Example sentences of "[prep] be [det] than [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The American adventure movie Raiders of the lost ark and its sequels , in which actor Harrison Ford played Indiana Jones , an heroic archaeologist , have proved to be more than just financially successful productions . |
| 2 | Planning , is of course likely to be more than just identification of needs . |
| 3 | In her enchanting story of The Velveteen Rabbit , Margery Williams ' tells of a cloth rabbit who longs to be more than just a toy . |
| 4 | If the auditors ' role is to be expanded , however , the APB recognises that there has to be more than just shareholder involvement . |
| 5 | Experience at the Birmingham Money Advice Centre ( see Appendix III ) shows that — at least for the generally poor people who go to the Centre with money problems — mail order , check traders and other weekly callers such as tallymen are woven so closely into the fabric of daily ( or rather weekly ) life as to be more than just a possible buying choice . |
| 6 | It was getting to be more than just a bad habit ; it was beginning to become an established part of his personality . |
| 7 | Whatever the final verdict may be , EP has shown itself , yet again , to be more than just another area of applied computer science . |
| 8 | The sad truth is to tackle these subjects you have to be more than just willing , you have to be shite-hot . |
| 9 | From the outset , it has been clear that COSE , the Common Open Software Environment , would have to be more than just a unified desktop interface , and this week , two more pieces of the COSE puzzle appear to be dropping into place ( CI No 2,142 ) . |
| 10 | Peter Hewitt explains how a new managers ' toolkit proved to be more than just a game |
| 11 | From the outset we 've known COSE , the Common Open Software Environment , to be more than just a unified desktop interface , and this week , two more pieces of the COSE puzzle appear to be dropping into place . |
| 12 | For masturbation , it would have to be more than just a passing person . ’ |
| 13 | They 've become acutely aware that to succeed they need to be more than just well-informed , they need to be well-read in the widest sense . |
| 14 | But as Duke he was to be more than just the Count of Poitou . |
| 15 | For several weeks the project had been the talk of Polruan : the Russell had been put into extended refit , volunteers had been sought by extravagant promises of Spanish prizes and — to prove that this time Harry 's adventure was to be more than just talk — two six-pounder sakers and a couple of falconets had been delivered aboard a hoy from Plymouth , and hoisted onto the Russell 's deck under Harry 's personal supervision . |
| 16 | Be this as it may , the constitutional authorities who support the introduction of a Bill of Rights to limit Parliament , government , and the state , nevertheless recognise that it calls for a fundamental constitutional change if it is to be more than just a pious declaration of good intent . |
| 17 | From the very start , one must realise that WordStar for Windows 1.5 is meant to be more than just a word-processor , but is perhaps more aptly billed as a document processor . |
| 18 | The link with Labour has got to be more than just signing a cheque . |
| 19 | ‘ It 's going to be more than just perfect . ’ |
| 20 | Rosie told me the other nurses who worked here have tried to be more than just assistants to him . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Soon to be more than just friends , I think , ’ he said sardonically and laughed again as he moved off . |
| 22 | They monopolise access to public positions , they hold competition in check , they allow their expenses to be more than comfortably met from tax revenue and whenever things Set tough they form an excessively large coalition , not against any parliamentary minority but instead against the majority of non-organised voters … |
| 23 | They also appear to be more than usually keen on human prey . |
| 24 | In my view these characteristics serve only to require the court to be more than ever cautious before concluding that Parliament really intended to exclude one of the immunities which I have listed ; and as I have suggested , the words of the Act of 1987 admit of no doubt . |
| 25 | All the same , her dreamy enjoyment faded and as Felipe was almost smothered by Candace and Mitch was utterly involved with Ana , who refused to be more than primly polite to the new arrivals , Maggie found herself encumbered with Peter Rainford , who sat as close as he could get and set out to entertain her . |
| 26 | But that proved to be more than enough as Amlwch were dismissed for 72 despite 31 from Jim Harrison . |
| 27 | If they really believe that the merger was the best way forward , they must now be be supporting something that they know to be less than best and and this is now rendered all the bad feeling and all the destruction of the past two years , a complete waste of time . |
| 28 | This year America 's deficit and Germany 's surplus are forecast to be less than half as big , as a percentage of GNP , as they were at their peak ; Japan 's surplus may be only a quarter of its peak level . |
| 29 | He was also considered in some quarters to be less than entirely open in his Turf operations : his trainer Tom Coulthwaite had had his licence withdrawn earlier in 1913 over the running of two Ismay horses , though this was widely held to be an injustice . |