Example sentences of "[verb] [det] than [adv] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I want more than just weekends . ’ |
| 2 | • RoC hypo-allergenic treatment make-up for skins which deserve more than just colour . |
| 3 | After all , the best comedy has a serious intent , and Forsyth clearly wants to evoke more than just laughter . |
| 4 | Keeping the fabric of history : Taking care of old clothes requires more than just mothballs , writes Jo Levin |
| 5 | Chatterjee wondered about this as it began to seem more than simply coincidence . |
| 6 | When United fans were kicking more than just sand castles down in Bournemouth , they wore T-shirts bearing the sinister motto ‘ Nobody Likes Us And We Do n't Care ’ . |
| 7 | The stain can detect the presence of Mg-calcite containing more than about 3% MgCO 3 . |
| 8 | seems to be producing more than just cereals and soups at the moment … the baby business is booming and so far they are all boys . |
| 9 | This involves more than just values , but where you are going , your direction , your knowledge and understanding of God 's purposes for you personally . |
| 10 | However , whether the musician or athlete will perform well involves more than just ability . |
| 11 | The problem for Foucault is that this argument involves more than just madness as such , for it really amounts to a questioning of the very possibility of critique . |
| 12 | With British women travelling more than ever Clairol have developed a new range of mobile curling appliances . |
| 13 | And Branson knew that Virgin stood a better chance of achieving that than either EMI or A&M had done . |
| 14 | She knew more than either Defries or Daak about sliding rogue instructions into computerized systems . |
| 15 | A cross-trainer ( multi-purpose ) shoe will be your best buy , according to a survey carried out by the Consumers ' Association , and as long as your feet are well supported and cushioned you should n't pay more than around £40 . |
| 16 | Her service demanded more than just strength and devotion , for she had a most sensitive skin which attracted mosquitoes and during the rainy season and its close , was constantly itching and scratching . |
| 17 | But the former lead singer for the soul group The Three Degrees ( remember ‘ When Will I See You Again' ? ) stood firm in her conviction that the development of black American cookery from plantation scraps to mainstream classics merits more than just lists of ingredients . |
| 18 | In the 1980s Soviet and DRA leaders have persistently claimed that Afghanistan remains non-aligned whatever its bilateral links with the Soviet Union ( and this is meant to imply more than just membership in the Non-Aligned Movement ) . |
| 19 | Dealer Karsten Greve notes that for foreigners interested in contemporary art the Rheinland now means more than just Cologne : ‘ In Bonn , there are the new Bundeskunsthalle and Kunstmuseum Bonn ; there is the Kaiser-Wilhelm Museum in Krefelt , the Hollein-designed Museum Abteiberg in Mönchen-Gladbach , the Wilhelm-Lehmbruck Museum in Duisburg , the Museum Folkwang in Essen , the Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen in Düsseldorf and the Von-der-Heydt Museum in Wuppertal ’ . |
| 20 | Sometimes they did more than just report , and drafted legislation which could be adopted and introduced either by the government or by a private member . |
| 21 | But the RET does more than just record unit success ; it will also record successful completion of a group award and recognitions attached to particular groups of units or modules . |
| 22 | De Gaulle 's foul temper in the days immediately before and after the Normandy landings reflected more than just annoyance at the exclusion of his movement : he was still confident that events were moving in his favour , but the huge imponderable of American intentions remained a source of concern . |
| 23 | Experience has shown that employment potential and the needs of the employer require more than just school or college education . |
| 24 | I 'd hoped she 'd just pick me up and we 'd be on our way , but Ash had n't seen Aunt Ilsa for a long time and insisted on exchanging more than just pleasantries with her and Mr G. |