Example sentences of "is [det] than a " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is more than a hint of the search for the philosopher 's stone . |
| 2 | Being healthy is more than a question of not being ill . |
| 3 | Indeed brain-mind identity is more than a belief , it is a hypothesis which seems to be the simplest explanation of the mind-brain problem , if it is a problem , and therefore one which parsimony requires us to accept . |
| 4 | A financier in the Manchester broking community said yesterday : ‘ It is more than a possibility that he will make an offer to get Knighton out of his hole . ’ |
| 5 | Law and order in Uganda IT IS more than a decade since Kampala was one of the world 's danger capitals , when Uganda was under the sway of Idi Amin , the murderous clown now in exile in the Middle East . |
| 6 | As this is more than a fair reflection of Sri Lanka 's strengths and weaknesses , it was all very accommodating . |
| 7 | This is more than a book about a rear gunner , however ; it is a factual account of a bomber crew , and , written with an unpretentious style , it is both easy to read and hard to put down . |
| 8 | To begin with , there is more than a hint of circularity about Eccleshall 's definition of Conservatism . |
| 9 | The waiting period for Entry Certificates at the British Consulate in Bombay is more than a year . |
| 10 | Wearing trousers is more than a fashion choice for them , it is a religious requirement . |
| 11 | GMs wind-cheating coupe is more than a pretty face . |
| 12 | A ‘ venture ’ is more than a holiday with a Christian emphasis . |
| 13 | The fact is , however , that Leonce and Lena is more than a fizzled-out digression into comedy by the creator of Woyzeck . |
| 14 | There is more than a hint of desperation in this unlikely selection . |
| 15 | His glorious book is more than a history and more than a 25,000-mile travelogue , although it is also both of those . |
| 16 | However , since it is more than a mere sign , it partakes of the reality it signifies and is a means of grace through which the atoning work of Christ is made effective in the life of the Christian . |
| 17 | Sometimes Japan is more than a Western mind can take . |
| 18 | The creed had such a powerful hold upon the party that even Quintin Hogg , who later chose the life-peerage title Lord Hailsham of St Marylebone — you can hardly get more urban than that — was opining in 1947 that ‘ the Conservative believes that farming is more than a business ; it is a way of life , essential to the community in war and peace . ’ |
| 19 | There is more than a grain of truth in the observation by A. P. Herbert that royal commissions were usually appointed ‘ not so much for digging up the truth , as for digging it in . ’ |
| 20 | A prolate cycloid is generated when the point P is outside the generating circle ; OP is more than a . |
| 21 | The truth is more than a recital of the visible . |
| 22 | Anyway , why put a new straitjacket around the economy until recovery is more than a twinkle in the market 's eye ? |
| 23 | Some of the smaller , and most certainly highly active dinosaurs were about the size of a chicken , and there is more than a passing similarity between a running ostrich and the kind of reconstruction that shows fleet-footed , running dinosaurs . |
| 24 | The tunnel is more than a mere curiosity to astronomers . |
| 25 | In the West , a car is more than a way of travelling ; it represents freedom and flexibility and is a potent status symbol . |
| 26 | There is more than a hint of Art Nouveau in its decoration . |
| 27 | There is more than a grain of truth in this scenario , despite Mrs Thatcher 's undoubted role in the creation of the new British Library building . |
| 28 | It is more than a year since the red and white surveyors ' poles glinted above the reeds , blazing a trail for the draglines that were soon to follow . |
| 29 | A good caddie is more than a mere assistant . |
| 30 | As that doyen of golf-writers , the late Henry Longhurst said , ‘ A good caddie is more than a mere assistant , he is guide , philosopher and friend . ’ |