Example sentences of "[be] [det] than [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Penny is in and out every few minutes at present , and we do n't want her to guess that we 're more than just owner and programme manager , do we ? ’ |
| 2 | It 's irritatingly easy to crash at first , as the pushscroll is only activated when you 're more than halfway across the screen , giving you little time to see and avoid hazards . |
| 3 | Felted roofing — and flat roofs in particular , need regular supervision if they are to stay watertight once they 're more than about 10 years old . |
| 4 | This could mean that we are at the center of a great region in the universe in which the sources are fewer than elsewhere . |
| 5 | Bob went on from there , season in , season out , to the end of 1931–32 , by which time he had made 293 League appearances for Crystal Palace ( a club record at the time , but of course they did not make much of such things in those days ) and even today , almost 60 years later , there are fewer than only half a dozen Palace men who have played more times for us than that . |
| 6 | Managing director Michael Jackson says coaching charges are less than elsewhere . |
| 7 | The kaluts are the larger features reaching 50 m or so high , while the yardangs are less than half as high . |
| 8 | If they are less than about twice the mass of the sun , they will eventually stop contracting and will settle down to a stable state . |
| 9 | One of the top ANC men came back from the Dar Es Salaam talks and told us , ‘ I am more than ever convinced that violence is not the way . |
| 10 | And I am not overlooking the fact that the Provincials are more than well represented with Ronnie Oliver and Ian McClure of Portrush , who meet Edwin Downey and Gary Rutledge of St Brendan 's . |
| 11 | But they are more than just that . |
| 12 | His warning to the American President that he would support Native Americans ( ‘ Red Indians ’ , whom he presumes to be tribally organized ) against the federal government is consistent with his view that natural ties are more than just rational ones . |
| 13 | They are more than just a money machine . |
| 14 | For overseas contracts , though , overseas students are more than just vectors of goodwill for the London experience . |
| 15 | ‘ There is a psychological battle to be won , ’ said the spokesman , ‘ for many people meetings are more than just talking shop , the business lunch is just as important . |
| 16 | For Craigendarroch 's lodges are more than just holiday homes . |
| 17 | He offers heartache loud and clear on songs that are more than just minor vehicles of angst . |
| 18 | Harry Eyres discovers that the Grands Crus of Alsace are more than just reliable wine bar whites |
| 19 | These larger units of text are more than just sets of sentences , and convey more meaning than the sum of the individual sentences . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Herbs are more than just a culinary delight — they are among the most colourful plants you can choose for the garden . |
| 22 | Transactions that are more than just once-only exchanges can not be organized , therefore , by a long-term market contract , agreed at the outset , specifying terms appropriate to any future state of the world . |
| 23 | Spenser 's depictions in Book V are more than just an attempt to justify Grey . |
| 24 | You 'll find there are more than just sausages . ’ |
| 25 | International migration has played a part since young adults and families are more than proportionately represented in these flows , but the prime factor is the variation in the size of age groups resulting from previous fluctuations in births . |
| 26 | Jazz and blues fans are more than adequately catered for with shows by some of the best musicians from both home and abroad . |
| 27 | Many of the skills already possessed by chartered accountants are more than adequately demonstrated in their training experience to date ; corporate finance is one such area , as is taxation . |
| 28 | The idea that the two areas , arts and science , are more than simply subject groupings , is not a new one . |
| 29 | The CBI points out that UK corporate taxes , at more than 4% of GDP in 1989 , are more than double the amount of state aid to industry . |
| 30 | The four ‘ little tigers ’ — Hong Kong , Singapore , Taiwan and Korea — have growth rates which , at between eight and eleven per cent , are more than double those for most of the rest of the world . |