Example sentences of "[adv] [indef pn] more than [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | There were three of them , two were large , well-built men , obviously nothing more than muscle , while the third man , tall and thin , was the boss . |
2 | We know little of the living conditions of the people of Halling at this period , but examples of other area 's tell us that life for the village labouring class was hard with few comforts , houses being often nothing more than hovels with earth packed floors on which rushes would be strewn . |
3 | And this can so easily be the case , for such premises are instilled into the scientific mind set at an early age , becoming accepted points of reference , though really they are often nothing more than habits of thought . |
4 | Notice that the symbols unc are really nothing more than place markers . |
5 | So images of organizations that are more like symphony orchestras or hospitals or the British Raj are surely nothing more than metaphors to express a desired feeling of togetherness — the togetherness produced by a conductor 's baton , the shared concern of doctors and nurses for their patients , or the apparent unity of the British civil service in India . |