Example sentences of "than [adv] the [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | But regarding 2 this teacher was not especially charismatic — in fact more self-effacing than naturally the centre of attention . |
| 2 | Erm I have to say that that these are largely my personal views of the member of the regional office , rather than obviously the Secretary of State at this stage in the proceedings . |
| 3 | Now I do n't think many people realized that asking for the maintenance of standards , rather than perhaps the changing of standards , was asking for something that was almost diametrically opposed to asking for an educational system that was more geared towards preparing children for adult life and productive work . |
| 4 | Or they may even spend a good sum of money on refurbishing a suite of rooms with no apparent requirement of reward other than perhaps the naming of the rooms in acknowledgement . |
| 5 | The full implications of this are best indicated if we observe that far more is involved in it than merely the uniqueness of the revelation in Jesus , solely the issue whether there is genuine access to knowledge of God in any other place . |
| 6 | Our country , as a nation , has a spirit and will — it is much bigger than merely the mechanisms of markets . |
| 7 | Those arguing for more fundamental change , tackling the causes rather than merely the symptoms of social distress , utilize categories embracing wider sections of society , extending from the still limited concept of the ‘ bottom third ’ to wider notions of the ‘ public ’ and ‘ citizens ’ . |
| 8 | However , the existence of a discretion in the judge to exclude legally admissible evidence , so as to secure the fairness of the trial , was recognised as extending further than merely the exclusion of evidence more prejudicial than probative . |
| 9 | It focuses on systems , such as the family , considering them to be an entity , a whole , rather than merely the result of a number of contributions from independent parts or individuals . |
| 10 | It is much more than just the duties of the job . |
| 11 | There are also studies from Malaysia , which are illustrative of the effects of logging practices in tropical regions in general , which show that the destructive effect is far greater than just the removal of trees . |
| 12 | Access requires more than just the existence of possibilities . |
| 13 | Where you could have more of a character study , rather than just the kind of erm , capping the unconscious , as it were |
| 14 | It goes wider than just the position of individuals , important though that is . |
| 15 | I felt more than just the centre of attention , although that feeling is always present . |
| 16 | During this month I led the life for which I had always yearned hunting big game on my own in the wilds of Africa ; but now I realized that this expedition had meant more to me than just the excitement of hunting . |
| 17 | But in this book there is more than just the history of the WM & CR . |
| 18 | It 's something I think everyone recognizes at their own , that village school plays more than just the function of educating children , in small village communities . |
| 19 | The purpose of this chapter is to describe the rest of the machinery through which the political leadership operates outside Whitehall and this includes more than just the system of local government . |
| 20 | This form of consciousness aspired to a representation of the world in its entirety rather than just the sphere of practical action ( Marx and Engels 1974 : 52 ) . |
| 21 | The deaf are finding that their hearing aids are amplifying more than just the voices of their friends . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Fortunately I have never had this problem either with ferrets or dogs but should it ever hit my animals it means more than just the loss of the ferrets . |
| 24 | Obviously vocational guidance , registration , and placement of school-leavers involved more than just the organization of the labour-market ; they were seen as essential to the incorporation of working-class adolescents into what influential social theorists were calling ‘ the community ’ . |
| 25 | There is much evidence to suggest that reading is more than just the recognition of individual characters . |
| 26 | you get more than just the highlights of the news . |
| 27 | It is more than just the onset of literal night ; it is a night of the normal senses , allowing other means of knowing to arise . |
| 28 | here again there is a need for collaborative work between suppliers and users , but the collaboration goes further than just the specification of a problem . |
| 29 | Their Saturday evening concert at the Arts Centre showed them to be individual artists of the highest quality who together produced something greater than just the sum of the parts . |
| 30 | However , there 's a lot more to consider than just the number of columns . |