Example sentences of "[det] than a [noun sg] or [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The woman of the future would be far more than a nurse or consoler , she would have a positive religion to realize as a high-priestess of health . |
| 2 | The position on partial demolition , however , remained uncertain after the House of Lords case , and by degrees various church bodies began to put forward proposals for partial demolition , in some cases leaving no more than a facade or church hall , arguing that , as part of the site was to remain in ecclesiastical use , no permission to demolish was required . |
| 3 | ‘ No more than a dog or cat . ’ |
| 4 | But the shaper is more than a surgeon or scientist or sculptor : he does more than repair or re-form : he energizes inert matter , turning a slab of foam into a fibreglass dolphin . |
| 5 | Equally , a guarantee by the surety of the repairing covenant is no more than a covenant or warranty that the guarantor will procure that the tenant , in turn , procures the premises to be kept in repair . |
| 6 | 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 . |