Example sentences of "are [pron] [det] than [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | The slenderest patients , those whose faces are nothing more than a triangle of bone around the eyes , they 're Musselmänner : not , as I first thought , as an ironical glance at musclemen . |
2 | " Your saints are nothing more than a lot of mischief-makers . " |
3 | This is a hallowed statement signifying that the terms set out are nothing more than an intention and will not become binding on any party until a formal contract has been negotiated , executed and exchanged . |
4 | But in time term " , these limestones are very much of the same age as those in Europe and , as I have said elsewhere , " the Niagara Falls are nothing more than the Niagara River falling over an escarpment of Wenlock Limestone " . |
5 | Reading this book has confirmed what I have always believed and that is that certain concepts in carp fishing are nothing more than the results of misread scientific papers and wishful thinking ! |
6 | Many outer estates are nothing less than the architect-designed , system-built slums of our post-war era . |
7 | This is because in England there is no statute or code setting out the law governing the continuing care of the terminally ill ; nor are there more than a handful of cases that have been decided by the courts.l None the less , legal principles undoubtedly do exist and obviously condition the choices made by doctors . |
8 | Are they more than a series of taboos ? |
9 | But is there any real evidence that such zodiacs are anything more than the product of an overactive imagination ? |