Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] more than [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the classroom level , the teaching and learning methods have to be organised to allow for much more than simple coverage of the topic . |
| 2 | Schools were expected to make sense of ideas which had not always been thought through fully , and to implement practices whose justification frequently consisted of little more than unsubstantiated assertion . |
| 3 | The speech consisted of little more than bullish assertions of the underlying dynamism and strength of the British economy . |
| 4 | You can create quite a memorable set out of little more than good lighting . |
| 5 | Some items were of little more than symbolic significance , but others were more substantial . |
| 6 | The Low Attainers in Mathematics Project ( LAMP ) and the Raising Achievement in Mathematics Project ( RAMP ) found that the mathematical diet for low-attaining pupils often consisted of little more than basic arithmetic presented in simple step by step learning sequences and repeated frequently . |
| 7 | It is often the case that the mathematical diet for these lower attaining pupils consists of little more than basic arithmetic , presented in simple step-by-step learning sequences , and repeated frequently . |
| 8 | The early torch consisted of little more than impregnated rushes twisted about each other . |
| 9 | Many of these features are unique to these mountains , and make them of much more than mere climbing interest . |
| 10 | Yet modern Japan is also the product of much more than recent upheavals . |
| 11 | There are stabs at the mysterious menace of ‘ Skin Deep ’ , the trashy pop wonder exemplified by tunes such as ‘ Nice In Nice ’ and the arty decadence of ‘ Golden Brown ’ — and they all sound like little more than well-executed pub rock . |
| 12 | Robinson begin by rattling off a handful of saccharine songs that sound like little more than fast-paced lift music . |
| 13 | Nobody rails against this more than environmental groups . |
| 14 | Most writers of the blueprint books of that time certainly did present the would-be solvers of their puzzles with little more than cut-out figures labelled " Millionaire " , " Unfaithful Wife , " " Devoted Secretary " , although of course the better writers of the time were far from such crudities . |
| 15 | ( Papineau , 1985a ) I shall content myself with little more than some comments . |
| 16 | He left school with little more than basic education , then struggled to earn a living as a cattle mart dealer and haulage contractor before going into politics full time . |
| 17 | He knows so little about being loved , he can not really provide Miranda with any more than material gifts and force to persuade her to love him . |
| 18 | Thus , they argue , decisions about the development of these latter can be based upon little more than uninformed hunches . |
| 19 | Environmentalists , who have long campaigned for a single agency , have expressed their concern that the plans for the reform of the Inspectorate amount to little more than political opportunism and will have little real impact . |
| 20 | But gradually his terror of metal stairways subsided to little more than ordinary fear . |
| 21 | Lou Reed 's lyrics amount to little more than self-indulgent nastiness , says Tony Parsons |
| 22 | However , the title of this paper restricts reference to developed countries only , but even here the normative suggestions about distortions to prices of factors and outputs ( leading to inappropriate signals to research institutions ) seem to amount to little more than wishful thinking . |
| 23 | Today , there are more good lines than bad , and the choice amounts to little more than personal preference . |
| 24 | There is still a superficial resemblance to the old style , especially on larger vases which often have a figure-frieze on neck and body , the rest being covered with graded bands of abstract ornament ; but this has shrunk to little more than varied groupings of zigzags , while massed zigzags among the figures of the main friezes make a shimmering ground on which the fuller , curvier silhouettes or dot-filled outlines of men , women , animals , monsters , flowers stand out . |
| 25 | ‘ Did you not come away thinking that the urban development challenge of the century adds to little more than opportunistic chaos — an architectural circus — with a sprinkling of postmodern gimmicks , the ghastly mega-lumps of Canary Wharf and a fairground train to get you there ? ’ |
| 26 | There was general agreement that current initiatives to meet those problems were ineffective , that there was little consultation with the people of West Belfast and that frequently they amounted to little more than cosmetic exercises . |
| 27 | All the same , the text makes no claim to be citing this rescript , and it is very curious that the jurist should first limit his remarks to the facts as stated and then go on to limit them to the words quoted ; especially since the facts stated amount to little more than those words . |
| 28 | Elsewhere , local authority treatment could descend to little more than fashionable mediocrity . |
| 29 | On one level the sudden and unexpected friendship thrives on little more than mutual back-scratching . |
| 30 | Simplistic or casual analysis based on little more than common sense and drawing ‘ portfolio boxes ’ is obviously totally inadequate . |