Example sentences of "[noun] be [adj] [conj] [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Herbs are more than just a culinary delight — they are among the most colourful plants you can choose for the garden . |
| 2 | Many of her gentleman clients were foreign and even the odd Arab prince had come to her office . |
| 3 | The far side crust is thicker and therefore the basins gave rise to less weakening there , and consequently far less lava emerged into those basins than into those on the near side . |
| 4 | Hilton is aware that ultimately the lord will be best judge of what helps him most , but he suggests that every day should start with an effort to discipline his whole attention to God . |
| 5 | He said : ‘ The Manchester bid is more than just a superb technical achievement . |
| 6 | The enemy is wily and therefore the more unlikely a person looks , the more likely he is to be the secret enemy . |
| 7 | Since labour is far and away the most important cost of production in the short run , a reduction in money wages will lower the marginal costs facing the representative firm which , on the assumption of marginal cost pricing , will lead to a fall in the price of output . |
| 8 | ‘ Would like to develop training areas which would help offset the problems of lack of mobility of staff … regretfully none of our posts are supernumerary and hence the problems of removing staff from their work to attend training is a real difficulty ’ … |
| 9 | Solly 's years in the wilderness were more than just a dearth of high-profile wins . |
| 10 | Moreover , the volume of literature in these other areas is such that only an outline can be presented here . |
| 11 | On his voyage , he has realised that sport is more than just a game to Americans , and that sports stars are the heroes of the nation . |
| 12 | But to the protestors who turned up today hunting is more than just a sport . |
| 13 | It has to pick its way through the minefield of NT and Unix and estimate whether COSE is bigger than just the desktop . |
| 14 | It has to pick its way through the minefield of NT and Unix and estimate whether COSE is bigger than just the desktop . |
| 15 | Vinegar is more than just a table condiment to sprinkle over chips . |
| 16 | Hyundai claims the new 124bhp engine is more than just an enlarged version of the existing Lantra 's 1.6-litre unit . |
| 17 | For example , the incidental take from squid gill-net fisheries by Taiwan and Korea was unreported and therefore an unknown quantity . |
| 18 | The discussions at the end of each lecture were animated and sometimes a little heated , for Hindu students , Muslims and Buddhists were a little critical at having to attend any Christian lecture and were very emphatic that they much preferred their own religion to that of Christianity . |
| 19 | This explains very clearly why Matilda is far and away the most popular children 's book I have written and was bought by over half a million children in Britain alone in the first six months . |
| 20 | The payments on a lease will normally be lower than on a contract allowing for the purchase of the asset , although sometimes the difference is small and then a rebate is made when the term of the contract finishes and the plane is sold . |
| 21 | The infant 's eye is elastic and so a raised intra-ocular pressure causes the eyeball to enlarge . |
| 22 | Wherever you begin , you 're certain of a pleasant discovery round the next bend and a Fly-Drive package is far and away the most convenient and comfortable way to see all there is to see . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Technically , the inquiry is non-statutory and therefore the Church Commissioners are not bound by its recommendations , but the likelihood is that they will abide by them , as in the case of the village church of St John the Baptist in Avon Dassett . |
| 25 | The publicity given to the conference is important because both the propaganda department and the People 's Daily , the official voice of the Communist Party , have long preferred stability and ideological orthodoxy to the no-holds-barred economic reforms favoured by Deng . |
| 26 | But Voyager is more than just a pretty face ; one would expect no less from Volker Schlondorff . |
| 27 | But a CD-Rom is more than just a giant data store ; it provides a quick and easy way of finding information . |
| 28 | An augmented product is more than just a tangible product or service . |
| 29 | An augmented product is more than just a tangible product or service . |
| 30 | The mass of the PFM is unknown and therefore the abundances are not to be regarded as the number of atoms per kilogramme of PFM , 20 Ne being arbitrarily placed at 10 22 atoms per kilogramme to facilitate comparison with the graphs for the planets . |