Example sentences of "[is] more [subord] [art] [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 31 | There is more than a suspicion of zeugmatic tension when the end-items are yoked together : |
| 32 | Yet , sex is more than the act of sexual intercourse and penal penetration . |
| 33 | Hon. Members would then see what good measures I introduced and with what democratic reticence I did it , which is more than the Leader of the House can claim for the way he adduced his case tonight . |
| 34 | Religion therefore is more than just a personal affair and its influence in society is more than the sum of its influences on individuals . |
| 35 | The special and attractive character of the Ortiz collection is that it is not just an assemblage of objects but the coherent vision of a man who believes that the whole is more than the sum of its parts and that the collector is as creative as the artist . |
| 36 | Since these ‘ facts ’ belong to the group as a whole and since the latter is more than the sum of its parts , they have a transcendent reality of their own and can not simply be reduced to the individuals in whose conduct they manifest themselves . |
| 37 | There is the sense here that reason is more than the sum of its parts , and that the serious pursuit of truth can , over time , generate a way of looking at the world and an approach to forming judgements on it that stands over and above any particular truths that may be assimilated on the way . |
| 38 | This year the increase in grant to the Sports Council is 4.4 per cent. , which is more than the rate of inflation and equivalent year on year to what we have pledged ourselves to provide . |
| 39 | The World Health Organisation 's viewpoint is that health is more than the absence of disease or infirmity . |
| 40 | Sickness may be the absence of health , but health is more than the absence of sickness , so prevention is better than cure . |
| 41 | You will get no help if your assessed contribution towards the cost as shown on certificate AG 3 is more than the value of the voucher you were given . |
| 42 | Where the price of the goods is more than the value of the token , the inclusion of a money consideration would suggest that the transaction is a sale of goods . |
| 43 | Studies by others on stained tissue using the electron probe and the proton probe , which is more than an order of magnitude more sensitive , have failed to confirm these findings . |
| 44 | Programme evaluation is more than an examination of the manner in which a programme is implemented . |
| 45 | Gooch 's story is also a complex one , with the South African affair and its long-running repercussions , the perennial dilemma between touring and fulfilling family commitments , and the traumas and triumphs of his captaincy of Essex and England ; this is more than an account of his Trojan feats on the field . |
| 46 | For Conrad , this is as it should be : that see means both to perceive and to comprehend is more than an accident of metaphor . |
| 47 | You have a loving family ; that 's more than a lot of people get . ’ |