Example sentences of "more than [adv] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | 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 . |
| 32 | She thought she could in the end be legitimized , be more than just the girl who had married the first man who came along in order to get away from home : daughter of a mother who 'd shacked up with her own mother 's boyfriend at that own mother 's unconscious behest — and had thereby had her life negated forever . |
| 33 | The profit diagrams for options ( Figs 7.5 and 7.6 ) are a little more complex than those for securities as the profit is dependent on more than just the share price at expiry ( S ) . |
| 34 | There is , it seems , a lot more than just the day — in the life of a salesman . |
| 35 | The Beta version of Ultrafax from WordStar/Zsoft we 've been pre-viewing is the link between your Windows applications and the rest of the world 's fax machines , but offers more than just the facility to print your documents remotely . |
| 36 | Access requires more than just the existence of possibilities . |
| 37 | 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 . |
| 38 | They are up against more than just the law though . |
| 39 | That is understandable , but it neglects the fact that press freedom is an issue for more than just the press . |
| 40 | Indeed , the whole is considered to constitute more than just the sum total of its parts . |
| 41 | ‘ You 're a good boy , Wayne , ’ Angelica had said , and they 'd both known that she was meaning for more than just the errand . |
| 42 | 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 ’ . |
| 43 | He said the order , set up in 1099 as a religious order , was much more than just the ambulance service . |
| 44 | Unemployment has fallen by 70 per cent since the mid-eighties in Telford but it 's about more than just the number of jobs , it 's the quality of jobs , the skills that erm are offered in terms of the training that 's available in the area , and the whole atmosphere of the town has been completely transformed by moving from an older and established industrial climate to one that encompasses a wide range of modern and high tech industries . |
| 45 | First treat your skin from this perspective ( see Chapter 7 ) and the oils will work more efficiently , adding much more than just the polish ! |
| 46 | Now it 's feared that there 's more than just the family fortunes at stake . |
| 47 | Pearson 's agent comments : ‘ Pugwash is more than just the signature tune , and it 's not just the accordion . |
| 48 | But as Duke he was to be more than just the Count of Poitou . |
| 49 | There is much evidence to suggest that reading is more than just the recognition of individual characters . |
| 50 | 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 . |
| 51 | 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 . |
| 52 | To decide which one is right for you , you have to consider more than just the job you do . |
| 53 | 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 . |
| 54 | WE CONTINUE TO OFFER A CHOICE OF EQUIPMENT , INTERIOR STYLING AND LAYOUT SO THAT MORE THAN EVER THE OYSTER 68 OFFERS MANY OF THE BENEFITS OF A COMMISSIONED ‘ ONE OFF ’ , BUT WITH LESS RISK , EXPENSE AND WITH PREDICTABLE STANDARDS OF PERFORMANCE QUALITY . |
| 55 | Clearly more people liked more than ever the fare and welcoming fellowship of the Undercroft . |
| 56 | Today more than ever the phrase " as old as one feels " is no mere consolatory cliche . ) |
| 57 | The parties can make provision in the agreement for a different measure of damages which , for example , may be appropriate if the acquirer is to invest large amounts of money in the offeree and hence could lose much more than merely the purchase consideration . |
| 58 | We are proposing , along with Cotte , that let evokes much more than merely the speech act of giving permission : it signifies giving an event access to existence , permitting something by not intervening to obstruct its being accomplished . |
| 59 | Also , it is more than likely the case , however , that how a society designs manners for close personal and social relationships can not be totally separated from its understanding of the ‘ proper ’ treatment of its enemies . |
| 60 | More than likely the explanation for such results lay simply in the fact that the elderly , institutionalized patients who formed Cameron 's subjects were so pleased to be noticed and made a fuss of in experiments of this sort that their memories improved as a consequence . |