Example sentences of "than [adv] a " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | This must always be controlled and if injury is caused — other than perhaps a slight reddening — a penalty rather than a score will result . |
| 2 | But Caterham 's independence does enable it to be more adventurous than perhaps a large parent would allow . |
| 3 | For example , development must comprise private dwelling houses only , with no trade or business ( other than perhaps a doctor or dentist ) , no caravans or boats to be stored , no dogs , pigs or poultry , no sheds or sheds over a certain height , no loft conversions or extensions . |
| 4 | Where verbs of perception and know , as we saw above , evoke a characteristic expressive effect in this context , it is more difficult to see any nuance characterizing make here , other than perhaps a suggestion of result . |
| 5 | My concern Madam Deputy Speaker is whether we 're all being hoodwinked into believing that deregulation bill is opening a new chapter in our legislative history when in fact it 's no more than perhaps a weasel word describing one thing but er er another thing is happening . |
| 6 | Schrader refers to the short , written out cadenza-like flourish just before the final cadences of the Prelude in F minor BWV534 as a precedent , but this does not seem justification enough , particularly as the cadenza he provides in this case is much more than merely a brief manual flourish . |
| 7 | Jansons masterfully keeps the music 's internal momentum alive without any sense of undue haste , and although the allegro bustles energetically along , Jansons resists the temptation to tear Shostakovich 's occasionally violent texturing to shreds For once the Finale appears as a crowning inevitability , rather than merely a throw-away moto-perpetuo of staccato virtuosity . |
| 8 | The monarch is , furthermore , more than merely a part of Parliament under the constitution of the United Kingdom . |
| 9 | Their plausibility requires that the disinclination to be cruel to animals is a mark of true humanity ; part of its content , rather than merely a possible cause of it . |
| 10 | Furthermore by taking an ideological rather than merely a dispositive approach he is able to lay down principles for the reconstruction of societas in the modern age . |
| 11 | Ask other lawyers about George , and there is acknowledgement of his gifts , even that he is more than merely a jury man , but rarely much warmth . |
| 12 | As a result of Nicaea , Rome became the official centre of Christian orthodoxy , and any deviation from that orthodoxy became a heresy , rather than merely a difference of opinion or interpretation . |
| 13 | Underlying the principle of geographical distribution is more than merely a notion of fairness or equity , for it seems that to exclude any administrative area might be to risk offending the divisional authorities in a way which would be unhelpful to the project as a whole . |
| 14 | It is also necessary that no significant minorities feel themselves to be permanently excluded from power or influence ; that groups and individuals sense that they are roughly equal in their ability to influence the outcome of communal policy-making ; and that those outcomes embody what people recognize to be the general interests of society rather than merely a combination or balance of the interests of various particular and organized groups or specific interests . |
| 15 | It is that we might , in other than merely a logical sense , have got yesterday but not last night . |
| 16 | [ The alternative ] means more than merely a different way of ‘ doing social science ’ . |
| 17 | Similarly , we have already encountered the question posed by The Architect 's Journal when Cramlington was first proposed in its modern form : will this place have any industrial , and hence employment , base which will make it more than merely a dormitory suburb ? |
| 18 | They built a house , the Villa Eugénie , which eventually grew into the present Hôtel du Palais , a vast building close to the lush sands of the Grande Plage ( formerly known as the Plage tea Fous , because only the reckless , if not the insane , were thought likely to risk swimming there ) , very monumental and with a tricolour flying above it , as if it were some government department rather than merely a hotel . |
| 19 | Robert Bossu had pursued the dispute here to Shrewsbury in search of diversion in a time of frustration and inaction , a pity he must be denied the best of the joke that was so much more than merely a joke . |
| 20 | This applies for example to the demand side , where the choice of functional forms is more than merely a matter of algebraic convenience ( see Dixit and Stiglitz , 1977 ) . |
| 21 | The statement of objectives will normally be far more rounded than merely a price discussion . |
| 22 | They featured ( i ) the reinstatement of the Ministry of Justice ( abolished in 1966 ) , the minister having the right to overturn court rulings ; ( ii ) the guaranteeing to defendants of the assistance on demand of a defence lawyer , including at the investigation stage ; ( iii ) a reduction in the number of capital offences from 34 to 11 ( retaining as capital offences treason , espionage , terrorism , murder and " economic crime " such as sabotage and theft of state property ) , and the exclusion of women from capital punishment ; ( iv ) clearer definition of the crime of agitation and propaganda against the state ( which was no longer to be a capital offence ) , in order to prevent its abuse by the authorities ; ( v ) the redefinition of internment and deportation as penal rather than administrative sanctions ( i.e. requiring a court ruling rather than merely a local authority order ) ; and ( vi ) the introduction of remission for prisoners for good behaviour . |
| 23 | The move was seen as preparation for ECOMOG to take on an offensive rather than merely a peacekeeping role . |
| 24 | Borrowers are increasingly ready to deal with several firms rather than merely a " house " bank . |
| 25 | Section 2 to read : The Coordinator as part of his/her responsibility is part Area Secretary for a geographical area with no more than approximately a quarter of a million population . |
| 26 | This is the pub as social institution , so much more than just a place for drinking . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | There is always something to be learned from a knowledgeable local instructor , and a flight is far more valuable than just a site briefing . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | One supplier of this type of boarding , Caradon Celuform , now offers much more than just a maintenancefree material . |