Example sentences of "more [conj] [art] [adj] [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The symbolic value of law involves more than a volitional commitment to legal institutions and legal process , or the rhetorical effectiveness of international law arguments . |
| 2 | Still she lifted her chin slightly and tried to ignore the media attention , knowing that it was all really centred on Ace and that she was nothing more than a decorative addition to his charismatic presence . |
| 3 | In short , tariffs by themselves would have been unlikely to have provided little more than a temporary palliative to ailing industries over the period under review . |
| 4 | The tunnel is more than a mere curiosity to astronomers . |
| 5 | And as recently announced ( with applause from Kenneth Baker , the minister for information technology ) , GEC has acquired the rights to build the Hitachi Process Robot , a machine which bears more than a strong resemblance to a robot made by the Swedish company ASEA . |
| 6 | Giving more than a passing nod to the Amiga classic Sensible Soccer , Graeme Souness International Soccer is played on a vertically scrolling pitch viewed more or less from above , but with just enough tilt to allow for detailed player graphics instead of a bird's-eye head-and-shoulders shot . |
| 7 | And now we look closer at Stan Gilligrew , he bears more than a passing resemblance to a certain well-known PR consultant . |
| 8 | As he shaved his reflection seemed to be the face of a low criminal — or like one of Bodo 's associates — and when he went into the sitting-room his wife bore more than a passing resemblance to an exceptionally severe judge about to condemn that criminal to hard labour for life . |
| 9 | Willy Russell 's Liverpool-based woman-at-play film has more than a passing resemblance to Letter to Brezhnev but is none the worse for that . |
| 10 | And Charlie , as her lover , bears more than a passing resemblance to yesterday 's hero , James Dean . |
| 11 | The basic structures of several pavilions have yet to be completed and the biggest universal exposition ever mounted still bears more than a passing resemblance to a building site — albeit a very colourful one . |
| 12 | This rare and peculiar fossil looks rather like a sea-lily without arms , and has more than a passing resemblance to a tennis racket ! |
| 13 | The voice of Bess of Hardwick can be heard ordering her household in Derby shire at the end of the sixteenth century , but less well-known women also make their appearance , including Mary-Ann , the dairymaid at Uppark in Sussex who captured the heart of Sir Harry Fetherstonhaugh , and Carolyn Workman , whose transfer from her father 's parsonage in Norfolk to the grandeur of The Vyne in Hampshire bears more than a passing resemblance to Fanny Price 's story in Jane Austen 's Mansfield Park . |
| 14 | He 's uglier than Corky , fatter than Phi and has less charm than Steve — in fact he bears more than a passing resemblance to Lucy ! |
| 15 | Ron Evans had the idea that we should interview her in a terrace street that bore more than a passing resemblance to the famous TV set . |
| 16 | It is interesting , however , to look at his very recent designs for the chair called Elémentaire , manufactured by Ligne Roset , which bears more than a passing resemblance to the spooky opera house . |
| 17 | The Abbots united for the inevitable photograph bear more than a passing resemblance to a sports team . |
| 18 | One or two events which will be of more than a passing interest to Lothian Highways ' staff have occurred since the first edition of NETWORK was published . |
| 19 | Inland , the Annamite Cordillera thrust its purple peaks towards the afternoon sky , but neither Joseph Sherman nor his mother gave more than a passing glance to the spectacular mountain and ocean scenery outside the car . |
| 20 | ‘ The basic level of social work and social care training pays no more than a passing eye to the kind of skills we need to develop in care management . |
| 21 | The Index catalogue , Guha admits , bears more than a coincidental resemblance to that of rival Argos . |
| 22 | Neither the novel nor the house , however , treat Gothic as more than a superficial application to values that remain essentially Palladian . |
| 23 | However , of themselves , they offer no more than a functional approach to assessment , and therefore must be organized into a framework which is based on the principles defined above . |
| 24 | ‘ Well , ’ concludes David , ‘ you got more than a quick response to that one ! |
| 25 | It is true that the Attorney-General 's Reference did not confront these particular issues directly , and the Lord Chief Justice perhaps intended no more than a sweeping reference to other kindred situations . |
| 26 | The two year ban which he received has been no more than a minor inconvenience to him . |
| 27 | It would be easy to dismiss her as nothing more than a minor accessory to ben Issachar 's crime against me : these women stay in the background , mind their own business over the cookpots and the infant 's cot , keep themselves out of public view . |
| 28 | We said that non-standard forms are rarely more than a social irritant to some people , and that there are few situations where such forms could cause real communication problems . |
| 29 | " To make a common practical Sailor requires no more than a natural Inclination to the Sea , and a sturdy healthy Constitution . |
| 30 | To her it may seem that not only was she robbed of happiness during her marriage , but that she is now also being denied the right to grieve as well , for there will be those who will be expecting her mourning to be nothing more than a brief bow to convention , followed by a fairly speedy rise in spirits and return to normality . |