Example sentences of "[is] [indef pn] more [conj] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The wielding of government power is nothing more than the art of imposing one 's will . |
| 2 | Their overall effect is to permit detention for up to ninety-six hours , a far cry from the limit of twenty-four hours suggested by section 41 , and to allow it notwithstanding that its primary purpose is nothing more than the questioning and interrogation of the suspect . |
| 3 | This holds that society is nothing more than the individuals who make it up and that they can be described , as causal agents in the social situation , solely with regard to their individual psychology and to nothing else . |
| 4 | De Man 's progress towards the aporia of hidden and manifest content in Proust is nothing more than the elaboration of his initial imperfect translation . |
| 5 | I consider that we have a very important national duty to perform in this respect ; this city is something more than the mother of arts and eloquence ; she is the mother of nations ; we are peopling two continents , the Western and the Southern Continent , and we are organising , christianising and civilising large portions of two ancient continents , Africa and Asia ; and it is not right that when the inhabitants of those countries come to the metropolis , they should see nothing worthy of its ancient renown . |