Example sentences of "[adv] more than a [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The gates to this were kept permanently locked but there was a less conspicuous entrance , hardly more than a mud road , amongst the trees a hundred yards along . |
| 2 | It was very small , hardly more than a box room , with a single high window . |
| 3 | One may doubt whether this was ever more than a schoolboy game . |
| 4 | She was clearly more than a shop assistant . |
| 5 | Though formerly something of a manufacturer , God is clearly rather more than a management guru . |
| 6 | Although it is often treated as a little more than a menu system , the Windows Program Manager is a flexible organising tool for the Windows environment . |
| 7 | When news of a flourishing Swedish house scene began to break 18 months ago , it looked like being little more than a PR scam based around the fact that Neneh Cherry 's half-sister Titiyo could sing and came from Stockholm . |
| 8 | Prayer is far more than a shopping list , or an incidental five minutes at the end of a busy day . |
| 9 | The adoption of the name ScotRail by the Scottish Region was far more than a marketing ploy . |
| 10 | Four judges then tried to match the reported dreams with the topics , identifying between 5 and 9 of the 29 target suggestions , at barely more than a chance rate . |
| 11 | Considerably more than a baseball cap bearing the legend ‘ Brits On The Piss , Wicked ! ’ |
| 12 | In fact what the same tabloid , in a characteristic retreat into prudery , terms ‘ the sexual act ’ was never more than a terminus ad quem for us . |