Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] more than the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were more than the part-time special constables in the British tradition , in that they were seen as having a social role in the context of an individual 's responsibility to his or her community . |
| 2 | ‘ It 's more than the last straw for Faye . |
| 3 | When a car drives slowly into her taxi , stationary at a traffic-clogged crossroads , it is more than the stupid accident it would be in London , New York or Sydney . |
| 4 | What all this shows is that a distinctively structuralist kind of criticism is possible , and moreover , that it is more than the simple application and refinement of the tools of poetics . |
| 5 | He is more than the greatest of stroke-players and he was patient enough to take advantage of Robertson 's flagging energy and win 12-15 , 9-15 , 15-5 , 15-12 , 15-8 . |