Example sentences of "more [subord] [art] [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Whether or not the Communist Party leaders expected such a letter to have anything more than a propaganda appeal they can hardly have been surprised by the Labour Party reply on 27 January 1936 which rejected the application and outlined the history of relations between the two parties , particularly during the social fascist " period . |
| 32 | The announcement of a link-up with the BBC on to satellite is more than a propaganda coup for Thames Television . |
| 33 | With the collapse of the Seamen 's United all thoughts of a national organisation became no more than a pipe dream . |
| 34 | It may need no more than a discussion session , or a change of emphasis introduced at an appropriate point to allow this to be covered . |
| 35 | I never expected to be much more than a character actor . |
| 36 | Four judges then tried to match the reported dreams with the topics , identifying between 5 and 9 of the 29 target suggestions , at barely more than a chance rate . |
| 37 | Modern scientific man thinks that he is no more than a chance arrangement of dust and water , of molecules — though he may acknowledge that the atoms and molecules , indeed all life forms , are highly ordered and organized ! |
| 38 | Most Communists , despite their theoretical commitment to sexual equality , looked askance at any woman who aspired to be more than a tractor driver or street-sweeper . |
| 39 | Although it is often treated as a little more than a menu system , the Windows Program Manager is a flexible organising tool for the Windows environment . |
| 40 | Mary had the chance to learn her trade as something much more than a queen consort from a politician of great skill and finesse . |
| 41 | Fothergill says his company 's reputation has been built on a philosophy that views a lift as more than a metal cabin ; rather something which can add value to a building . |
| 42 | A goods transporter — little more than a metal platform hovering a few centimetres above the floor — edged through the doorway , with the sixth android at the controls . |
| 43 | Demand for advice is strongest amongst actual victims of computer misuse , where it is effectively little more than a damage limitation exercise . |
| 44 | Thus , it is nothing more than a clearing house which does nothing in its own right . |
| 45 | It was ‘ nothing more than a clearing house for sexually disturbed cranks , the biggest of whom is Emmanuel Petrakis … |
| 46 | Now something more than a quelling look appeared on Lord Woodleigh 's fine-bred features . |
| 47 | So far , I have concentrated on some of the standard aspects of prison life and routine — in some ways no more than a mirror image of other large institutions . |
| 48 | However , resistance on the part of the Uruguayan government to Soviet overtures in 1959 for a larger share of the market indicated that the agreement had been little more than a contingency measure on the part of Montevideo . |
| 49 | The countryside is there for us all to enjoy , so please , those of you who are responsible for making it accessible , remember those who , like me , need more than a kissing gate to get in . ’ |
| 50 | Many spreadsheet users never use more than a mono text mode display ! |
| 51 | Someone is doubtless fiftieth in line , and still a potential monarch , but with no supermarkets to open or ships to name , the rights have run out and the potential succession will be little more than a talking point . |
| 52 | It was no more than a flip ad-lib . |
| 53 | A piece to be presented should have something more than a surface narrative quality in the characterisation . |
| 54 | Then , he had been quite amused and content to joke about being nothing more than a flower bearer , but he was not so happy when it became a regular occurrence . |
| 55 | It was no more than a ticket booth . |
| 56 | If a lake is built behind the barrage , it will be nothing more than a sewage pit . |
| 57 | From the basement casino through the ground-floor restaurant to the top-floor penthouse , it was little more than a money pit for any out-of-towner with an expense account . |
| 58 | ‘ It is a single , rather flippant sentence in a book of 100,000 words — nothing more than a throwaway line . ’ |
| 59 | The corridor he was facing was less than twenty ch'i long ; a narrow , dimly lit affair that was little more than a feeder tunnel to the maintenance hatch in the ceiling at its far end . |
| 60 | Prayer is far more than a shopping list , or an incidental five minutes at the end of a busy day . |