Example sentences of "than [adv] [art] [noun sg] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | But such an identification was probably more than merely an exercise in wish-fulfilment by the ego on behalf of the id . |
| 2 | There was far more behind this than just a deterioration in the weather . |
| 3 | This disagreement between the different schools of thought is more than just a storm in an academic teacup . |
| 4 | Cairo is too far away to be anything more than just a stake in the ground against IBM/Apple Computer Inc while the hoopla surrounding Windows For Workgroups is meant to distract attention away from an increasingly late NT . |
| 5 | more than just a week in politics |
| 6 | There is no place for a quality footballer if he believes he is more than just a page in that machine . |
| 7 | Building students preparing for a career in Europe need much more than just a grounding in languages , says John Watson , student representative for the CIOB 's Northern Counties Region and press officer for the Tyneside Centre . |
| 8 | You can try to impress the waiter as a serious customer by specifying the type of tea you want , rather than just the brew in general . |
| 9 | Is there a man out there with more to him than just the change in his pockets ? |
| 10 | The Cabinet accepted the recommendation that a substantial British aircraft industry was required to hold off competition , and should be developed with more than just the Empire in mind ; also the premise that work on new aircraft should proceed under government direction , with the Treasury accepting responsibility for new types . |
| 11 | Much less flashy and class orientated in a UK sense , they have more of a general consultancy view of the world , with a problem-solving approach rather than just an interest in completing a job . |
| 12 | Although not used more often than once a year in autumn , this tool saves all the hard work involved in scarifying ( breaking up and loosening the surface of ) a lawn by hand with a lawn rake . |
| 13 | Thus , the benefit for a pensioner couple over 80 will rise from £88.45 a week to £96.15 a week — an increase of 8.7 per cent. , which is more than double the increase in the retail prices index . |
| 14 | Gordon Owen , the managing director in charge of Mercury , says the group is anxious not to more than double the network in a year as it is a case of ‘ how fast you can go without falling over ’ . |
| 15 | The Executive Committee shall meet not less than twice a year in every calendar year : decide its own procedure : elect its own Chairman and Vice-Chairman , each of whom may hold the office for a maximum period of four consecutive years . |
| 16 | With risers of nor more than a foot , it will put more interest into the garden than twice the planting in the plain . |
| 17 | I should like , in particular , to explain that if , as he himself desires , the size of the Cabinet is to be restricted [ it had twenty members , more than twice the number in Churchill 's War Cabinet , which oscillated between five and nine ] , the Committee structure affords a useful means of preserving the collective responsibility of Ministers as a whole . |