Example sentences of "be more [conj] an [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To parents whose present and future livelihoods depend on their children , those deaths are more than an emotional tragedy . |
| 2 | Other resistances or blocks to communication can be more than an initial reluctance to talk about the main issues . |
| 3 | Most of the members clung to the view that " the Labour Movement is more than an anti-Fascist Party … |
| 4 | That the magic of the place is more than an architectural phenomenon is expressed in both the introduction by the house 's present owner , the Duke of Buccleuch and an essay on its history by John Cornforth . |
| 5 | But our Cathedral is more than an architectural achievement — it is an affirmation of belief , a place of community and worship , a symbol of unity and faith , a source of inspiration . |
| 6 | There is a grand piano , which is excellent , an electric sitar which is more than an okay Coral , a banjo that actually sounds like a banjo and a really good rock bass . |
| 7 | is more than an artistic style , |
| 8 | Thus , a group is more than an aimless crowd of people waiting in an airport lounge or at a bus-stop . |
| 9 | There is more than an even chance that the end will , in the end , be changed by a wise deployment of the means . |
| 10 | With 3 gold medals , Steve Redgrave is more than an Olympic hero . |
| 11 | And er I well remember on one occasion in the course of my analysis with Anna Freud I had the uncanny feeling , well this was more than an uncanny feeling , I think it was the reality , I touched the superego of Sigmund Freud because at one point I said something in my analysis which implied that her father , for instance , might have some interest in religion and Anna Freud flared up and what I felt was flaring was her superego and this was the superego she had got by identification with her father . |