Example sentences of "[be] more than [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course , the good ideas are more than skin deep . |
| 2 | I know you and Piper are — are more than friends , but please Dad , do n't — do n't marry her . |
| 3 | These are more than coincidences : there was much that Greek Sicily and Greek Cyrene had in common , patronage of Pindar being only the most obvious and symbolic link . |
| 4 | Suppliers are more than sales people . |
| 5 | Man and creation are more than flesh and rock . |
| 6 | One common feature of professions is the claim that their services are more than business transactions and that this aspect of the delivery of professional services justifies in the public interest monopolies that would not be acceptable in the ordinary industrial and commercial arena . |
| 7 | ‘ I though we had already established that Steve and I are more than business partners . ’ |
| 8 | The lower slabs are so low angled that few of the routes are more than Diff to V. Diff . |
| 9 | Religions as sociological entities are not meant to be more than stepping-stones to an appreciation of the profound Mystery at the heart of reality . |
| 10 | It must be more than propaganda though ? |
| 11 | Nevertheless there is a problem about the status of many of his theories and propositions if , and when , they claim to be more than speculation . |
| 12 | Finally , in respect of the Wandjina , it appears to be more than chance that the word ‘ Wandjina ’ — sometimes spelled ‘ Wondjina ’ — can be formed from two Sanskrit words , ‘ Vand ’ and ‘ Jina ’ . |
| 13 | Only Athenian citizens could profit by allotments of land as ‘ cleruchs ’ ( literally , ‘ allotment-holders ’ ) and it may be more than chance that the qualifications for Athenian citizenship are more closely defined at just this moment ( 451 ) : citizen descent was now required on both sides ( Ath . |
| 14 | Since birth weight ( and viability ) in the teens increases dramatically with rising age and , inasmuch as higher parity among women under age 20 also meant higher maternal age in that age class , decreasing infant mortality in this age group by birth order may be more than chance variation . |
| 15 | We have seen how many animal groups diversified during the Ordovician ; the rapid evolution of nautiloid cephalopods at the same time may be more than coincidence . |
| 16 | Curiously , in being less than art , the new ‘ cutting-edge ’ art has turned out to be more than art . |
| 17 | Basically Goldman thinks Microsoft Corp 's Windows NT and Intel Corp 's Pentium are going to be more than Sun can handle , hurting Sun 's ability to improve earnings on a sustained basis over the next year or so and impeding its gains in market share . |
| 18 | Both Salomon Brothers Inc and more importantly Goldman Sachs & Co have moved Sun Microsystems Inc shares off their recommended buy lists : basically Goldman thinks Microsoft Corp 's Windows NT and Intel Corp 's Pentium are going to be more than Sun can handle , hurting its ability to improve earnings on a sustained basis over the next year or so and impeding its gains in market share ; Goldman believes Sun 's financial model may need to change more quickly than the company can realise ; the long-term judgment is based on Goldman 's view of Sun 's business as 80% to 85% client side where it thinks Windows , especially NT , will dominate in client-server systems , even where high-performance client products are needed . |
| 19 | Ca n't say I agree with all their figures … good as he is I do n't think kelly is worth that sort of money at such an early age … certainly should n't be more than dorigo . |
| 20 | The action has to be more than complaint and exhortation . |
| 21 | Desire of Bachelors to be more than bachelors , to be husbands and fathers too . |
| 22 | to be more than amateurs ? |
| 23 | The group would be more than spectators for now they have to make active decisions . |
| 24 | There has to be more than Newsnight … ‘ |
| 25 | But the procedures involved were more than attempts to improve the sensitivity of attitude measures ; they also involved no little reformulation of the theory of attitudes . |
| 26 | Mr Wise 's Mill continued to make cloth for some time , although it is not clear whether the firm of Ellis and Apperly , who were later recorded there , were more than tenants for a while . |
| 27 | Two assault boats were more than Delaney had dared hope for . |
| 28 | In effect , he suggested that the social and economic divisions were more than ones of mere occupational group . |
| 29 | There was a time when you and Adam were more than friends — ’ |
| 30 | From there the head waiter , as if thinking that they were more than friends , escorted them around the bend of the L-shaped room and to a secluded table in a corner . |