Example sentences of "[det] than [adv] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There 's more to this than just finding Mike before he gets to Bernard , is n't there ? ’ |
| 2 | However , he successfully adopted his style in more than adequately coping with the West Indian fast bowling of the 1960's . |
| 3 | In effect , under the present system a voter is doing more than simply choosing a parliamentary representative . |
| 4 | But , according to Keith , this will take more than simply organising hardware and writing the appropriate software . |
| 5 | A wealth of evidence exists to prove that reading involves much more than simply recognising the individual characters that form a word . |
| 6 | However , in instances whereby an originating office makes a request for assistance that would result in more than simply providing a favour' then a fee is appropriate and its level should be determined directly between the two offices concerned . |
| 7 | We can do so much more than simply acting as if we were all Victorians . |
| 8 | In ecumenical circles of late we have been reminded that ‘ remembering ’ in the biblical context was far more than simply recalling to mind what God had done in the past . |
| 9 | That in turn involves much more than simply studying him as a figure of past history , or breathing in his historical influence . |
| 10 | Mr Patten , however , is engaged in more than simply relieving his own exasperation at Beijing 's procrastination . |
| 11 | The conclusion we reach , which we share with Wood , is that ‘ the quest for general trends , such as progressive deskilling of the work force , or general conclusions about the impact of new technologies are likely to be both theoretically and practically in vain ’ and that ‘ to incorporate worker resistance , labour and product markets and extra-economic factors involves more than simply extending one 's analysis ; it amounts to a theoretical reconsideration ’ ( Wood 1982 , 18 , 22 ) . |
| 12 | They recoil away as if the intruder were unpleasant to them — something more than simply shading them from sunlight . |
| 13 | It is clear that more than simply reproducing the words in their correct order is required . |
| 14 | Sticking to a principle is more than adroitly shifting from one position to another . |
| 15 | Art means far more than just learning to draw and paint . |
| 16 | To be involved in Earth Mysteries is much more than just reading in an armchair or researching in the library : it means going out and becoming part of the landscape . |
| 17 | Achieving that goal means more than just exposing and preventing abuses ; adequate protection of human rights depends of people knowing what their rights are . |
| 18 | But to win this game takes more than just knowing the right moves , donning the groovy gear and asking Mr Barber for ‘ a dishy pop-star cut , please ’ . |
| 19 | I see education as far more than just training you to go out and do a job , and I think the whole learning process , whatever you 're learning , matures you into being capable of taking responsibilities and learning other things , and I think arts subjects do that just as well as science subjects . |
| 20 | More than just buying an operating system and securing a future for Novell , Noorda — a man held in high regard by a wide cross section of industry executives — takes on the expectations of all those seeing him as a Moses figure capable of stitching up the highly personalised wounds inflicted during the Unix wars and the aborted peace attempts . |
| 21 | It 's more than just thinking about him , is n't it . |
| 22 | Sweeping clean involves more than just staying clean |
| 23 | Computer science is much more than just writing programs , and good books which combine systems understanding with language teaching are always welcome ; Brian Mayoh 's Problem Solving with Ada attempts to do this . |
| 24 | It made our day to know that MKM can help with more than just knitting advice . |
| 25 | Much more than just watching TV ! |
| 26 | When you move into your Higgs & Hill home at Port Solent you 'll be doing more than just living on the waterfront . |
| 27 | General exploration means more than just looking for what we want . |
| 28 | It is much more than just looking at the ultimate consequences . |
| 29 | Setting up a task involves more than just typing the job in a box and putting it onto your timescale . |
| 30 | Of course communicating is more than just telling someone something . |