Example sentences of "than [adv] a [noun] [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 And Liberal leader Paddy Ashdown 's popularity actually increased after the revelation that he 'd dipped more than just a toe into the typing pool .
3 Is it because all the people who have lived here have left little bits of themselves behind , so that it has become more than just a shelter against the wind and the rain ?
4 There was far more behind this than just a deterioration in the weather .
5 Nevertheless , it has taken more than just a pinch of the new S-class 's style with its first real attempt at a grille , cut down into the front bumper .
6 The full story of the WM & CR is more than just a recalling of the day-to-day running of a railway .
7 This disagreement between the different schools of thought is more than just a storm in an academic teacup .
8 Cairo is too far away to be anything more than just a stake in the ground against IBM/Apple Computer Inc while the hoopla surrounding Windows For Workgroups is meant to distract attention away from an increasingly late NT .
9 The haircut , however , evolved into far more than just a one-off for a TV series .
10 Now need you help , because they hope to offer a lot more than just a roof over the heads .
11 ‘ But we did n't mind a bit , a job here was so much more than just a means to an end , it was never a case of them and us .
12 But was it ever more than just a project for a project ?
13 But this is more than just a taste of the past .
14 A team , according to Adair ( 1986 ) , is more than just a group with a common aim .
15 Scientific studies carried out a few years ago revealed that regular sunbed users ( those using a bed more than once a week over a period of a few years ) now have a condition called skin fragility syndrome .
16 With the reading of Hippolytus and the cracking of the outer shell of his cheerful , hard-working , no-nonsense self , introspection was running riot and ‘ spiritualism ’ — by which he clearly meant dabbling in affairs of the spirit rather than solely a preoccupation with the dead — had , by the summer of 1929 , taken a firm grip on him .
17 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 .
18 The very fact that philip Augustus made no serious attempt to invade or attack Gascon ) , in the campaigns of 1202–4 may be more than simply a comment upon the military limitations of the French crown .
19 The Executive Committee shall meet not less than twice a year in every calendar year : decide its own procedure : elect its own Chairman and Vice-Chairman , each of whom may hold the office for a maximum period of four consecutive years .
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