Example sentences of "[is] more than a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Clearly the brain is more than a passive relay from stimulus to response . |
| 2 | Yet Maastricht is more than a symbolic milestone . |
| 3 | The former can do no more than skim the surface of an area which has recently been very heavily mined ; the latter is included because I think that this theory , though recent , is more than a passing fashion and contains some insights into the nature of knowledge . |
| 4 | Some of the smaller , and most certainly highly active dinosaurs were about the size of a chicken , and there is more than a passing similarity between a running ostrich and the kind of reconstruction that shows fleet-footed , running dinosaurs . |
| 5 | The Conservative case is more than a political ideal : it can be backed up by rigorous economic arguments . |
| 6 | ‘ poeticity ’ , he says , is like oil in cooking ; you can not have it on its own but when it is used with other food it is more than a mere addition . |
| 7 | This is more than a mere measure of the offensive character in question . |
| 8 | However , since it is more than a mere sign , it partakes of the reality it signifies and is a means of grace through which the atoning work of Christ is made effective in the life of the Christian . |
| 9 | The tunnel is more than a mere curiosity to astronomers . |
| 10 | A good caddie is more than a mere assistant . |
| 11 | As that doyen of golf-writers , the late Henry Longhurst said , ‘ A good caddie is more than a mere assistant , he is guide , philosopher and friend . ’ |
| 12 | This is more than a mere breach of the implied condition that goods should comply with the contract description . |
| 13 | ‘ M ’ is more than a mere dressmaker , she 's an artist : a fairy godmother sewing with enchanted thread , bringing , life to each John Peacock creation . |
| 14 | The fact is , however , that Leonce and Lena is more than a fizzled-out digression into comedy by the creator of Woyzeck . |
| 15 | In this blithe seaside comedy , Depardieu reminds us that a great star is more than a great actor ; he is a creature people ca n't stop watching . ’ |
| 16 | The Bible , however , is more than a great storehouse of myths , of unfocussed divine truths , for it also reveals God in full-focus . |
| 17 | Sometimes Japan is more than a Western mind can take . |
| 18 | The maintenance of the castle is more than a concerted defence of the ordered interior against the disorderly exterior . |
| 19 | If there is more than a certain amount , gravity will in due course draw the galaxies back together . |
| 20 | There are also diagnostics allowing a recalculation of the ‘ good ’ reference levels if the number of bad readings exceeds a predetermined level or an output of warning messages if any of the measurements used in computing the average is more than a certain tolerance from the mean . |
| 21 | We know that Matisse is more than a decorative painter and we agree that Picasso is not always an aggressive painter , but the whole discourse about these painters has depended upon certain prejudicial polarities : colour or form ; wholeness or disintegration ; tradition or avant-garde ; French or international . |
| 22 | When he arrives in the White House we will discover if he is more than a brilliant campaigner . |
| 23 | Above all , there is the doubt as to whether induction itself is more than a logical fiction to justify the generalizations which regularly spring from spontaneous analogization . |
| 24 | It 's quite clear from papers issued by the EC that in the medium and long term shipbuilding is more than a viable industry it will grow and prosper . |
| 25 | Ingleborough from Clapham is more than a simple walk . |
| 26 | . Whether this manoeuvre is more than a technical device is dubious . |
| 27 | Under the Audit Act 1983 this is more than a traditional audit . |
| 28 | It was another good example of why the sooner it is possible to delay the first round of the World Group matches so that there is more than a full week between them and the first Grand Slam tournament of the year , the better . |
| 29 | Just as there is a fundamental difference between ‘ equal opportunities ’ and ‘ girl-friendly ’ strategies , there is more than a semantic difference between non-sexist and anti-sexist initiatives . |
| 30 | For these reasons , if none other , the Lord Chancellor , is more than a nominal head of the judiciary . |