Example sentences of "[be] [prep] more [subord] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1	But the Conservative record has been about more than increasing spending .
2	These studies of immediate memory span are of more than historical interest because the fact that there is such a severe limit is important in the design of information presentations of technical data — a standard ergonomics problem .
3	Granville eventually inherited the estate and his connection with Stoke Poges may be of more than usual significance .
4	What spontaneous air had written must be of more than natural significance .
5	Clark capitulated and stayed with Virgin , on the grounds that idiosyncrasy and fun were worth more than conventional careerism .
6	Neither their range nor their alignment being of more than average accuracy , the damage they did was haphazard but promising .
7	However , power is about more than physical strength .
8	The withdrawal of delegates from the UN from the conference is of more than symbolic importance .
9	The difference in response rates achieved is of more than passing interest .
10	There are two reasons why this 1956 mono recording of Orff 's well-worn choral work is of more than usual interest .
11	This point is of more than theoretical significance .
12	Recent work by Zeki ( 1983a , b ) shows that Land 's theory is of more than theoretical interest because cells in area V4 have properties compatible with it whereas cells in Vl do not .
13	After three years of exceptionally low rainfall , especially on the eastern side of England , it is of more than academic interest to know just how much rain has fallen on the garden .
14	This point is of more than academic interest since there are , in fact , quite significant differences in the functional organization of apparently homologous structures in different species .
15	The parallel between this and the equivalent position today between Britain and Germany is of more than academic interest .

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