Example sentences of "[noun] be [adv] than just " in BNC.
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1 | But her desire to be a ballerina was more than just an adolescent fancy and she returned to New York to study at the American School of Ballet . |
2 | His attitude was more than just mockery . |
3 | The rest of us can make do with Profile 's fine new compilation ‘ Avanti ! ’ , 11 tracks to prove that Italian dance was more than just a passing fad . |
4 | To Abie Klugman , Celtic Crescent was more than just board and lodgings . |
5 | Meanwhile he had to tread very carefully , because if David suspected that his talk of cutting him out of the business was more than just talk , there was no telling how he would react . |
6 | But nervousness and vacillation over direct state intervention was more than just a problem of administration . |
7 | Yes , she was the first person who made me realise that acting was more than just speaking and doing . |
8 | Gustave 's vanity was more than just literary . |
9 | Luke 's no fool ; he could see that so far as I was concerned Elise was more than just a client . |
10 | So test-tube fusion was more than just a media event with dollars on the line for the University of Utah , there were many private agendas riding along with it . |
11 | Bureaucratism for Trotsky was more than just maladministration or red tape . |
12 | The man was more than just a mystery , he was an intricate , mesmerising maze . |
13 | International commerce was more than just an exchange or European manufactures for primary produce from the rest of the world . |
14 | His games connection that year was more than just a marketing one ; it was also the third time he had been chosen for the Scotland team as a pole-vaulter . |
15 | But the Board was more than just well-prepared for the Hinkley C Inquiry . |
16 | In de Gaulle 's mind , the empire was more than just a source of potential recruits . |
17 | But the speech was more than just an attack on the Commission , for it was also an astute defence of his good name and reputation . |
18 | By this stage , Des was more than just a mascot . |