Example sentences of "[be] [det] than [adv] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are more than just a money machine . |
| 2 | A system which has the intelligence to acknowledge that people are more than just a bag of bones dressed up in a birthday suit and that ill-health is not only caused by biological factors , but social , political , economic and environmental ones as well . |
| 3 | Spenser 's depictions in Book V are more than just an attempt to justify Grey . |
| 4 | The CBI points out that UK corporate taxes , at more than 4% of GDP in 1989 , are more than double the amount of state aid to industry . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | From the very start , one must realise that WordStar for Windows 1.5 is meant to be more than just a word-processor , but is perhaps more aptly billed as a document processor . |
| 7 | In her enchanting story of The Velveteen Rabbit , Margery Williams ' tells of a cloth rabbit who longs to be more than just a toy . |
| 8 | Peter Hewitt explains how a new managers ' toolkit proved to be more than just a game |
| 9 | A label can be more than just a sequence of characters . |
| 10 | But it would be more than just a production job . |
| 11 | ‘ There could be more than just a career , ’ she said softly . |
| 12 | With the obligatory ‘ W ’ across its malformed chest , the tousle-headed little aberration appears in the latest set of increasingly hep ‘ Be more than just a number ’ ads , |
| 13 | She thought she could in the end be legitimized , be more than just the girl who had married the first man who came along in order to get away from home : daughter of a mother who 'd shacked up with her own mother 's boyfriend at that own mother 's unconscious behest — and had thereby had her life negated forever . |
| 14 | But as Duke he was to be more than just the Count of Poitou . |
| 15 | Trading profits in the communications division were more than double the figure for the first half year thanks to the cost control programme . |
| 16 | Prior to World War I , infant mortality rates in the workhouses were more than double the rate for the entire population . |
| 17 | Solly 's years in the wilderness were more than just a dearth of high-profile wins . |
| 18 | Thus , the benefit for a pensioner couple over 80 will rise from £88.45 a week to £96.15 a week — an increase of 8.7 per cent. , which is more than double the increase in the retail prices index . |
| 19 | The black spot is its unemployment rate of 14% , which is more than double the OECD average . |
| 20 | If one is more than double the other , we should not fit a straight line . |
| 21 | The full story of the WM & CR is more than just a recalling of the day-to-day running of a railway . |
| 22 | A Tom Wood is more than just a portrait . |
| 23 | Although the results from the unusual condition were slightly equivocal , the difference in results between the central and peripheral detail suggests that there is more than just a von Restorff effect present . |
| 24 | Martina is more than just a tennis player however . |
| 25 | This disagreement between the different schools of thought is more than just a storm in an academic teacup . |
| 26 | This ‘ ancient heritage ’ may seem to be a purely ideological device — but it is more than just a myth . |
| 27 | But to the protestors who turned up today hunting is more than just a sport . |
| 28 | A MONKEY 'S scream is more than just a screech , researchers have discovered . |
| 29 | ‘ My Rolex is more than just a watch , it makes me feel dressed . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ My Rolex , ’ says Kiri , ‘ is more than just a watch , it also makes me feel dressed . |