Example sentences of "was [adv] than just [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And this was more than just a professorship . |
| 2 | But nervousness and vacillation over direct state intervention was more than just a problem of administration . |
| 3 | He was more than just a hypochondriac . |
| 4 | It was my own experiences with herbal treatments , due to being ill over the past few years , that convinced me that there was more than just a placebo effect at work . |
| 5 | But it was more than just a pub crawl . |
| 6 | The man was more than just a mystery , he was an intricate , mesmerising maze . |
| 7 | His games connection that year was more than just a marketing one ; it was also the third time he had been chosen for the Scotland team as a pole-vaulter . |
| 8 | Everything here was different and therefore better : the stiff-backed brass taps , the cut of the banister , the genuine oil paintings ( we had a genuine oil painting too , but not as genuine as that ) , the library which somehow was more than just a roomful of books , the furniture old enough to have woodworm in it , and the casual acceptance of inherited things . |
| 9 | There was more than just a matter of fifty years separating her life from that of Johnny Latimer . |
| 10 | By this stage , Des was more than just a mascot . |
| 11 | Luke 's no fool ; he could see that so far as I was concerned Elise was more than just a client . |
| 12 | In de Gaulle 's mind , the empire was more than just a source of potential recruits . |
| 13 | And it was more than just the light reflected from their balding , silvery heads . |
| 14 | International commerce was more than just an exchange or European manufactures for primary produce from the rest of the world . |
| 15 | But the speech was more than just an attack on the Commission , for it was also an astute defence of his good name and reputation . |