Example sentences of "[noun sg] [is] more [conj] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The human mind is more than a computer : Computers have dull and exact memories — what went in can come out again , exactly as it went in . |
| 2 | In the West , a car is more than a way of travelling ; it represents freedom and flexibility and is a potent status symbol . |
| 3 | The Tomy Cradle Carrier is more than a carrier . |
| 4 | However , maintenance is more than a cost centre because it affects aircraft availability . |
| 5 | The rhetorical approach emphasizes that any attitude is more than an expression in favour of a position : it is also implicitly or explicitly an argument against a counter-position . |
| 6 | To its enthusiasts hunting and especially fox hunting is more than a sport it is a national institution enjoyed equally by all countrymen and I emphasis all countrymen . |
| 7 | The creed had such a powerful hold upon the party that even Quintin Hogg , who later chose the life-peerage title Lord Hailsham of St Marylebone — you can hardly get more urban than that — was opining in 1947 that ‘ the Conservative believes that farming is more than a business ; it is a way of life , essential to the community in war and peace . ’ |
| 8 | Anyway , why put a new straitjacket around the economy until recovery is more than a twinkle in the market 's eye ? |
| 9 | The truth is more than a recital of the visible . |
| 10 | For we already have knowledge , ’ said the king , ‘ that our enemy in Wales has sent letters praying aid to all these potential foes of our state , and a joint assault is more than a possibility . |
| 11 | The Wye Raft race is more than a sporting event ; it 's also a big moneyspinner for charity . |
| 12 | The Wye Raft race is more than a sporting event ; it 's also a big moneyspinner for charity . |
| 13 | The way you wanted to do , and then we added all this lot up , we 'd find well , w the chance is more than a certainty . |
| 14 | If you can raise your eyes from the water long enough you 'll see that the scenery is more than a match for the fishing — it 's simply breathtaking . |
| 15 | It is sufficient to contravene this regulation where the patch is more than a quarter of the breadth of the tread , because there can not be at least three-quarters of good tread around the whole circumference of the tyre in such a case . |
| 16 | The offer is , apparently , to refund 20% of a fare if a train is more than an hour late . |
| 17 | The Ghost of Banquo is more than a figment of Macbeth 's imagination : it stands in some way in relation to his conscience . |
| 18 | But the new Agatha Christie Society is more than an outlet for affectionate memories . |
| 19 | The farmers ' calling is more than a livelihood , it is a way of life . |
| 20 | The man endued with the Holy Spirit is more than a match for the unclean spirits which are such a feature in Mark 's account . |
| 21 | ‘ We have proved conclusively that the human is more than a body and a limited intellect . |
| 22 | His glorious book is more than a history and more than a 25,000-mile travelogue , although it is also both of those . |
| 23 | But the world of the mystic is more than a garden or harvest , we must become the painters and dyers of our thoughts so that our minds will become great landscapes . |
| 24 | Yet our strength is more than an army 's . |
| 25 | There was reason to think , as the Financial News suggested , that " Mr. Bonar Law 's resignation is more than a nine-days wonder . |
| 26 | ‘ The nearest security force base is more than a quarter of a mile away and was manifestly not the target of the attack . ’ |
| 27 | The nearest security force base is more than a quarter of a mile away and was manifestly not the target of the attack . |
| 28 | For me , a school is more than a place where the children learn their ABC and their times-table . |
| 29 | Law and order in Uganda IT IS more than a decade since Kampala was one of the world 's danger capitals , when Uganda was under the sway of Idi Amin , the murderous clown now in exile in the Middle East . |
| 30 | The announcement of a link-up with the BBC on to satellite is more than a propaganda coup for Thames Television . |