Example sentences of "[det] than [adv] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | David Hill , the party 's unflappable director of communications , has more than adequately filled the role performed by Peter Mandelson in 1987 . |
| 2 | A wealth of evidence exists to prove that reading involves much more than simply recognising the individual characters that form a word . |
| 3 | Of course , there are times when a greater sense of control does more than simply enhance the driving experience . |
| 4 | But it will also be evident that Saussurean linguistics did much more than simply reinforce the Formalists ' view of literature . |
| 5 | It is clear that more than simply reproducing the words in their correct order is required . |
| 6 | She had left the ceiling fan on all night , but as ever it did little more than sluggishly push the warm air around . |
| 7 | Their imaginations are eager to go rather more than half-way to meet the audacious writer . |
| 8 | 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 ’ . |
| 9 | Operators also do more than just answer the phone . |
| 10 | Setting up a task involves more than just typing the job in a box and putting it onto your timescale . |
| 11 | It is an excellent video that does much more than just show the superb display that the public expects from these professionals . |
| 12 | Removing a Windows application involves more than just deleting the icon from the Program Manager . |
| 13 | The pictures , on the other hand , must do more than just illustrate the story . |
| 14 | Fokine wanted to make dance rhythm visible by more than just marking the beats . |
| 15 | But cutting greenhouse emissions from transport will take more than just improving the efficiency of cars and trucks . |
| 16 | This is carried out in relatively modern mercury and diaphragm electrochemical cells and consumes huge amounts of electricity — more than enough to power the city of Liverpool . |
| 17 | This both attenuates the force of the current occupationalist attack upon the liberal education tradition and suggests that occupationalist objectives will do little more than merely dilute the quality of the education which pupils might otherwise have received . |
| 18 | He has more than likely planned the expedition for the half of the day when it is not Northumberland Avenue 's turn for heating . |
| 19 | And what 's the point of spending money on them if , when it comes to the crunch , you have to act as a ‘ human filter ’ on daily call , lugging foam cartridges or whatever from your pump intake , dripping the sludge across the carpet and more than likely blocking the sink ? |