Example sentences of "than [adv] [vb base] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Given the extreme paucity of provision in the past , to close rather than merely narrow the gap between white education provision and that of other racially defined groups would require an investment well beyond anything that was envisaged before the 1990s . |
| 2 | This both attenuates the force of the current occupationalist attack upon the liberal education tradition and suggests that occupationalist objectives will do little more than merely dilute the quality of the education which pupils might otherwise have received . |
| 3 | Operators also do more than just answer the phone . |
| 4 | The pictures , on the other hand , must do more than just illustrate the story . |
| 5 | The proponents of the transnational relations approach have a tendency to analyze interactions within systems rather than effects of practices and , though they claim to be transcending the statecentric model , they more often than not permit the state to set the agenda for them . |
| 6 | These specially created ideologies more often than not give the believer a clear place in the scheme of things , by providing a definite identity . |
| 7 | Indeed , Mafouz looked as if he was about to do something far more dramatic than simply catch the thing . |
| 8 | Of course , there are times when a greater sense of control does more than simply enhance the driving experience . |