Example sentences of "[art] more [adj] [subord] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was the more attractive because a general election was imminent and Balfour , at least , hoped to lose it , thus transferring the burden to the Liberals . |
| 2 | ‘ The Disabled ’ is a non-disabled construction , a representational framework no more real than a hologram but which has to contain two properties if it is to have any cathartic meaning for society . |
| 3 | However , he is no more dangerous than a dog that barks but does not bite . |
| 4 | Secondly it will remain the case that once a species has been judicially classified as dangerous , then , subject to the doctrine of precedent , there is no room for distinctions based upon the fact that some variants or individual animals within the species may not in fact be at all dangerous : in other words , the law continues to ignore ‘ the world of difference between the wild elephant in the jungle and the trained elephant in the circus … [ which ] is in fact no more dangerous than a cow . ’ |
| 5 | It implies to young people that crack and cocaine are no more dangerous than a glass of wine , beer or spirits . |
| 6 | The Builder had an editorial on 19th February which contained extracts from a letter from Scott reasserting that his design was better lit , as convenient and no more expensive than a classical design , and it commented that Scott 's opponents did not understand that he was not intending to reproduce old forms rigidly and he was only willing to introduce ‘ the refinements and inventions of our own day ’ . |
| 7 | Some of them were out to show that they could achieve good quality community care at a lower cost than hospitals , or to provide community care which was at least no more expensive than a hospital . |
| 8 | It was widely believed that City were no more guilty than a great many other clubs keen to do well in the emergency competitions . |
| 9 | Artists who group together for financial reasons may choose a name which is no more explanatory than a number or numbers . |
| 10 | Some think this war is no more complicated than a Kansas City saloon brawl — that they can send the cavalry . ’ |
| 11 | Here semi-formal learning still takes place in semi-formal learning centres , heavily intermediated by each learner 's powerful , portable , personal micro , a machine no more costly than a calculator is now . |
| 12 | It was no more painful than a ring through a punk 's nose . |
| 13 | They regard the screen/keyboard interface as no more unnatural than a book is to earlier generations . |
| 14 | So really , this is no more wonderful than a dolphin learning its way around the complexities of its natural marine environment so that it may find — and catch — the best shoals of fish . |