Example sentences of "than [adv] [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Long linear field banks or persistent field boundaries can often be suggested as something more than just divisions in the fields . |
| 2 | In the 1980s Soviet and DRA leaders have persistently claimed that Afghanistan remains non-aligned whatever its bilateral links with the Soviet Union ( and this is meant to imply more than just membership in the Non-Aligned Movement ) . |
| 3 | Even acute fear of dentistry may be more than just fear of the drill : California dentist James Rota says that women who are most frightened of dentists are those who have been sexually molested as children . |
| 4 | De Gaulle 's foul temper in the days immediately before and after the Normandy landings reflected more than just annoyance at the exclusion of his movement : he was still confident that events were moving in his favour , but the huge imponderable of American intentions remained a source of concern . |
| 5 | When the rosy spectacles are laid aside , it is clear that what to the husband and children can be a refreshing hobby — after all they are more often than not the consumers , not the producers , of the home-made jam — to the wife can be another variant of the natural mother image and in everyday terms can mean longer than ever hours at the chopping board . |
| 6 | Not all results are shown ; all giving a reading of more than about 30% of the white card reading are omitted . |
| 7 | Only when the angle of impact is less than about 20° above the surface is the direction of the body preserved , as an elongation of the crater in the impact direction . |
| 8 | On contemporary art sales undoubtedly enduring a difficult period at present he noted that even at the highest point of the market , revenue had not amounted to more than about 20% of the house 's total sales . |
| 9 | The agriculture of small farmers remained undeveloped , while the industrial sector which was small but had considerable potential with the influx of the coastal refugee population received no single investment of more than about $28,000 in the whole period . |
| 10 | As for NT , Microsoft is back describing it as primarily a server operating system , and acknowledging that vendors are unlikely to bundle it with more than about 10% of the desktop machines they ship . |
| 11 | As for NT , Microsoft is back describing it as primarily a server operating system , and acknowledging that vendors are unlikely to bundle it with more than about 10% of the desktop machines they ship . |
| 12 | Indeed , it is the closest planet to the Sun and at its maximum elongations is never more than about 28° from the Sun . |
| 13 | Unless the wind is more than about 45° to the direction of take-off , a strong cross wind seldom creates problems . |