Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adj] [subord] [adv] the " in BNC.
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1 | make sense of written material we need to know more than simply the ‘ linguistic ’ characteristic of the text : in addition to these characteristics we need to recognise that any writing system is deeply embedded in attitudinal , cultural , economic and technological constraints … reading and writing are therefore also sociolinguistic activities . |
2 | You may need to purchase more than just the anemone you require . |
3 | Indeed , the whole is considered to constitute more than just the sum total of its parts . |
4 | To decide which one is right for you , you have to consider more than just the job you do . |
5 | When Karen Stephens trained as a hairdresser she had to learn more than just the rudiments of cutting and blow-drying/ She also had to tackle the problems of learning how to lip-read in a mirror , as 20-year-old Karen has been deaf all her life . |
6 | The meanings of certain types of phrases have come to mean more than simply the combination of words from which they are composed ( sometimes they bear no relation to their constituents ) . |