Example sentences of "than just [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | More than just extra officers and money , however , tackling Scotland 's new crime wave may require more imaginative solutions . |
| 3 | This view affects more than just clever scholars ; I believe that for the same reason many Christians who hold to some belief in the Devil do not believe in evil spirits either . |
| 4 | I do n't know how Dawn really feels about me , whether love or trust mean anything to her or not , but I do know that there is something special between us , and it feels like something more than just conditioning . |
| 5 | ‘ But it was n't until I went to India that I cam to feel that humans were more than just mechanical responses . |
| 6 | 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 ) . |
| 7 | More to Madness than just loony tunes |
| 8 | It requires a wider view of both the sources of control and the contexts in which they operate , and must be applicable to more than just male working-class crime . |
| 9 | The public-interest objective is harder to reject , because it is eminently reasonable that public policy should be concerned with more than just economic efficiency , though it clearly generates considerable uncertainty for firms about what they may and may not do . |
| 10 | Yet the training provides more than just technical skill . |
| 11 | ‘ Whilst we support land reclamation , urban redevelopment and housing improvements , and recognise they can improve the quality of life for many people in Wales , unless these activities are designed to achieve more than just aesthetic goals they may actually increase environmental damage through energy consumption , waste generation , increased resource demands and traffic flows ’ , said Dr Neil Caldwell , CPRW 's Director . |
| 12 | ‘ It 's going to be more than just perfect . ’ |
| 13 | Furthermore , Paterson says , unlike rival offerings , the various modules that make up Momentum will cover all aspects of a customer 's business rather than just certain elements . |
| 14 | However , the value of a company is based on more than just short-term profitability . |
| 15 | We believe it will take more than just gentle persuasion to bring an end to over-specification and waste . |
| 16 | We believe it will take more than just gentle persuasion to bring an end to over-specification and waste . |
| 17 | Having been reminded that the bookies ' smoke signals usually signify a lot more than just grandiose waves of their Havana cigars , Ramsden then revealed that he himself might have been inadvertantly responsible for the Travelling Light rumour . |
| 18 | Rather than just appropriate to the careers service . |
| 19 | Becoming the world 's foremost brewer takes more than just good business sense . |
| 20 | Perhaps they were more than just good friends . |
| 21 | John Bratby R A A Retrospective , Gray Art Gallery , Clarence Road , Hartlepool ( Until April OVER the years they have been more than just good friends the Gray Art Gallery , in Hartlepool , and John Bratby , founder member of the ‘ Kitchen Sink School ’ , and , since 1971 , a full member of the Royal Academy . |
| 22 | It 's erm , as you can see , it 's divisional guidelines for authorising costing needs to be and referred to under related documents rather than just divisional policy . |
| 23 | ‘ We must think in terms of corporate reporting rather than just financial statement , ’ said the Governor . |
| 24 | There is a central role for specialists who can integrate the formal with the informal , who are able to influence the centres of power , and are committed more closely to the missions of the NHS than just financial reward . |
| 25 | This recognition by the Prince 's Trust gave me more than just financial help . |
| 26 | Sea-floor spreading and continental drift were seen as involving these lithospheric plates rather than just oceanic or continental crust . |
| 27 | In earlier periods , ‘ foreign devils ’ brought with them more than just strange clothes and hairstyles but social and political doctrines as well . |
| 28 | She said there must be more to it than just worrying about wanting a small waist , and she was right : out it came . |
| 29 | But the Board was more than just well-prepared for the Hinkley C Inquiry . |
| 30 | They 've become acutely aware that to succeed they need to be more than just well-informed , they need to be well-read in the widest sense . |