Example sentences of "[adj -er] than just [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | you know one popping in and looking after , I find that easier than just putting them down to sleep |
| 2 | And , in view of what you 've told me about the computer and knocking off all those agents , this whole thing is a lot bigger than just guarding Trimmler . |
| 3 | ‘ Coming down here and talking to people is better than just looking at boards in a Jobcentre , ’ he said . |
| 4 | Well , it 's better than just sitting in watching Moira Anderson yowling Caw The Yowes on the television . |
| 5 | Claire says she makes sure he has a good day out … and Allan says there 's no other way to learn or get better than just climbing |
| 6 | Watched by her baffled cat , Mildred squeezed through the gap and hopped away down the corridor , convinced that nothing could be worse than just sitting helplessly in her room . |
| 7 | Er , it is important too , to stress that the Agency is acting as a bridge between the purchasing er , authority , the Social Services Department , and the er , independent sector , and that er , it 's also important that er , too , that er , in many cases , er , the provider 's income er , will , will not just come from Social Services , but it may be that people are purchasing their own care , if , if they 're not eligible for public , public 's er , help through , through funding , and therefore the scheme is much wider than just looking at the purchasing intentions of the , the Social Services Department . |
| 8 | His attitudes are best illustrated by this typical passage from Thucydides ( iv.83 : 424 BC ; the details of the diplomacy are irrelevant ) : Perdikkas ' diplomacy was subtler than just pitting Athens against Sparta and conversely : before the great Peloponnesian War broke out he shrewdly persuaded the Greek cities near Olynthus to coalesce into a federation ; this was an act designed to weaken the greater confederacy of the Delian League , since Athens ' policy ( Thuc. iii . |