grain of truth in that statement . |
| 8 | Byron may have been exaggerating a little when he wrote , ‘ Man 's love is of man 's life a thing apart , 'T IS woman 's whole existence ’ , but obviously there is more than a grain of truth in it , and not necessarily a painful or unacceptable one either . |
| 9 | ‘ There is more than a debt in it , ’ said Cadfael . |
| 10 | However , there is more than a chance that Brewer will take over Gary 's role as captain , and Alan 's place on the blindside of the scrum . |
| 11 | There is more than a hint of the search for the philosopher 's stone . |
| 12 | To begin with , there is more than a hint of circularity about Eccleshall 's definition of Conservatism . |
| 13 | There is more than a hint of desperation in this unlikely selection . |
| 14 | There is more than a hint of Art Nouveau in its decoration . |
| 15 | There is more than a hint of truth in what Alastair Hetherington , a former editor of The Guardian was told to explain how one defines news values : ‘ It 's like riding a bike ; if you stop to think about it , you 'll fall off . ’ |
| 16 | There is more than a hint here of the subsequent legislation in restraint of alienation which was to result in the English statute of Quia Emptores ( 1290 ) . |
| 17 | There is more than a hint of classical Greece in the architecture , and the blue river seen through the sand-coloured columns gives it a Mediterranean freshness . |
| 18 | If there is more than a page full of directories on the disk , type DIR/P and the screen will pause at the end of each page . |
| 19 | There is more than a touch of rags to riches in the story of the outsize barons . |
| 20 | There is more than a touch of racism in your assumption . ’ |
| 21 | There is more than a suspicion of zeugmatic tension when the end-items are yoked together : |
| 22 | My main concern is how much of the network would become ‘ prohibited ’ ; if it 's more than a fraction , I would prefer the present undefined arrangements . |
| 23 | ‘ It 's more than a guard ’ said a spokesman . |
| 24 | It 's more than a month since they conjured up a victory . |
| 25 | And I have a feeling- ’ She now drew in a long breath before resuming ‘ And it 's more than a feeling , it 's a certainty that , although we 're leaving here , being forced to leave here , we 'll return , for this is our home . |
| 26 | ‘ It 's more than a miracle . |
| 27 | Yes , O K then , right , because it 's more than a week away , I 'll give you a bell close to the time , just to make sure you , everything 's alright . |
| 28 | If you 've never been to an ice hockey game , it 's more than a game — it 's a night out . |
| 29 | My palace if I were a king it 's more than a palace it 's my everything . |
| 30 | a king it 's more than a palace it 's my everything . |