Example sentences of "the [noun] is [det] more [subord] " in BNC.
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1 | It is at this stage that the contract is carefully examined , perhaps for the first time , and the company obtaining the software realizes , too late , that as far as it is concerned , the contract is little more than worthless and does not provide adequately for the situation . |
2 | 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 . |
3 | The ANLT is much more than just a parser , it is a development tool for the production of testing of grammars and morphological processors . |
4 | This work with great and powerful climaxes in first and last movements ; with a scherzo as light as thistledown , a truly poetic slow movement and tremendous pageantry in the finale is much more than a series of vignettes of a great city . |
5 | However , at low water , the river is little more than a trickle . |
6 | But the Church is much more than a place of worship . |
7 | At this point , the channel is little more than a quarter of a mile wide and on the far bank a road continues the journey to Broadford . |
8 | Secondly , Foucault argues that the panopticon is much more than a building . |