Example sentences of "more than [adv] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the one thing that makes rock more than simply an industry , the one thing that transcends the commodity relation , is fidelity , the idea of a relationship . |
| 2 | He was more than just a hypochondriac . |
| 3 | Is it because all the people who have lived here have left little bits of themselves behind , so that it has become more than just a shelter against the wind and the rain ? |
| 4 | And Liberal leader Paddy Ashdown 's popularity actually increased after the revelation that he 'd dipped more than just a toe into the typing pool . |
| 5 | And this was more than just a professorship . |
| 6 | It was my own experiences with herbal treatments , due to being ill over the past few years , that convinced me that there was more than just a placebo effect at work . |
| 7 | Nevertheless , it has taken more than just a pinch of the new S-class 's style with its first real attempt at a grille , cut down into the front bumper . |
| 8 | maybe even more than just a day . |
| 9 | Giving good Press : Fashanu has always been more than just a footballer |
| 10 | But nervousness and vacillation over direct state intervention was more than just a problem of administration . |
| 11 | Although it was hardly conclusive proof they were the same kegs as those discovered by the vagrant , all the signs pointed to it being more than just a coincidence . |
| 12 | But it was more than just a pub crawl . |
| 13 | Is he more than just a basher of indifferent bowling , of which there is currently plenty ? |
| 14 | Luke 's no fool ; he could see that so far as I was concerned Elise was more than just a client . |
| 15 | So test-tube fusion was more than just a media event with dollars on the line for the University of Utah , there were many private agendas riding along with it . |
| 16 | In de Gaulle 's mind , the empire was more than just a source of potential recruits . |
| 17 | By this stage , Des was more than just a mascot . |
| 18 | There is , however , more than just a need ; for there is fundamental necessity for vision at all levels of human affairs ; all groups of people , even small teams as well as nations , must have a vision , or everything subsides into confusion and what is worse , lets power fall into the hands of practical , and unseeing men who press only their own interests , leading to strife and despair . |
| 19 | There was more than just a matter of fifty years separating her life from that of Johnny Latimer . |
| 20 | Everything here was different and therefore better : the stiff-backed brass taps , the cut of the banister , the genuine oil paintings ( we had a genuine oil painting too , but not as genuine as that ) , the library which somehow was more than just a roomful of books , the furniture old enough to have woodworm in it , and the casual acceptance of inherited things . |
| 21 | The end of a chapter in Alton 's history and of an institution which , the Rev. Robert Gussman said , was ‘ more than just a hospital , more a family home . ’ |
| 22 | Lawyers in Local government more than just a career . |
| 23 | Erm and then just generally language is far more than just a means of communication . |
| 24 | I knew right then you were the one that I was caught up in physical objection but to my satisfaction baby you were more than just a phase . |
| 25 | Having you family portrait done by a professional photographer gives you more than just a reminder of what your children looked like as they grew up , because a professional has all the best equipment necessary for a top-quality portrait . |
| 26 | His games connection that year was more than just a marketing one ; it was also the third time he had been chosen for the Scotland team as a pole-vaulter . |
| 27 | The man was more than just a mystery , he was an intricate , mesmerising maze . |
| 28 | But the speech was more than just an attack on the Commission , for it was also an astute defence of his good name and reputation . |
| 29 | International commerce was more than just an exchange or European manufactures for primary produce from the rest of the world . |
| 30 | Was it more than just an in-joke to make George 's chauffeur go under the name of Chomsky ? |