Example sentences of "than simply [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the other hand , a high moral tone may denounce but fails to understand the problem , which is more than simply one of human weakness . |
| 2 | But I I would slip back to my normal gloomy cautious self , and say that we do need to balance the years of deficit we have had , with years of surplus , we need to look at N C V O's finances over a longer term , than simply one year . |
| 3 | As experience is gained of the complexity of the problems and the inadequacy of planning and assistance approaches , a consensus is emerging that the primary need is to identify problems , rather than simply geographical areas . |
| 4 | And she knew now that the worst accusation to be levelled against such women as Marie Moon was that they found " all that " much more than simply worthwhile . |
| 5 | The Feoda 's apparently innovative character makes the fact that it was produced in the same year as the Norman inquest into knights ' fees seem more than simply coincidental . |
| 6 | Hewlett-Packard is anxious to stress though that the printers are multi-system rather than simply personal computer-based products . |
| 7 | The NVA saw the criminal law as an instrument for improving public morals-positively educative rather than simply repressive , to be used in conjunction with preventive work . |
| 8 | The idea that the two areas , arts and science , are more than simply subject groupings , is not a new one . |
| 9 | One feature which appears central to both versions of geriatric provision is the commitment to the provision of a service which is area- , rather than simply hospital- , based . |
| 10 | By Sunday evening , when it was time for them to leave and the three of them were piling into the Bentley , what she felt inside her , by any definition , was far more than simply sexual excitement . |
| 11 | The truly hyperactive child sleeps very little ( possibly only four to five hours a night ) , has an attention span obviously shorter than other children and behaves in a way that is chaotic rather than simply energetic . |
| 12 | Communist regimes , by pointing at high growth rates , could once justify this squeeze on the consumer as an investment for the future , but with low rates of growth it becomes obvious to a work force that gratification is being denied rather than simply deferred . |
| 13 | We are concerned , then , with more than simply linguistic competence . |
| 14 | It is precisely this capacity for renewed interpretation that makes literature of more than simply historical interest . |
| 15 | If truth were told , it made her a lot more than simply afraid , but telling him that would simply add to his ammunition . |
| 16 | Yet this behaviour was related to wider trends than simply social class ; it concerned the balance between closeness and distance , and the nature of support networks . |
| 17 | But the relations that developed were much more than simply instrumental ; when families did survive it was more than a product of what Stone called , for an earlier period , ‘ psychic numbing ’ . |