Example sentences of "[adj] than [adv] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With studying the film it was alot more interesting than just reading the book . |
| 2 | The solution is more far-reaching than just changing a technique . |
| 3 | The harmony between Europe 's big six — VW , Fiat , PSA , Renault , GM and Ford — looks more likely than ever to persuade the commission to go for a transitional period longer than three to five years . |
| 4 | This may be no more than not getting a reward . |
| 5 | David Hill , the party 's unflappable director of communications , has more than adequately filled the role performed by Peter Mandelson in 1987 . |
| 6 | In effect , under the present system a voter is doing more than simply choosing a parliamentary representative . |
| 7 | A wealth of evidence exists to prove that reading involves much more than simply recognising the individual characters that form a word . |
| 8 | For it does more than simply put a face to the pictures . |
| 9 | However , in instances whereby an originating office makes a request for assistance that would result in more than simply providing a favour' then a fee is appropriate and its level should be determined directly between the two offices concerned . |
| 10 | Of course , there are times when a greater sense of control does more than simply enhance the driving experience . |
| 11 | This suggests that speakers do more than simply animate a persona now and again for narrative purposes : they actually switch " selves " from time to time , depending on " who " they want to be at a particular moment , relative to their interlocutor . |
| 12 | But it will also be evident that Saussurean linguistics did much more than simply reinforce the Formalists ' view of literature . |
| 13 | It is clear that more than simply reproducing the words in their correct order is required . |
| 14 | She had left the ceiling fan on all night , but as ever it did little more than sluggishly push the warm air around . |
| 15 | Their imaginations are eager to go rather more than half-way to meet the audacious writer . |
| 16 | They may argue as a point of fact that , to carry on a taxable ‘ business ’ ( or ‘ economic activity ’ — the terminology in the EC 's Sixth Directive , Art 4(1) and ( 2 ) ) and so use the partial exemption rules , the person must do more than just sell a mere , say , £5 worth of food , drink , tobacco , matches , magazines , books , postcards , camera films , audio or video tapes , cassettes , compact discs , records , sunglasses or combs each year . |
| 17 | But to win this game takes more than just knowing the right moves , donning the groovy gear and asking Mr Barber for ‘ a dishy pop-star cut , please ’ . |
| 18 | Operators also do more than just answer the phone . |
| 19 | More than just buying an operating system and securing a future for Novell , Noorda — a man held in high regard by a wide cross section of industry executives — takes on the expectations of all those seeing him as a Moses figure capable of stitching up the highly personalised wounds inflicted during the Unix wars and the aborted peace attempts . |
| 20 | Setting up a task involves more than just typing the job in a box and putting it onto your timescale . |
| 21 | It is an excellent video that does much more than just show the superb display that the public expects from these professionals . |
| 22 | Removing a Windows application involves more than just deleting the icon from the Program Manager . |
| 23 | You can do more than just watch a programme once , straight through . |
| 24 | We did more than just have a go when a golfing blue from Cambridge , whose other forte was history , joined the staff . |
| 25 | The pictures , on the other hand , must do more than just illustrate the story . |
| 26 | Discover that fishkeeping can be more than just owning a goldfish — how about a pet foot eel , or a mysterious seahorse ? |
| 27 | But settling a potential employment dispute tends to involve rather more than just signing a letter prepared by the company or initialling a few sheets of paper which explain the agreed terms . |
| 28 | The link with Labour has got to be more than just signing a cheque . |
| 29 | Fokine wanted to make dance rhythm visible by more than just marking the beats . |
| 30 | But cutting greenhouse emissions from transport will take more than just improving the efficiency of cars and trucks . |