Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [adv] than just " in BNC.
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| 1 | The other concerns what , by contrast , might be called the " problem of differentiation " , viz. how to explain the possibility of there being a plurality of ontological existents rather than just one . |
| 2 | Why should there be a plurality of ontological existents rather than just one ? |
| 3 | a special kind of scanner which provides a means of reading printed characters on documents and converting them into digital codes that can be read into a computer as actual text rather than just a picture . |
| 4 | Sea-floor spreading and continental drift were seen as involving these lithospheric plates rather than just oceanic or continental crust . |
| 5 | Nevertheless he was able to show that , despite all this , the Company had , by a great act of faith , begun and carried through to partial completion a programme of overall improvement rather than just piecemeal adjustments . |
| 6 | Which is unfortunate , for with some extra attention paid to these details this could have been a worthy instrument rather than just a competent one . |
| 7 | ‘ We must think in terms of corporate reporting rather than just financial statement , ’ said the Governor . |
| 8 | Steen continued presenting revues , with an increasing reliance on scripted comedy rather than just dancing girls , until the outbreak of war . |
| 9 | It may also be noted that if this method is employed then the first number chosen should be by random means rather than just ‘ saying a number between 1 and 10 ’ since it is well known that choices between these limits do not come out anything like randomly — the number 7 being particularly popular . |
| 10 | This includes improving the face of social work through better professional procedure rather than just portraying a positive media image that has no substance . |
| 11 | Erm but one of the things that I am doing is over the next quarter with , various people begin to review the cleaning schedules of what they actually do , whether we clean them on a on a more frequent basis rather than just responding that particular area . |
| 12 | If some correlation is found between variables , the researcher has to show that this is a causal relationship rather than just a coincidence . |
| 13 | With some airlines , there is the facility ( for example the ‘ sleeperette ’ , to take a good sleep rather than just a nap ) . |
| 14 | Should we become a European business , looking upon Europe as our primary market rather than just the UK ? |
| 15 | Nor from the point of view of the speaker , is there any hard and fast boundary between these and a non-restrictive adjective used in order to make explicit some property , when it is suspected that the hearer is unaware that it is implied by the use of the noun , as with poisonous in : ( 10 ) she threw Maisie 's lunch-box out of the window because it had a poisonous red-back spider in it Note that ( 10 ) further exemplifies the fact that whether an adjective is taken as restrictive or not depends on the rest of the entity-identifying phrase rather than just on the head noun . |
| 16 | At the heart of the show , though , are three people with a significant track record of pursuing artistic quality rather than just commercial success . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | A great number of small prizes rather than just one or two big prizes gives more winners and more satisfaction . |
| 19 | Thinking about it carefully in a practical way rather than just muddling through makes a great deal of difference in coping successfully day by day . |
| 20 | The most likely explanation for the difference is that the scid mutation affects the physiology of the thymocyte in a more general way rather than just preventing correct V(D)J recombination . |
| 21 | But we will endeavour to represent our members and to push for their ordinary rights , their just rights more than just rights they , are earned rights and should be afforded to them . |
| 22 | Horses groom their particular friends rather than just any old herd-mate — it 's a sign of special bonding and probably reinforces the bond . |
| 23 | It 's erm , as you can see , it 's divisional guidelines for authorising costing needs to be and referred to under related documents rather than just divisional policy . |
| 24 | Erm , many of you will realize that East Devon have been requested er by the Government to prepare these area wide plans rather than just a town plan so they take in and encompass the whole of the area and there was quite a lengthy and substantial document with the , with all the different policy statements on I believe Councillor ? |
| 25 | Yeah , I just pu put in the house prospective buyers rather than just saying |
| 26 | er , first of all I would put it to my divisional board to my colleagues to ask for their thoughts and their advice erm , if they rejected it then it would n't go any further , if they approved it then it , because it was a budgetary item rather than just we can go out and spend it tomorrow , it was going into the following years budget , it would then go to the P L C board and they would have final say in whether that element should go into the , into next years budget |
| 27 | Is not it time that he built the economy in a constructive way rather than just waffling about it ? |
| 28 | The only real problem with this way of bending is that if one of the ‘ laminations ’ does break you lose the whole piece rather than just the one lamination ! |
| 29 | It tried to define more clearly those occasions when it could make a positive and explicit contribution to solving the problems facing local activists rather than just becoming involved in learning-through-doing activities with the latter . |
| 30 | Er you 'd be handy for a a tax relief on the whole lot rather than just |