Example sentences of "[det] more [conj] [art] [noun sg] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | But even now , a woman has to achieve much more than a man in order to gain respect or " promotion " . |
| 2 | For these very reasons , the care of our nation 's pubs is much more than an exercise in architectural conservation . |
| 3 | ‘ Broad-band cable means much more than an increase in the number of TV channels , ’ he said . |
| 4 | In the remoter corners of water authority empires , which have had little more than a decade in which to professionalize themselves since their formation in 1974 , gangs of river maintenance staff inherited from the far less environmentally accountable river boards have guarded their independence from interference by senior central management within their own organizations . |
| 5 | He proved himself an effective administrator , but died 22 September 1652 after little more than a year in office . |
| 6 | This one was bodged together from old planks and doors from wrecked houses , intended as little more than a defence in court for the demolition company when some child got through and broke his neck amongst the rubble . |
| 7 | Private Eye was flourishing , and even advertising in It its discreet ‘ God Is Love ’ , ‘ Karl Marx ’ , and ‘ Marquis de Sade ’ T-shirts under the slogan ‘ Plug in turn on freak out with Private Eye ’ , but this was little more than a wobble in that paper 's progress — and a chance for a satirical quick buck . |
| 8 | In the middle of combat , one is little more than a wave in the sea … a stroke of the brush lost in the painting … |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Cunliffe admitted that his knowledge of Germany was inadequate and that his figure was ‘ little more than a shot in the dark as he had been pressed to arrive at it between a Saturday and a Monday ’ . |
| 11 | Executive Secretary Peter Garrucho , a key aide of the newly elected Philippine President Fidel Ramos , resigned from the Cabinet on Aug. 10 , after little more than a month in office . |
| 12 | As she drew near the fence she saw that the poor struggling captive was little more than a baby in size , although it was covered with its first soft coat of wool . |
| 13 | ‘ Today , ’ Manescu responded , and closed his lips in a tight line which was little more than a gash in the brown hawk-like face . |
| 14 | After narrowly averting yet another strike last year , AT&T might easily have decided to treat its relations with the unions as little more than an exercise in damage control . |
| 15 | He claimed that her private world had been little more than an experiment in frenzy , and that a breakdown had been inevitable . |
| 16 | There were no grounds for redrawing borders ; ‘ The Germans of Switzerland and Alsace do not desire to be reunited to Germany any more than the French in Belgium and Switzerland wish to become attached politically to France ’ . |