Example sentences of "is [prep] more [subord] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 However , power is about more than physical strength .
2 The withdrawal of delegates from the UN from the conference is of more than symbolic importance .
3 The difference in response rates achieved is of more than passing interest .
4 There are two reasons why this 1956 mono recording of Orff 's well-worn choral work is of more than usual interest .
5 This point is of more than theoretical significance .
6 Recent work by Zeki ( 1983a , b ) shows that Land 's theory is of more than theoretical interest because cells in area V4 have properties compatible with it whereas cells in Vl do not .
7 After three years of exceptionally low rainfall , especially on the eastern side of England , it is of more than academic interest to know just how much rain has fallen on the garden .
8 This point is of more than academic interest since there are , in fact , quite significant differences in the functional organization of apparently homologous structures in different species .
9 The parallel between this and the equivalent position today between Britain and Germany is of more than academic interest .
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