Example sentences of "more than [art] [adj] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | However , there is a danger that the smoke could be little more than a pungent sign of burning fingers . |
| 32 | If the buyer retains the goods for more than a reasonable length of time without informing the seller that he rejects them . |
| 33 | Where there has been a lapse of more than a reasonable length of time from the time the contract was made . |
| 34 | We know of one prolific kite-maker , whose kites are marketed everywhere , who uses no more than a sharp knife of the ‘ snap-off ’ type to cut dozens of panels in a laminated pack around a metal template . |
| 35 | Mary herself , in captivity in England but forever smuggling out letters and appeals , dealt slyly in shrouded half-promises and suggestions , but made one thing quite clear : she still regarded herself as rightful Queen of Scots and , even towards the end , offered no more than a grudging suggestion of James being ‘ associated ’ with her in ruling the country . |
| 36 | In fact , the entire evening , spent flirting and dancing with her , had probably been no more than a cynical exercise in keeping his mind off someone else . |
| 37 | Anyway such selective enfranchisement was itself no more than a cynical way of heading off despair , what modern political scientists call ‘ repressive tolerance ’ . |
| 38 | That sense will in most cases resolve itself into the question of whether the comment was honestly made , which is no more than a defining characteristic of " fair comment " in the first place . |
| 39 | In her winter coat she appeared to be little more than a central pole with a tent draped from her shoulders . |
| 40 | At that time , the continents of North America and Europe were still close together and the Atlantic was no more than a narrow strip of sea between the two . |
| 41 | To date the representation of detailed clinical descriptions for more than a narrow area of medicine has never been achieved by use of an enumerative approach . |
| 42 | As the music powered into focus , it suddenly seemed much more than a mere backdrop for Morrissey 's lyrical diatribes . |
| 43 | This is more than a mere measure of the offensive character in question . |
| 44 | In practice , it proved to be more than a mere truce after two decades of mutual and unbridled hostility . |
| 45 | Harsh and angry with undercurrents of lovelorn bitterness , but you ca n't imagine them amounting to more than a mere outlet for crowd frustration . |
| 46 | Civilization had to be more than a mere confluence of economic interests : ‘ And until we set in order our own crazy economic and financial systems , to say nothing of our philosophy of life , can we be sure that our helping hands to the barbarian and the savage will be any more desirable than the embrace of the leper ? ’ |
| 47 | Today likewise Piraeus ' importance makes it much more than a mere annex of Athens and it has its own political traditions , regularly voting communist . |
| 48 | This is something more than a mere disturbance of the public calm or quiet but it appears that in the context of public order , the element of violence deemed essential in R. v. Howell ( C.A. , 1982 ) , in relation to powers of summary arrest , has not always been required . |
| 49 | They treat Scotland as no more than a mere appendage of England , and seek to impose on Scotland an educational agenda that is irrelevant to the real needs of Scottish education . |
| 50 | The organizational separateness and distinctiveness of the state makes it much more than a mere mirror of , or passive receptacle for , the demands of society . |
| 51 | But most killers are not homicidal maniacs and the victim contributes much more than a mere coincidence of time and place to his own fate . |
| 52 | Changes in content and style — ‘ news ’ was now moved to the front pages , there were briefer stories , news stories grew in importance as ‘ opinion and commentary ’ lost favour , different typographical styles were used to attract readers and make newspapers less severe — reflected much more than a mere process of ‘ modernization ’ . |
| 53 | [ T ] he state is something more than a mere collection of families , or an agglomeration of occupational organisation , or a referee holding the ring between the conflicting interests of the voluntary associations which it permits to exist . |
| 54 | What booksellers can hope adequately to display more than a mere handful of these — and often then at the expense of much more saleable backlist titles with greater literary and commercial credentials ? |
| 55 | What bookseller can hope adequately to display more than a mere handful of these — and often then at the expense of much saleable backlist titles ? ’ |
| 56 | The tunnel is more than a mere curiosity to astronomers . |
| 57 | A third party may assert that it has more than a mere interest in a certain subject , since it has a legal right81 in the subject matter of the dispute , or a right granted under a treaty between the parties . |
| 58 | For Hickey , however , the memoirs were evidently much more than a mere record of past events . |
| 59 | A worthwhile appraisal will involve more than a mere pronouncement on the quality of your recent work , a pat on the head or a kick on the backside as the case may be . |
| 60 | This is more than a mere breach of the implied condition that goods should comply with the contract description . |