Example sentences of "[be] far more than [adv] " in BNC.

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1 Central direction has increased since 1979 but local authorities are far more than simply field agents of central government departments .
2 ‘ People become Christians as a wave of decisions for Christ sweeps through the group mind , involving many individual decisions but being far more than merely their sum .
3 The American influences on English Nonconformity were far more than just catchy songs , the taking of collections during services , ‘ American organs ’ and individual communion cups .
4 Their lives were far more than just hard .
5 It 's far more than just a place to drink ; it 's the social and conversational heart of any Irish village .
6 In each case the shout is far more than simply a war cry .
7 A pub , like any other old building , is far more than just its principle facade , or its four walls .
8 It is far more than just an accidental entrance to your home .
9 This hospital , said the chaplain , ‘ is far more than just bricks , wood and plaster , we are talking about a family — a community of nurses , doctors , auxiliary staff , domestics and patients — ‘ a team ’ .
10 But OALD is far more than just a dictionary .
11 But Seefeld is far more than just a place to swing your mashie niblick .
12 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 .
13 By Sunday evening , when it was time for them to leave and the three of them were piling into the Bentley , what she felt inside her , by any definition , was far more than simply sexual excitement .
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