Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [conj] [adv] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This grant , though , was more than just money . |
| 2 | For Arnold Palmer it was more than just tradition and history that was driving him to win . |
| 3 | Bureaucratism for Trotsky was more than just maladministration or red tape . |
| 4 | To Abie Klugman , Celtic Crescent was more than just board and lodgings . |
| 5 | It is possible that he suspected Margaret 's love for him was more than just admiration or affection . |
| 6 | MOST couples feel they are walking on air on their wedding day — but for Sellafield 's Zoe Whittle and Terry Madrick it was more than just imagination . |
| 7 | It was more than just fear of Gesner 's contempt . |
| 8 | His attitude was more than just mockery . |
| 9 | Barbara Coleman was saying something about the former beauty of the garden and its decline , but wondering aloud whether it was fair to say decline because what was happening was that the garden was returning to nature , and further wondering whether it was really and truly nature because some of the plants were not native to the region and did not entirely belong there , and then wondering whether that was not a strange remark to come from one who had made Provence her home for so long that she felt quite a part of the landscape . |
| 10 | According to the Serious Fraud Office , he was knowingly and dishonestly party to the pledging of common stock in publishers Berlitz International Inc , as security for loans to third parties . |
| 11 | The development of study skills was implicitly or explicitly part of every proposal made for inclusion in the ESSE/L Project , and as we have seen , the major thrust of recent inservice developments has been in this area . |