Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [adv] a [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The vicar is now so unpopular that only a handful of people still attend St Mary 's Church . |
| 32 | At the secondary-school stage it becomes less a partnership between all three and more a matter for the individual student and his or her advisers , whether from inside the school or outside . |
| 33 | The pupil is very large and only a portion of the iris is present , so the eye appears dark in colour . |
| 34 | RE THE letter from Mrs F. Taylor about Cilla Black being a Tory and therefore a traitor to Liverpool . |
| 35 | Often , of course , these were different forms of the same general relations , though the latter can not be reduced to the former , in all or even a majority of cases . |
| 36 | It would be foolish , however , to argue that the problems created by the increasing urban demand for recreation in the countryside are entirely illusory or simply a matter of arbitrary taste : they clearly are not . |
| 37 | Then he realised that they were presumably so poor that even a choice of cornflakes or lumpy porridge , along with underdone toast and margarine , had the overwhelming attraction of being free . |
| 38 | Two cars are drawing up outside Number 17 and quite a lot of people are going in the front door . |
| 39 | All the other players you hear about from time to time , Charlton , Giles , Hunter et all but never a word about Harvey . |
| 40 | ‘ This friction between her and your mother — was it really important or just a manifestation of teenage rebellion ? ’ |
| 41 | Now that was er er more or less a favour to me . |
| 42 | In doing this , they make it easier to understand why some form of local government continues to survive as more than simply a creature of the centre . |
| 43 | As a sociolinguist Stubbs sees reading , for instance , as more than simply a mechanism for decoding written into spoken words : he prefers to concern himself with understanding meaning , pointing out that ‘ we do not normally read meaningless material ’ ( ibid. p. 15 ) . |
| 44 | Resource-based learning therefore turns out to involve much more than simply a method of revitalizing and individualizing learning . |
| 45 | In almost every other respect , certainly , the Celtic Church appears to have been something more than simply a repository for Nazarean thought — as Nestorian Christianity was , for example . |
| 46 | The very fact that philip Augustus made no serious attempt to invade or attack Gascon ) , in the campaigns of 1202–4 may be more than simply a comment upon the military limitations of the French crown . |
| 47 | 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 . |
| 48 | Your eurocheque card is much more than just a support for your eurocheques . |
| 49 | Perhaps now , in the same way , Judith Cowan 's new range or work can also be effective in a climate which desperately seeks more than just a checklist of intention . |
| 50 | This disagreement between the different schools of thought is more than just a storm in an academic teacup . |
| 51 | But it 's more than just a question of who the patients prefer to be treated by . |
| 52 | Mirth is close to creativity for to see the absurd in something is to twist reality around in a way creative thought is fashioned — a good jest is a delight and should be regarded as much more than just a bit of frivolity . |
| 53 | The full story of the WM & CR is more than just a recalling of the day-to-day running of a railway . |
| 54 | The crews are mostly ‘ medical assistants , ’ which means possessing more than just a knowledge of first aid . |
| 55 | Ry Cooder Much more than just a wizard on slide guitar , Ry Cooder is a composer , a multi-instrumentalist , a lifelong student of ethnic music and a thoroughly nice bloke . |
| 56 | ‘ It 's more than just a nightclub to you . |
| 57 | Cairo is too far away to be anything more than just a stake in the ground against IBM/Apple Computer Inc while the hoopla surrounding Windows For Workgroups is meant to distract attention away from an increasingly late NT . |
| 58 | More than just a facelift for BMW 's most important model , the new 3-series marks a fundamental change of direction |
| 59 | This is more than just a case of increased differentiation in local voting behaviour . |
| 60 | But it 's more than just a problem of pollution . |