Example sentences of "much more than [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 61 | What we have now is much more than a game : an exciting story to which we do not know the end ; and a visual image which will lead us to an exciting starting point for a drama , an image which we know has engaged the children . |
| 62 | Doubt now is much more than a matter of uncertainty . |
| 63 | At present , therefore , it is impossible to say with any confidence whether the influence of Milan was much more than a matter of banal repetition of a few characteristic physiognomic types . |
| 64 | ‘ Highlander is much more than a place or an institution . |
| 65 | A dojo is much more than a place where a karateka ( one who practises karate ) trains . |
| 66 | But the Church is much more than a place of worship . |
| 67 | He tried hard not to wonder why the word had n't been much more than a growl . |
| 68 | For so long she 'd held the secrets of her past under lock and key , barely allowing even Kelly much more than a glimpse into her background . |
| 69 | Erm presidents of the nineteenth century very often took the view that the president was not much more than a sort of constitutional monarch , er a dignified part of the constitution to use er Bagehot 's phrase . |
| 70 | They 're justification for the ‘ he-man ’ tag , with heavy everything at low speeds and not much more than a token lightening up as you press on harder , but not so heavy as to wipe out the sports car 's essential touch of delicacy . |
| 71 | On the opposite bank , not much more than a stream at this point , the hillside was thick with scrub hazel and thorn . |
| 72 | But it is clear that Schüssler Fiorenza aims to be very much more than a historian . |
| 73 | The little round lawn with its grass path was so bitty that I was tempted to remove it altogether , and the two paved areas seemed too small to accommodate much more than a deckchair . |
| 74 | He could n't afford much more than a set of plastic rings let alone five gold ones . |
| 75 | Maybe , he 's told , he 's much more than a celebrity . |
| 76 | Efforts were made to persuade Jamaica to follow Barbados , and a twenty-one year grant to cover the island 's own expenses was voted in 1683 , but this grant was not large enough to provide any surplus to spend elsewhere and was not much more than a recognition that the government in England was not going to spend its money covering the costs of local government for Englishmen who had gone overseas . |
| 77 | It was n't a baby yet , just a potential ; not much more than a seed . |
| 78 | " Mr. Mottram ? " she asked in not much more than a whisper . |
| 79 | It was not much more than a whisper . |
| 80 | The newsroom was minuscule , not much more than a cubbyhole , next door to Monty 's cluttered little office . |
| 81 | For these very reasons , the care of our nation 's pubs is much more than an exercise in architectural conservation . |
| 82 | Soderstrom has been , in her distinguished career , much more than an operetta singer , but her virtues , solid attack , excellent diction , and a clear , fine voice appealing more through its silvery edge than through depth or human vulnerability , are essentially charming rather than thought-provoking . |
| 83 | ‘ Broad-band cable means much more than an increase in the number of TV channels , ’ he said . |
| 84 | It could n't be much more than an hour ? |
| 85 | He could n't be expected to manage much more than an hour on his feet , after which he 'd be living up to his name , although not — Diane hoped — to his reputation . |
| 86 | But this book contains much more than an exposition on the background to the Children Act and an explanation of the principles on which it is founded . |
| 87 | Yet it is much more than an attack on the policies of a given minister . |
| 88 | ‘ Nothing will change my commitment to the idea that a truly liberal education is much more than an examination syllabus , ’ she says . |
| 89 | Yet Morley was much more than an imitator ; he was a more gifted melodist than Gastoldi . |
| 90 | It may be true that the story of the English people is best seen in English literature , but English literature contains much more than the story of the English people . |