Example sentences of "[adv] more than an [adj] " in BNC.

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1 In the countries of advanced capitalism , on the other hand , sub-central government is rather more than an administrative device .
2 The software , called Multimedia Interactive Control ( MIC ) , is rather more than an authoring tool .
3 No doubt , as in all fairy-tale romances , he paid but scant attention to the younger sister , at that time little more than an awkward teenager .
4 But the world of the transcendent is far more than an ecstatic journey .
5 So , you see , we owed her far more than an occasional box of chocolates could repay .
6 The word was barely more than an anguished gasp , but Isabel felt strength begin to seep back into her .
7 It was certainly never more than an individual analysis of my own work practices — a personal time-and-motion study .
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