Example sentences of "[be] [prep] more [subord] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But when , as his friend and director Mike Nichols asserts , an actor has inscribed upon popular history a character who has influenced the modern male personality , as did Henry Fonda , James Cagney , Spencer Tracy and Humphrey Bogart , his personal idiosyncrasies are worth more than a cursory glance . |
| 2 | One or two events which will be of more than a passing interest to Lothian Highways ' staff have occurred since the first edition of NETWORK was published . |
| 3 | It had about 164,000 regulars , of whom only some 80,000 were on more than a three-year engagement . |
| 4 | For the reader about to abandon the book this may easily uncover previously undisclosed information ; for the committed reader it can add to his overall perspective on the book , thus helping him understand the relation of the parts to the whole , e.g. D. Marquand , Ramsay MacDonald ( 1977 ) , is about more than a former Prime Minister . |
| 5 | Try not to get pushed into this — your health is worth more than a few extra quid . |