Example sentences of "[det] than [adv] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But there may be more to this than comradely debate . |
| 2 | And Branson knew that Virgin stood a better chance of achieving that than either EMI or A&M had done . |
| 3 | She knew more than either Defries or Daak about sliding rogue instructions into computerized systems . |
| 4 | But as the South-East Asian boom has gathered pace , so the area has become something more than simply Japan 's backyard . |
| 5 | Chatterjee wondered about this as it began to seem more than simply coincidence . |
| 6 | At the time when the Hundred Years war broke out , a defender had a more than even chance of beating off an attack . |
| 7 | It was not at all necessary to say that I hoisted French colours , and therefore took the schooner unawares , or that at the time most of her men were on board of the Indiaman ; the great art in this world is , to know where to leave off , and in nothing more than when people take the pen in their hands . |
| 8 | The liquidity squeeze ( predicted to affect only 10 per cent of the population directly ) immediately limited withdrawals from interest-bearing money-market accounts ( estimated to total $70,000 million ) to 20 per cent and those from private savings and current accounts to no more than approximately $1,000 . |
| 9 | In Greek the first is much more than just horror . |
| 10 | But Oshkosh is much more than just warbirds , the cream of the US airshow acts are one of the big attractions for the general public . |
| 11 | It 's more than just revenge . |
| 12 | And from Spike Lee to Reverend Jesse Jackson , Michael Jordan to Philip Michael Thomas , black movers and shakers now shape US opinion on more than just race . |
| 13 | Much more than just cousins . |
| 14 | Long linear field banks or persistent field boundaries can often be suggested as something more than just divisions in the fields . |
| 15 | Laser light can now give us more than just music in our ears . |
| 16 | These larger units of text are more than just sets of sentences , and convey more meaning than the sum of the individual sentences . |
| 17 | To Rabbi Moishe , however , they were more than just delicacies , more even than symbols of the hoped-for good week to come — they were remembrances from the past , taking him back forty and more years to his distant home in Lithuania . |
| 18 | Planning , is of course likely to be more than just identification of needs . |
| 19 | This is probably more than just coincidence : it suggests that the Hall 's financial policy has been to cover the direct costs and subsidize the overheads . |
| 20 | ‘ Why do I get the feeling this is more than just coincidence ? ’ |
| 21 | It is surely more than just coincidence that Alf Ramsey , later to lead England to World Cup victory in 1966 , played in both of these eye-opening defeats . |
| 22 | She and her boyfriend Jonathan Clack have become convinced the vandalism is more than just coincidence . |
| 23 | Her vision was starting to blur , with something more than just tears . |
| 24 | ‘ I want more than just weekends . ’ |
| 25 | Putting aside any cynical thoughts that it 's a bit more than just communication which is needed here , I am reminded of views expressed by Prof Tony Ridley : ‘ The job of the professional is to assist the politician and clarify the issues for him . |
| 26 | Dealer Karsten Greve notes that for foreigners interested in contemporary art the Rheinland now means more than just Cologne : ‘ In Bonn , there are the new Bundeskunsthalle and Kunstmuseum Bonn ; there is the Kaiser-Wilhelm Museum in Krefelt , the Hollein-designed Museum Abteiberg in Mönchen-Gladbach , the Wilhelm-Lehmbruck Museum in Duisburg , the Museum Folkwang in Essen , the Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen in Düsseldorf and the Von-der-Heydt Museum in Wuppertal ’ . |
| 27 | Or are you rather more than just het-up ? ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Soon to be more than just friends , I think , ’ he said sardonically and laughed again as he moved off . |
| 29 | It is more than just goodwill that rests on the outcome . |
| 30 | • RoC hypo-allergenic treatment make-up for skins which deserve more than just colour . |