Example sentences of "it [is] more [subord] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 My main concern is how much of the network would become ‘ prohibited ’ ; if it 's more than a fraction , I would prefer the present undefined arrangements .
2 It 's more than a guard ’ said a spokesman .
3 It 's more than a month since they conjured up a victory .
4 And I have a feeling- ’ She now drew in a long breath before resuming ‘ And it 's more than a feeling , it 's a certainty that , although we 're leaving here , being forced to leave here , we 'll return , for this is our home .
5 It 's more than a miracle .
6 Yes , O K then , right , because it 's more than a week away , I 'll give you a bell close to the time , just to make sure you , everything 's alright .
7 If you 've never been to an ice hockey game , it 's more than a game — it 's a night out .
8 My palace if I were a king it 's more than a palace it 's my everything .
9 a king it 's more than a palace it 's my everything .
10 They 're the only times really and as with the I B M the I B M people 's the company I B M said if it 's more than a page is it really worth sending it out .
11 if you , because it 's more than the Headway can do
12 Now evidence shows that it 's more than the fact that he has something on his mind to distract him from sex — it 's an actual physical phenomenon .
13 THE LAST TIME I WAS IN Baghdad I was sitting in the bar of the famous , and famously dreadful , Al Rashed ( ‘ It is more than a hotel , ’ say the advertisements , though they do n't tell you in what way ) , drinking with a senior government official .
14 To the people of England , it is more than a question of who administers local government : the lines on the map , the cricket teams , the Lords Lieutenants and signposts are important .
15 A financier in the Manchester broking community said yesterday : ‘ It is more than a possibility that he will make an offer to get Knighton out of his hole . ’
16 But the programme 's producer , Peter Kinkead , says it is more than a gimmick — despite the fact that there are only about 5500 Prestel sets in TVs 's catchment area .
17 It is more than a coincidence that he is an excellent speech speechreader , a stimulating , well-informed person , recognized by his colleagues as a man of integrity whose opinions are respected .
18 It is more than a year since the red and white surveyors ' poles glinted above the reeds , blazing a trail for the draglines that were soon to follow .
19 It is more than a decision to buy flowers for your lover or plan a romantic dinner .
20 British Coal , one of the few companies still nationalised , has the unenviable task of proving to its customers that it is more than a dinosaur of the industrial revolution , slouching towards privatisation and a slow demise .
21 It is more than a matter , however , of just declaring our personal commitment to one viewpoint and then hoping that this will resolve all problems .
22 It is more than an atlas : it is a superbly illustrated synopsis of the characteristics of the major tropical diseases , their infective agents , their ecology , their life cycles and their vectors … probably the best value for money for anyone interested in obtaining an illustrated guide to tropical medicine and medical parasitology . "
23 In sex the body is central , and although in the end it is more than the body that is loved , the body is the beginning and fat women just can not get started .
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