Example sentences of "[adv] than just [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We can do better than just robbing Mr Sowerberry . |
| 2 | Additional priorities must be to encourage the players to express some individual flair and support those who are prepared to have a go rather than just retain possession which Scotland did achieve against Samoa for long enough . |
| 3 | But the first computers that can learn by discovery are with us ; the Fifth Generation computers in Japan ‘ understand ’ rather than just process information . |
| 4 | But most important the councils should listen to and take notice of those who have a track record of work on racial harassment , rather than just implementing paper policies . |
| 5 | The designer must therefore learn the techniques of handling space , rather than just drawing components by two-dimensional representations . |
| 6 | Some recent models even incorporate an integral filter which is intended to clarify the water rather than just catch debris . |
| 7 | and I think society should be erm , trying to get to the root cause of like , chemical imbalances and eating problems rather than just putting people on tranquillizers . |
| 8 | An emergency resolution was passed which urged the government to target criminal justice resources into preventative programmes rather than just extending custody for young offenders . |
| 9 | So , if you had written a I , vi , IV progression in C , rather than just playing C , Am and F you could play Csus4-C , Asus4-Am and Fadd♯4-F . |
| 10 | However , a child who forms attachments from a young age with a wide group of people , rather than just close family , feels less insecure than a baby who has been close to only one or two people , so try to introduce her to as many people as possible , right from the beginning . |
| 11 | I feel that it would be much better to talk about the issues internally first , with due reference to our own training budget and other constraints , rather than just to send staff out on external management training courses . |
| 12 | And I think kids should be encouraged to erm think about themselves rather than just tick boxes and I think er , er er a group of sentences down here written by the form teacher , by the subject teacher and the pupil erm , as it 's been done for about , for a few years , a good habit to get the kids into , erm especially as a record of achievement should start from year seven . |
| 13 | Steen continued presenting revues , with an increasing reliance on scripted comedy rather than just dancing girls , until the outbreak of war . |
| 14 | I think they 're trying to set up er nought , their own things rather than just joining petrol stations . |
| 15 | ‘ Rather than just having e-mail messages , people often want to send files around , spreadsheet files for instance . |
| 16 | Rather than just spend money on curing the symptom by , say , building an ‘ end of pipe ’ pollution abatement plant , we 're increasinglyseeking to solve the problem at source within the process . |
| 17 | Civilization , that is , human societies , goes further than just linking family groups together through a set of work tasks that they have in common . |
| 18 | We also feel it 's important that we should be doing just a bit more than just having exchanges , that there is a whole process of that needs to go on . |
| 19 | There is more at stake here than just bringing boxes of sophisticated equipment to remote areas . |