Example sentences of "[be] more than the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it will have to be more than the mysterious death used in the old , simple detective story . |
| 2 | Referring principally to those techniques of soil conservation developed by research stations and government institutions , many studies of the economics of soil conservation which focus on the private economic incentives for soil conservation , show that , although total benefits from a soil conservation scheme such as terracing may be more than the total cost , individual farmers usually lose income from these practices ( Harshbarger & Swanson 1964 , Holtman & Connor 1974 ) . |
| 3 | If ministerial responsibility were more than the mere shadow of a name , the matter would be less important , but as it is , the Courts are the only defence of the liberty of the subject against departmental aggression . |
| 4 | What all this shows is that a distinctively structuralist kind of criticism is possible , and moreover , that it is more than the simple application and refinement of the tools of poetics . |
| 5 | And it 's preferable to have a golf course rather than agricultural land which might be heavily dosed with chemicals six times a year , which is more than the average course . ’ |
| 6 | More crimes are committed with illustrated books , especially in certain categories , than with any others , owing to the operations of the ‘ breaker ’ , the dealer ( and sometimes , regrettably , the collector ) who will ruthlessly destroy a perfectly good book because the total value of the separate plates or maps , sold individually , is more than the intact volume would ordinarily be . |
| 7 | When a car drives slowly into her taxi , stationary at a traffic-clogged crossroads , it is more than the stupid accident it would be in London , New York or Sydney . |
| 8 | Javed at the crease is more than the uncomplicated warrior , laying about him with pride . |
| 9 | ‘ It 's more than the last straw for Faye . |