Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adj] [conj] [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The modern surveyor involved in administering building contracts needs more than just a working knowledge of its terms — he needs a detailed legal appreciation . |
| 2 | ‘ A real book needs more than just a good writer . |
| 3 | It 's no secret that Mansell has more than just a soft spot for Frank Williams , and indeed has enjoyed lots of success at Williams in the past . |
| 4 | His heart beats faster and once a trembling goes through his slender body like unbearable expectation . |
| 5 | Now the centre-piece of the ‘ new ’ , lush , grass , airfield , and serving as the ‘ Officers Mess ’ is a surviving building from the field 's brief ‘ other ’ life , a totally restored relic of a war that grows more and more a second-hand experience as every day ticks by . |
| 6 | However , one detects more than just a hint of resentment when he talks of the ‘ middle-class ’ , who , with their penchant for rationalisation and organisation , appear to have appropriated the game . |
| 7 | They 'll find out it takes more than just a little hope |
| 8 | At first when you enter , the church seems forbidding and rather a muddle . |
| 9 | There is a whistle which lasts long and then a muffled explosion and the earth or house quakes . |
| 10 | When a mite climbs on to a worker ant 's chin , it expects more than just a free ride ( photographed at about 20 times life size ) . |
| 11 | [ The alternative ] means more than merely a different way of ‘ doing social science ’ . |
| 12 | The Martian encampment they find may be deserted but the lichen-like vegetation , triggered into accelerated growth by a light drizzle of rain , proves more than just a minor hazard for the astronauts as they race against time to repair the ship . |
| 13 | Perhaps now , in the same way , Judith Cowan 's new range or work can also be effective in a climate which desperately seeks more than just a checklist of intention . |
| 14 | Examples are our economy , which becomes more and more a credit economy , or our science , in which most scholars must use innumerable results of other scientists which they can not examine . |
| 15 | As the Quality Improvement Process becomes more and more a part of C&P 's culture , quality education will naturally become more integrated with the mainstream training programmes at all levels . |
| 16 | ‘ Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe . ’ |
| 17 | More than a decade after the introduction of legislation against sex or race discrimination , it remains true that only a minority of senior business executives are women or members of racial minority groups . |
| 18 | Yet it remains true that only a tiny fraction of legal matters end up in court . |