Example sentences of "[is] [det] than [adv] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But surely what we want is more than just housework to be waged and left as it is ? |
| 2 | It is more than just goodwill that rests on the outcome . |
| 3 | The ‘ Isle of Brasil ’ was mythical , but fifteenth-century Atlantic charts suggest that belief in lands across the ocean was not uncommon , and there is more than just possibility that the Bristol men had heard of some landfall in them before 1480 , perhaps when ships had been blown off course by abnormal wind conditions . |
| 4 | ‘ Why do I get the feeling this is more than just coincidence ? ’ |
| 5 | She and her boyfriend Jonathan Clack have become convinced the vandalism is more than just coincidence . |
| 6 | Money is more than just notes and coin . |
| 7 | In other words , the ego is more than just consciousness . |
| 8 | ‘ In any case , Lucy happens to be someone who is more than just staff — as you put it . |
| 9 | We feel it to be important to dedicate an appeal like this , as the house is more than just bricks and mortar ; it takes a central place in the history of Simon . |
| 10 | The books is more than merely route descriptions though , as Harding recounts the times over the years he 's walked the various paths , adding anecdotes , descriptions of the people and insights into the history of the area . |
| 11 | Unless the wind is more than about 45° to the direction of take-off , a strong cross wind seldom creates problems . |
| 12 | This problem is but one instance of the general paradox which confronts any kind of radical movement or occupation which is more than purely self , regarding . |
| 13 | For this reason , the band intensity should be considered as a good approximation of relative occupancy as long as the accumulative mole fraction of blocked transcripts is less than approximately 50% , otherwise sites further downstream are underestimated ( 10 ) . |
| 14 | Only when the angle of impact is less than about 20° above the surface is the direction of the body preserved , as an elongation of the crater in the impact direction . |
| 15 | It 's more than just revenge . |
| 16 | ‘ That 's more than just impetuosity , that 's sheer rashness . |