Example sentences of "[was/were] much more [conj] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Paris museum ( colloquially known as the Jardin des Plantes ) was much more than a museum for the display of exotic specimens . |
| 2 | As the formula clearly involved some reduction in wages , this was much more than a formality . |
| 3 | In the United States and Canada the country station , with or without garden , was much more than a stopping-place for passing trains . |
| 4 | At present , therefore , it is impossible to say with any confidence whether the influence of Milan was much more than a matter of banal repetition of a few characteristic physiognomic types . |
| 5 | Yet Morley was much more than an imitator ; he was a more gifted melodist than Gastoldi . |