Example sentences of "[adj] than [adv] [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A wealth of evidence exists to prove that reading involves much more than simply recognising the individual characters that form a word . |
| 2 | She had left the ceiling fan on all night , but as ever it did little more than sluggishly push the warm air around . |
| 3 | Their imaginations are eager to go rather more than half-way to meet the audacious writer . |
| 4 | But to win this game takes more than just knowing the right moves , donning the groovy gear and asking Mr Barber for ‘ a dishy pop-star cut , please ’ . |
| 5 | It is an excellent video that does much more than just show the superb display that the public expects from these professionals . |
| 6 | For example , it has become more difficult than ever to reconcile the proprietary brand of ‘ backbone of the nation ’ style racism , with the aggressive body politics of the ‘ territorial armies ’ who march under the banner of Millwall or Manchester United . |
| 7 | So far AMP executives are not sure where the Pearl is going wrong nor what they would do about it , other than perhaps improve the British group 's technology and have more centralisation of the selling operations . |
| 8 | She had not the least idea of what she should do next , other than perhaps to fasten the strange garment about her waist . |