Example sentences of "be [det] than an [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | The talks were clearly to be more than an exchange of courtesies , for Vansittart , Hoare 's permanent under-secretary , was to be present for them . |
| 2 | Clearly there may well be more than an element of exaggeration in this insistence , but it makes more sense if we accept their view that a great many features of literature that might not normally be recognized , at least at first sight , as terms of a comparison , nonetheless have a metaphorical or analogical function . |
| 3 | Studies by others on stained tissue using the electron probe and the proton probe , which is more than an order of magnitude more sensitive , have failed to confirm these findings . |
| 4 | Programme evaluation is more than an examination of the manner in which a programme is implemented . |
| 5 | Gooch 's story is also a complex one , with the South African affair and its long-running repercussions , the perennial dilemma between touring and fulfilling family commitments , and the traumas and triumphs of his captaincy of Essex and England ; this is more than an account of his Trojan feats on the field . |
| 6 | For Conrad , this is as it should be : that see means both to perceive and to comprehend is more than an accident of metaphor . |