Example sentences of "[adv] than just " in BNC.
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| 1 | We can do better than just robbing Mr Sowerberry . |
| 2 | If we are to do better than just preserving a few isolated museum forests , then major land reform is essential . |
| 3 | He thinks that I could do better than just a clerical job . |
| 4 | Mr Landon also argues that the problem goes much deeper than just testing but begins when children are first identified as having a problem . |
| 5 | Beyond this , the use of biography , its actual ability to throw light ( rather than just to be entertaining and nice to have around ) , seems to be a fantasy . |
| 6 | Perhaps some of the voice teaching was repetitive in the second term , but when there was a change in voice tutor who developed pieces of your own choice rather than just vocal exercises the whole thing came alive and interesting . |
| 7 | Acting can be both pleasure and torture — but it is not fun and people are sometimes more concerned with the image of being an actor ‘ at work ’ rather than just working . |
| 8 | A good sommelier or restaurant manager can persuade the customer to choose a super bottle of wine which offers marvellous value and drinks perfectly , rather than just a grand name in a superlative vintage which , inevitably , will have a premium attached to it . |
| 9 | Here are some suggestions on things to practise and to try out whenever you have some height and time to spare , rather than just flying up , round and down as so many pilots usually do . |
| 10 | Make a point of trying to keep absolutely straight rather than just correcting a swing when it happens . |
| 11 | What would it be like to be In Love with Dionne rather than just loving her ? |
| 12 | Here where class and its rituals , football teams , chips , queues for everything , council estates , three storey houses , pebble dashed suburbia , languages we 'd never heard , the tube , children who 'd grown up with TV programmes we 'd never seen , pubs and warm beer ( when we saw COURAGE written on pub hoardings we thought they were left over from the war to give people morale ) , tea and gasfires and pets , having to make appointments to see people in advance rather than just arriving , suspicious politeness , all of these began to reveal themselves , intricately and ambiguously . |
| 13 | Remember that an overdeveloped soleus will give the appearance of a ‘ thick ’ ankle , so aim for balance between the two rather than just increased size . |
| 14 | It also manages to tie the Alps together as one whole , treating them as a range of mountains rather than just a list of routes . |
| 15 | You can try to impress the waiter as a serious customer by specifying the type of tea you want , rather than just the brew in general . |
| 16 | He said it would be the first of a series of ventures which Gooding was discussing with Japanese companies , aimed at bringing research and technology to Britain rather than just final assembly of goods . |
| 17 | I had to show him I could be an international rather than just a squad player . |
| 18 | IF ENGLAND fail to win the Jawaharlal Nehru Centenary Cricket Trophy — the grand title ( which is accompanied by the unofficial suffix of ‘ Mini World Cup ’ ) presumably intended to persuade the public that they are about to witness something cosmic rather than just another one-day tournament — it will not be because of being under-prepared . |
| 19 | It takes a while to get used to the looks of the new car , but it is clear that Lotus is seeking to advance sports car design rather than just repeat past successes . |
| 20 | That scenario can be distinguished from another which may nevertheless overlap and converge with it : the necessary identifications of male bonding — ‘ I desire to be like you ’ — produce an intensity of admiration some of which just can not help but transform into deviant desire for , rather than just honourable imitation of , ‘ man 's ’ most significant other ( i.e. man ) . |
| 21 | Just by opting for a more left field occupation you 're putting yourself on the edge a bit It really does take a bit of bottle to do that and find your own way through the maze rather than just go with the flow . |
| 22 | It made trade unions ( rather than just individual organizers of strikes ) liable for damages arising from unlawful industrial actions . |
| 23 | With some airlines , there is the facility ( for example the ‘ sleeperette ’ , to take a good sleep rather than just a nap ) . |
| 24 | It even has antique furniture that is used rather than just polished . |
| 25 | Centres for the physically handicapped have traditionally taken the elderly , and youngsters finding themselves there after leaving school may feel their adult lives have ended rather than just begun . |
| 26 | But the disparity lies less in tone than in technique : like rather a lot of modern movies , Bye Bye Blues lacks the capacity to formulate its material rather than just present it to the audience and leave them to do the rest . |
| 27 | In the nervous nineties , when the Me generation has grown into the Us generation , we will be looking for Our Shop rather than just an emporium where they stock personal stereos by the thousand . |
| 28 | Unions have argued for staff increases , claiming new legislation requiring claimants to prove they are ‘ actively seeking ’ rather than just ‘ available for ’ work is labour-intensive . |
| 29 | Gleneagles , for example , is now open all the year round rather than just in summer and autumn following a major investment in all-weather sport and leisure facilities . |
| 30 | In a sense , therefore , circumcision actually creates a more powerful gender distinction rather than just deriving from such a distinction - but here again one gets wrapped in inevitable strands of circularity . |