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

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1 It focuses on systems , such as the family , considering them to be an entity , a whole , rather than merely the result of a number of contributions from independent parts or individuals .
2 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 .
3 This disagreement between the different schools of thought is more than just a storm in an academic teacup .
4 The haircut , however , evolved into far more than just a one-off for a TV series .
5 ‘ 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 .
6 But was it ever more than just a project for a project ?
7 A team , according to Adair ( 1986 ) , is more than just a group with a common aim .
8 here again there is a need for collaborative work between suppliers and users , but the collaboration goes further than just the specification of a problem .
9 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 .
10 But many argued that evacuation had revealed more clearly than ever the existence of a degraded ‘ underclass ’ , and in the late 1940s and 1950s several inconclusive but much-publicised surveys were conducted into the precise numerical incidence of problem families in Britain .
11 Company liquidation figures have been more than double the level of a year before , with about half the companies dying within the first five years .
12 Gordon Owen , the managing director in charge of Mercury , says the group is anxious not to more than double the network in a year as it is a case of ‘ how fast you can go without falling over ’ .
13 The description of the Count as Alfonso 's " friend " suggests that there was more to this incident than simply the curbing of an unruly vassal .
14 The tube was more than twice the length of an adult macaque 's arms .
15 Instead it goes on growing , ending up as a giant larva more than twice the weight of a normal adult .
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