Example sentences of "more than a casual [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You may have known someone else for twenty years and yet he will never be more than a casual acquaintance . |
| 2 | With a brief nod , as though she were no more than a casual acquaintance , he closed the door . |
| 3 | His instincts finally rang the bell and told him this man had more than a casual interest in what might be going on downstairs . |
| 4 | I had more than a casual interest in politics . |
| 5 | Nor were the books that Edward showed me the kind of thing I would normally have read — not , at least , as anything more than a casual browse among the dustier nooks of human eccentricity . |
| 6 | It must be stressed , though , that were it is said above that the researcher will ‘ scan the library ’ for previous writings on the area of study , this means more than a casual walk past the shelves of books which seem to be vaguely related to the topic . |