Example sentences of "more [conj] [adv] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 61 | But OALD is far more than just a dictionary . |
| 62 | Goran 's two tournaments wins so far this year prove that he 's more than just a serving machine . |
| 63 | Sociology , as a social science , is more than just a collection of empirical findings and is also more than just a set of speculative armchair ‘ theories ’ . |
| 64 | ‘ There could be more than just a career , ’ she said softly . |
| 65 | However , one detects more than just a hint of resentment when he talks of the ‘ middle-class ’ , who , with their penchant for rationalisation and organisation , appear to have appropriated the game . |
| 66 | Other ways of making life more interesting for the housebound are the occasional holidays in the homes of various members of the family ; also offering to help them to entertain their friends in their own home to more than just a cup of tea , by arranging to take a pre-cooked , easily served meal round to them beforehand . |
| 67 | This suggest that the governance of Ulster is more than just a matter of security and that there are urgent needs for an independent environmental protection agency , subsidies for green farming , and more money in general for the administration of conservation . |
| 68 | The haircut , however , evolved into far more than just a one-off for a TV series . |
| 69 | ‘ Do n't you think , ’ Mrs Grandison suggested , ‘ that we need a little more than just a snack ? |
| 70 | But STV drama boss Nigel Pickard said he wanted more than just a lookalike . |
| 71 | A system which has the intelligence to acknowledge that people are more than just a bag of bones dressed up in a birthday suit and that ill-health is not only caused by biological factors , but social , political , economic and environmental ones as well . |
| 72 | Then , as time went on and hypnosis gained credibility and was thought of as more than just a form of stage entertainment , more and more hypnotherapists began to use present-life regression in their work . |
| 73 | Sociology , as a social science , is more than just a collection of empirical findings and is also more than just a set of speculative armchair ‘ theories ’ . |
| 74 | This is more than just a book with balances . |
| 75 | The electronic one-way communication system is more than just a lock system . |
| 76 | But to Nikolaas van der Merwe , an archaeological chemist at Harvard , it is more than just a saying . |
| 77 | But this is more than just a taste of the past . |
| 78 | You were talking about something more than just a feeling . ’ |
| 79 | But producers insist it 's more than just a tourist video with a gimmick . |
| 80 | There is no place for a quality footballer if he believes he is more than just a page in that machine . |
| 81 | Clearly it is more than just a picture of two continent-carrying plates coming together . |
| 82 | Peter Hewitt explains how a new managers ' toolkit proved to be more than just a game |
| 83 | On his voyage , he has realised that sport is more than just a game to Americans , and that sports stars are the heroes of the nation . |
| 84 | This little rebellion annoyed the orthodox Communists , but maybe not the voters : the three rebels , all well known , provide voters with an assurance that the United Left is more than just a front for unreconstructed Communists . |
| 85 | But was it ever more than just a project for a project ? |
| 86 | But Les , who was preceded in the Alton spotlight by Odiham duo Acoustic Bikini , is more than just a humorist . |
| 87 | The Gilbert Collection of Gold Boxes is more than just a catalogue . |
| 88 | Solly 's years in the wilderness were more than just a dearth of high-profile wins . |
| 89 | But it is more than just a listing of previous research . |
| 90 | It 's results will be published at the end of next year , when scientists and patients will find out if it 's more than just a ray of hope . |