Example sentences of "become [det] more than a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Welch is the first to admit that when the Theatre Royal opened in 1982 it was widely regarded as a white elephant , which quickly became little more than a stopping off point for second-rate touring products . |
| 2 | The third National Government followed upon the resignation of the Liberal ministers and of the free trader , Snowden , in September 1932 , after which it became little more than a Conservative government , with the adhesion of a few ex-Labour and Liberal politicians , all owing their seats to an electoral pact with the Conservatives . |
| 3 | A settlement was reached in 1972 , but in the 1980s , as the devolution of power to the south became little more than a façade and the economic situation deteriorated , the separatist movement re-emerged . |
| 4 | In so far as it reached out beyond the rather eccentric sect of the Comtist ‘ Religion of Humanity ’ , positivism became little more than a philosophical justification of the conventional method of the experimental sciences , and similarly for most contemporaries Mill was , again in the words of Taine , the man who had opened up ‘ the good old road of induction and experiment ’ . |
| 5 | Collaborative change , with negotiation between professional groups and the state , may be the best way forward , but without strong government control it risks becoming little more than a tinkering with the existing system . |
| 6 | Of course the apparent benefits to the region are offset by the inevitable losses in jobs and the suspicion that in years , perhaps months , the company will not be able to sustain two major broadcasting centres and that Newcastle will become little more than a satellite of Leeds . |
| 7 | The academy had become little more than a rubber stamp for huge prestigious projects drawn up by the industrial ministries . |
| 8 | Nobody will mind if he just grabs a few minutes ' rest before he moves on — although rest , for Pavel , has become little more than a bothersome physical requirement with no spiritual element in it . |
| 9 | In truth , for the most part , town planning at the outbreak of the Second World War had become little more than a token regulatory hand , useful in developing areas , but of little consequence in the existing areas . |
| 10 | Next to Assad 's Syria , Colonel Gaddafi 's Libya had become little more than a refuge for Palestinian extremists , a useful quartermaster s supply depot for arms and explosives , and a convenient whipping boy for Western governments anxious to be seen taking a strong line on terrorism without risking their strategic interests in the Middle East . |
| 11 | In fact the land around this former beauty spot had become little more than a rubbish tip . |
| 12 | The study of literature had become little more than a loose aggregate of philosophy , history , psychology , aesthetics , ethnography , sociology , and so on , and the Formalists felt that any specificity it might have had had been swamped by its adjacent disciplines . |
| 13 | Home becomes little more than a dormitory , an evening and weekend extension to the office . |
| 14 | Shortly after this point the road becomes little more than a bridle path or cart track which , however , provides an intriguing pass-walk of about 4 hours duration over the Pragel Pass to Richisau 's alpine pasture leading down to the beautiful Klontal valley in the canton of Glarus . |
| 15 | So reading becomes little more than a way of replaying Hollywood 's movies in our minds . |
| 16 | The war was unlikely to become much more than a dispute over frontier posts , in which success would depend to a considerable extent on winning the support of the Indians who lived in the wide area between the colonies . |