Example sentences of "than the simple [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We should say that this is a more sophisticated design than the simple unit we published and is available by mail order for an inclusive price of £39.95 . |
| 2 | It is a more sophisticated account than the simple trait and style theories that we began our account with . |
| 3 | But two other factors were more important than the simple diversity of organisations . |
| 4 | Although the Gnostics claimed to offer a higher knowledge than the simple faith of the church , their teachings were highly mythological and encountered an opposition , no less vehement than that of the church , from the late pagan Platonists , such as Plotinus ( mid-third century ) and his successors . |
| 5 | Even rape seems to be more respectable — more ‘ normal ’ — than the simple act of enjoying fine silks and satins next to one 's skin . |
| 6 | " Slips " can occur at any time in recovery , even after many years or decades and can be much more distressing than the simple term implies . |
| 7 | The dominance hierarchies of primates are often more complex , overlapping networks , rather than the simple ladder of the hen hierarchy . |
| 8 | Times have changed — and got greener — so that some typical decorations like coral are no longer acceptable , while style and fashion has made a good-looking living picture in your lounge far more important than the simple challenge of keeping pet fish alive . |
| 9 | What all this shows is that a distinctively structuralist kind of criticism is possible , and moreover , that it is more than the simple application and refinement of the tools of poetics . |
| 10 | In other words , it could be these unspoken messages which altered the classroom climate sufficiently for girls to do better , rather than the simple fact of them being in a single-sex environment . |
| 11 | Health is a much broader and socially defined concept than the simple absence of disease . |
| 12 | Early conceptual clarification ( Petch , 1987 ) confirmed both greater diversity than the simple dichotomy and the presence of alternative dimensions , for example decentralization and accountability , which both parallel and cross-cut the organizational debate . |
| 13 | One importance of the continuum is that it is a more precise form of categorisation than the simple dichotomy . |