Example sentences of "be more than just [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His warning to the American President that he would support Native Americans ( ‘ Red Indians ’ , whom he presumes to be tribally organized ) against the federal government is consistent with his view that natural ties are more than just rational ones . |
| 2 | Harry Eyres discovers that the Grands Crus of Alsace are more than just reliable wine bar whites |
| 3 | He offers heartache loud and clear on songs that are more than just minor vehicles of angst . |
| 4 | Transactions that are more than just once-only exchanges can not be organized , therefore , by a long-term market contract , agreed at the outset , specifying terms appropriate to any future state of the world . |
| 5 | They 've become acutely aware that to succeed they need to be more than just well-informed , they need to be well-read in the widest sense . |
| 6 | ‘ It 's going to be more than just perfect . ’ |
| 7 | The sad truth is to tackle these subjects you have to be more than just willing , you have to be shite-hot . |
| 8 | The display must be more than just conspicuous . |
| 9 | ‘ But it was n't until I went to India that I cam to feel that humans were more than just mechanical responses . |
| 10 | Perhaps they were more than just good friends . |
| 11 | The new method of showing the information for a VAT return ( it looks just like one of the horrid things ) is more than just useful , it 's a Godsend , and once you 've got into the methodology , invoice raising and bill paying as well as stock control become very quick and easy . |
| 12 | Whether this lopsided record and Stewart 's stewardship is more than just coincidental will be a matter for the Test and County Cricket Board to discuss when his contract comes up again next April . |
| 13 | This is more than just instrumental self-aggrandizement , because this ‘ market forces ’ approach is an important ideological device in ‘ recommodification ’ , but the form of involvement is highly instrumental for many participants . |
| 14 | And this is more than just drinkable , it is an enormous , fruit-packed wine , smelling sublimely of ripe blackcurrants . |
| 15 | The suburban southern venue for the selection board is more than just convenient ( a sortie into Lancashire was abandoned after the second session ) , it is a metaphor for the new style of the party . |
| 16 | This is more than just crass . |
| 17 | Somerset is more than just pretty scenery |
| 18 | It 's more than just beautiful wrapping , more than lovely façades . ’ |