Example sentences of "more than a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | You know , Harry , I get the impression he takes far more than a professional interest in Alice . |
| 32 | Such excellence sometimes has the effect of creating an ‘ us ’ and ‘ them ’ attitude in parishes , where their parish musicians feel unable or unwilling to settle for more than a mediocre level of performance . |
| 33 | Nothing threatens the chances of Alton Bass finishing in touch with the top of Hampshire League division one more than a punishing programme of three matches a week they need to complete in order to catch up on their fixture backing . |
| 34 | Perhaps the dinner on the terrace by candlelight was no more than a helpful suggestion intended to add to their pleasure in ‘ La Felicità ’ , as was the idea of a trip across the Mountains of the Moon to Urbino . |
| 35 | — Wood , paper , natural fibre , cloth , or products thereof , containing no more than a negligible amount of plastics in the product or packaging . |
| 36 | He was too much of a loser to have been anything more than a hired hand . |
| 37 | The maintenance of the castle is more than a concerted defence of the ordered interior against the disorderly exterior . |
| 38 | The immediate reaction was that the discovery of Pluto was nothing more than a small-scale diversion : there must be a tenth planet out there , and a very large planet at that . |
| 39 | After losing power and suffering a humiliating defeat in the 1988 elections , he had little more than a spoiling role , thwarting attempts to dislodge him from the presidency of the Pakistan Moslem League , Pakistan 's oldest political party . |
| 40 | Psepha was suddenly rising gracefully , the afternoon sunlight gleaming off wings that were still no more than a golden film . |
| 41 | However the Tube is not designed as anything more than a temporary tent so it should n't be expected to give normal tent performance . |
| 42 | The CGT , for instance , has regarded collective bargaining as no more than a temporary measure of the balance of power between management and unions , enabling the union to obtain the best negotiating results for wage-earners at a given point in time ( Goetschy , 1983 ) . |
| 43 | However , for most airports with overall impact of the Tunnel is unlikely to be more than a temporary hiccup in the strong growth of traffic . |
| 44 | Vienna Dear Fräulein , I hope and believe the sad condition you describe is no more than a temporary fantasy . |
| 45 | ‘ Despite your obvious fondness for the place , you 're none the less nothing more than a temporary caretaker . |
| 46 | But this was no more than a temporary reversal in the most savage onslaught from England which the Scots had ever experienced . |
| 47 | Philistinism is rife , and it is high time for some loud restatement of the old conservationist maxim that ownership is no more than a temporary rental on the nation 's heritage . |
| 48 | Although upon return to Canada for what might prove to be no more than a temporary visit the mother 's situation might be unsatisfactory and she might suffer discomfort or perhaps even hardship , there is no evidence that there is a risk , let alone a great one , that the child 's return would place him in a situation which is intolerable . |
| 49 | But still it was clear that , amidst her preoccupations , there was scarcely room to think of him as anything more than a temporary ally . |
| 50 | On waking , it occurred to her with renewed conviction that the experience of two days before might have been no more than a temporary aberration of an exhausted mind . |
| 51 | She had repeatedly told herself her response to his touch was nothing more than a temporary aberration on her part , that familiarity must inevitably breed contempt , that sooner or later she would feel nothing more than irritation . |
| 52 | In short , tariffs by themselves would have been unlikely to have provided little more than a temporary palliative to ailing industries over the period under review . |
| 53 | Some cardiologists complained that the heart could never be more than a temporary remedy and that the money spent on the research could be better used for drug therapies and other techniques . |
| 54 | The fact is , however , that Leonce and Lena is more than a fizzled-out digression into comedy by the creator of Woyzeck . |
| 55 | Come back safely , ’ and when they were all specks in the distant twilight and the savage pandemonium of their leaving no more than a muted throbbing , she had sent her love high and wide so it would find her lover in that vast , uncaring sky . |
| 56 | But as we leave the twentieth century and reflect on the last 100 years , we should expect more than a shallow gallery of designer fancies . |
| 57 | Clearly the brain is more than a passive relay from stimulus to response . |
| 58 | Of course not all policemen are in absolute positions of command even though they represent the maintenance of structure in more than a symbolic way ; and few can move into communitas to experience the temptations described above . |
| 59 | ‘ Well , I moved out , came to live here in a rented house I ca n't really afford , Susan sold the flat , which seemed a bit more than a symbolic act , I continued to love her and miss her , I tried to understand what she felt and hoped it was something she 'd eventually work through so that we could be together again . |
| 60 | Whether citizens ' charters on the model of those introduced in Great Britain from 1991 onwards amount to more than a symbolic empowerment of consumer-citizens remains to be seen . |