Example sentences of "[be] [prep] more than [art] [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 | The most casual obscenities , the most hackneyed endearments , coming to me from your rose-red lips , are worth more than the sagest advice of all the old men in the world . |
| 3 | Kelly said : ‘ It 's not right that the end of year events are worth more than the early season classics just because the interest has got to be maintained to the finish . ’ |
| 4 | Add up the value of your home , car , shares and belongings and you may well find you are worth more than the current threshold . |
| 5 | Surely polymeric surfactants , which are becoming increasingly important as dispersing agents , are worth more than the three pages devoted to them here . |
| 6 | On performances I personally think we are worth more than the 2 pts per game average . |
| 7 | But the new property must not be worth more than the old one . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | It had about 164,000 regulars , of whom only some 80,000 were on more than a three-year engagement . |
| 10 | Which bit 's worth more than the other two ? |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Try not to get pushed into this — your health is worth more than a few extra quid . |
| 13 | In the context of hospitality and friendship , little and often is worth more than the grandest of annual social jamborees . |