Example sentences of "[vb pp] to [det] more than [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bricks and mortar used to much more than a sound investment — it was the best way to make serious money . |
| 2 | But , thanks to a combination of high interest rates on traditional deposit accounts over much of this period , coupled to a distinct lack of publicity for SAYE , it has been relegated to little more than a footnote in the long list of savings options . |
| 3 | Old glassfibre boats are just about infinitely reparable and even that one-time scourge of the plastic boat , osmosis , is reduced to little more than an irritant . |
| 4 | Scant make-up was applied , and her pale gold hair was treated to little more than a few vigorous strokes of a brush . |
| 5 | Haydn 's Nelson Mass may have overt marshall overtones , but this was surely little excuse for what , at times , descended to little more than an inglorious romp . |
| 6 | Noreen 's role had diminished to little more than a chaperone for Maria . |
| 7 | Now that the two have fallen out , over maintaining a single currency and unified armed forces , the successor to the Soviet Union has dwindled to little more than a name . |