Example sentences of "be [det] more [conj] an [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He claimed that her private world had been little more than an experiment in frenzy , and that a breakdown had been inevitable . |
| 2 | Even then , this is likely to be little more than an insistence that they begin to make some regular contribution to the household in the form of dried fish , tobacco , and so on . |
| 3 | Indeed , I heard several times his lordship express the view that without the participation of such a personage , any discussion on the topic of Germany would be little more than an indulgence . |
| 4 | Indeed , a large part of his public life and known history would seem to be little more than an embodiment and re-enactment of the prophecies . |
| 5 | It could n't be much more than an hour ? |
| 6 | No British university , in any case , is or ever has been socially exclusive , and the myth of an undergraduate Brideshead of champagne lunches set among gothic quadrangles is little more than an effect of Evelyn Waugh 's selective social recollection . |
| 7 | The increasing use of local area networks , where the PC is little more than an access terminal and important data is stored on a central file server , is also changing buying habits . |
| 8 | There is nothing wrong with this , and in fact soft milk cheese is little more than an extension of junket . |
| 9 | Yet it is much more than an attack on the policies of a given minister . |
| 10 | For these very reasons , the care of our nation 's pubs is much more than an exercise in architectural conservation . |
| 11 | ‘ Nothing will change my commitment to the idea that a truly liberal education is much more than an examination syllabus , ’ she says . |
| 12 | On that Friday morning three weeks ago , I was little more than an irritant to dozens of drivers caught in a traffic jam as police cars and ambulances blocked their way to work or school . |
| 13 | Until last month this was little more than an expression of good intentions . |
| 14 | Campeanu walked with his head down , deep in thought as he plunged into a dark narrow back street which was little more than an alley . |
| 15 | The price war of autumn 1985 then was little more than an advertising exercise , though it did reduce the general price of holidays for 1986 . |
| 16 | Yet Morley was much more than an imitator ; he was a more gifted melodist than Gastoldi . |