Example sentences of "is [det] than [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The new method of showing the information for a VAT return ( it looks just like one of the horrid things ) is more than just useful , it 's a Godsend , and once you 've got into the methodology , invoice raising and bill paying as well as stock control become very quick and easy . |
| 2 | Whether this lopsided record and Stewart 's stewardship is more than just coincidental will be a matter for the Test and County Cricket Board to discuss when his contract comes up again next April . |
| 3 | This is more than just instrumental self-aggrandizement , because this ‘ market forces ’ approach is an important ideological device in ‘ recommodification ’ , but the form of involvement is highly instrumental for many participants . |
| 4 | And this is more than just drinkable , it is an enormous , fruit-packed wine , smelling sublimely of ripe blackcurrants . |
| 5 | The suburban southern venue for the selection board is more than just convenient ( a sortie into Lancashire was abandoned after the second session ) , it is a metaphor for the new style of the party . |
| 6 | This is more than just crass . |
| 7 | Somerset is more than just pretty scenery |
| 8 | But it is more than slightly worrying to find it still rampant in a largish UK company . |
| 9 | If software flow control is used , the Z88 will send XOFF to an external device once the receive buffer is more than half full . |
| 10 | Moreover , under section 245 of the Code , bodily harm includes any hurt or injury that interferes with the health or comfort of the complainant and that is more than merely transient or trifling in nature . |
| 11 | In times of severe economic stringency , it is more than ever essential that painful strategic choices should be based on sound information about the need for and effectiveness of services . |
| 12 | ‘ The need for action is more than ever apparent , ’ said Coun. John Williams ( Lab ) . |
| 13 | This was a mood that did not last ; the secular spirit is natural , it is more than ever clear , to modern industrial states — so much so that it invades even the clergy . |
| 14 | but obviously I must succeed for Yorkshire first , and with a batsman , Sachin Tendulkar , joining us instead of another quick bowler it is more than ever important that I do so . ’ |
| 15 | The plot is more than faintly ludicrous but the music is Rossini at his most inspired — even when one suspects that he is writing with tongue in cheek . |
| 16 | ‘ Myth is alive at once and in all its parts , and dies before it can be dissected ’ , declared Tolkien , and his statement is more than usually true of The Lord of the Rings , as I have said on p. 100 above . |
| 17 | In mania — technically referred to , unless extremely severe , as ‘ hypomania ’ — the individual is more than usually active , is distractible and talkative to the point where meaningful conversation is impossible , is expansive and grandiose in attitude with an inflated sense of self-importance , and may embark on reckless activities , such as unrealistic spending , gambling , or sexual indiscretions . |
| 18 | This might involve representing their position ( abilities , preferences , intentions ) in a way that is less than completely honest , or even , perhaps , downright dishonest . |
| 19 | To be fair , none of the players here is less than extremely competent , but there are moments when the piano tone appears monochrome or lacking in warmth . |
| 20 | Such a move is less than entirely satisfactory because the relationship between the theory of competence and the data on which it is based ( ultimately intuitions about acceptability ) becomes abstract to a point where counter-examples to the theory may be explained away on an ad hoc basis , unless a systematic pragmatics has already been developed . |