Example sentences of "be [adj] [subord] [adv] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | They are more than just a money machine . |
2 | A system which has the intelligence to acknowledge that people are more than just a bag of bones dressed up in a birthday suit and that ill-health is not only caused by biological factors , but social , political , economic and environmental ones as well . |
3 | The very fact that philip Augustus made no serious attempt to invade or attack Gascon ) , in the campaigns of 1202–4 may be more than simply a comment upon the military limitations of the French crown . |
4 | From the very start , one must realise that WordStar for Windows 1.5 is meant to be more than just a word-processor , but is perhaps more aptly billed as a document processor . |
5 | In her enchanting story of The Velveteen Rabbit , Margery Williams ' tells of a cloth rabbit who longs to be more than just a toy . |
6 | Peter Hewitt explains how a new managers ' toolkit proved to be more than just a game |
7 | A label can be more than just a sequence of characters . |
8 | But it would be more than just a production job . |
9 | ‘ There could be more than just a career , ’ she said softly . |
10 | With the obligatory ‘ W ’ across its malformed chest , the tousle-headed little aberration appears in the latest set of increasingly hep ‘ Be more than just a number ’ ads , |
11 | It is hoped that courses tailored to particular IT topics will be available as both a control and a development provision . |
12 | Benefits were low because only a minute proportion of copulations result in a reared cub in the next generation ( Journal of Zoology , vol 177 , p 463 ) . |
13 | They were afraid because elsewhere a group of armed cossacks had besieged the ship , threatening to kill anyone who disembarked . |
14 | Solly 's years in the wilderness were more than just a dearth of high-profile wins . |
15 | Such a stern demand is appropriate because once a man becomes a Christian he finds himself enlisted on God 's side in a lifelong battle . |
16 | The full story of the WM & CR is more than just a recalling of the day-to-day running of a railway . |
17 | A Tom Wood is more than just a portrait . |
18 | Martina is more than just a tennis player however . |
19 | This disagreement between the different schools of thought is more than just a storm in an academic teacup . |
20 | This ‘ ancient heritage ’ may seem to be a purely ideological device — but it is more than just a myth . |
21 | But to the protestors who turned up today hunting is more than just a sport . |
22 | A MONKEY 'S scream is more than just a screech , researchers have discovered . |
23 | ‘ My Rolex is more than just a watch , it makes me feel dressed . ’ |
24 | ‘ My Rolex , ’ says Kiri , ‘ is more than just a watch , it also makes me feel dressed . |
25 | ‘ It is more than just a possibility , ’ a senior US official said last night . |
26 | This is more than just a case of increased differentiation in local voting behaviour . |
27 | This is more than just a book with balances . |
28 | But to Nikolaas van der Merwe , an archaeological chemist at Harvard , it is more than just a saying . |
29 | But this is more than just a taste of the past . |
30 | But the firm is more than just a money-maker ; it is the consummate all-rounder . |