Example sentences of "[adj] than [art] simple [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Planning as a local authority responsibility has its origins in the public health and housing policies of the nineteenth century , but from the outset the objectives were broader than a simple emphasis on the efficient use of land . |
| 2 | So capable of making a kiss into something far more intimate and passionate than a simple meeting of mouths and bodies … |
| 3 | This is true whether the story is an epic with a cast of thousands or nothing more elaborate than a simple family situation . |
| 4 | It should be stated , however , that what the carers actually said was a good deal more complex than a simple preference for institutional care . |
| 5 | My aim is only to point out that the situation is more complex than a simple division between ‘ Western monotheism ’ and ‘ Eastern polytheism ’ . |
| 6 | Thereafter each quite expensive ball-cum-transmitter was no better than a simple ball . |
| 7 | This seems more than a simple displacement of the fear and anxiety with which we contemplate our own old age . |
| 8 | Such futile efforts can only bring something close to contempt and suspicion among the millions of human beings who crave nothing more than a simple faith based on a credible ‘ god ’ . |
| 9 | Consent of the shareholders by ordinary resolution is required , unless the articles permit the board to sanction payments without shareholder approval , or provide that a resolution passed by more than a simple majority of shareholders must be obtained . |
| 10 | There would be a concern to clarify the confusion which exists as to the " right " and " proper " principles for the British constitution today and then there would be an attempt to secure them against repeal or amendment except by some specially prescribed procedure that would involve more than a simple majority in the House of Commons . |
| 11 | Edward Pilkington writing in the Guardian later commented , ‘ What at first glance appears to be no more than a simple case of human error becomes , at closer examination , as much a story about bungling management and an inadequate safety system born of years of cuts . |
| 12 | One developed into nothing more than a simple ball of cells with no gut at all , the other into a more or less normal larva . |
| 13 | An example from German would be : Because two ( or more ) changes are involved , something more than a simple substitution drill is required for mastering these features . |
| 14 | Romer J. relied on William Whiteley Ltd. v. The King , 101 L.T. 741 and Slater v. Burnley Corporation , 59 L.T. 636 , in reaching his decision , and he also referred [ 1946 ] Ch. 236 , 241 , to the ‘ principle of duress colore officii ’ in a manner which showed that the necessary duress required something more than a simple demand by an official . |
| 15 | Ingleborough from Clapham is more than a simple walk . |
| 16 | Perhaps Mr Heseltine 's sudden interest in television is motivated by more than a simple desire to boost British exports . |
| 17 | However , formulae such as " adjectives precede their nouns " do not take us beyond a very shallow level of linguistic description ; nor is it an improvement to find phrases such as " an attributive adjective " unless the description proceeds in some way to give an account of how a term like attributive may mean something more than a simple statement about formal grouping . |
| 18 | What all this shows is that a distinctively structuralist kind of criticism is possible , and moreover , that it is more than the simple application and refinement of the tools of poetics . |
| 19 | But two other factors were more important than the simple diversity of organisations . |
| 20 | Times have changed — and got greener — so that some typical decorations like coral are no longer acceptable , while style and fashion has made a good-looking living picture in your lounge far more important than the simple challenge of keeping pet fish alive . |
| 21 | His reference to the respondents having no alternative but to continue to pay and to Great Western Railway Co. v. Sutton suggests that he was referring to payments made to avoid unpleasant consequences other than a simple action of payment . |
| 22 | They are extremely difficult to hand-hold , which means that a mounting must always be carried around , and it should be rather firmer than a simple attachment to a camera tripod , because the binoculars are inevitably heavy . |
| 23 | " Slips " can occur at any time in recovery , even after many years or decades and can be much more distressing than the simple term implies . |