Example sentences of "more than [adv] a [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . |
2 | Resource-based learning therefore turns out to involve much more than simply a method of revitalizing and individualizing learning . |
3 | 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 . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | But it 's more than just a question of who the patients prefer to be treated by . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | The full story of the WM & CR is more than just a recalling of the day-to-day running of a railway . |
8 | The crews are mostly ‘ medical assistants , ’ which means possessing more than just a knowledge of first aid . |
9 | This is more than just a case of increased differentiation in local voting behaviour . |
10 | But it 's more than just a problem of pollution . |
11 | Sociology , as a social science , is more than just a collection of empirical findings and is also more than just a set of speculative armchair ‘ theories ’ . |
12 | However , one detects more than just a hint of resentment when he talks of the ‘ middle-class ’ , who , with their penchant for rationalisation and organisation , appear to have appropriated the game . |
13 | Other ways of making life more interesting for the housebound are the occasional holidays in the homes of various members of the family ; also offering to help them to entertain their friends in their own home to more than just a cup of tea , by arranging to take a pre-cooked , easily served meal round to them beforehand . |
14 | This suggest that the governance of Ulster is more than just a matter of security and that there are urgent needs for an independent environmental protection agency , subsidies for green farming , and more money in general for the administration of conservation . |
15 | 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 . |
16 | Then , as time went on and hypnosis gained credibility and was thought of as more than just a form of stage entertainment , more and more hypnotherapists began to use present-life regression in their work . |
17 | Sociology , as a social science , is more than just a collection of empirical findings and is also more than just a set of speculative armchair ‘ theories ’ . |
18 | But this is more than just a taste of the past . |
19 | Clearly it is more than just a picture of two continent-carrying plates coming together . |
20 | Solly 's years in the wilderness were more than just a dearth of high-profile wins . |
21 | But it is more than just a listing of previous research . |
22 | It 's results will be published at the end of next year , when scientists and patients will find out if it 's more than just a ray of hope . |
23 | Now rail travellers arriving in Darlington will notice more than just a handful of changes compared to six years ago . |
24 | And , finally , those extra , necessary words — grouped and coloured — somehow more than just a list of words ! |
25 | A label can be more than just a sequence of characters . |
26 | These advantages appear to me to outweigh the disadvantages identified by Mr of there being more outsiders in the family household , possibly homesick and unhappy carers who are not living in their own homes , but at the establishment and the trouble and worry to the of what would be not infrequent , recruitment of new carers for Mrs , I hope perhaps a trifle pessimistically thought that on average carers would not spend more than about a year of course , some longer , some shorter , because such carers necessarily had to be fairly young , fit , strong people and the stresses and strains of the er the whole business she thought would lead to reasonably rapid turnover , not the emergence of long-term carers who might stay for a number of years , er , as I say I 'd rather hoped that she may be unduly pessimistic about that , but , that , I accept what she says about it . |
27 | Underlying the principle of geographical distribution is more than merely a notion of fairness or equity , for it seems that to exclude any administrative area might be to risk offending the divisional authorities in a way which would be unhelpful to the project as a whole . |
28 | This applies for example to the demand side , where the choice of functional forms is more than merely a matter of algebraic convenience ( see Dixit and Stiglitz , 1977 ) . |