Example sentences of "than [adv] [v-ing] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oblige , like force , evokes more than merely producing an effect and it too is followed by the to infinitive : ( 164 ) … servants , whom he had obliged to accompany him . |
| 2 | They recognise what people actually achieve at work , rather than merely testing an ability to learn , which is the primary feature of a written or oral examination . |
| 3 | The market makes it possible for the peasant to grow and sell cash crops , rather than just maintaining a subsistence economy and therefore to produce a surplus . |
| 4 | From watching Isobel and her husband he had discovered that there was much more to sex than just taking a girl to bed or being uneasily married to a frigid , grasping woman . |
| 5 | More than just buying an operating system and securing a future for Novell , Noorda — a man held in high regard by a wide cross section of industry executives — takes on the expectations of all those seeing him as a Moses figure capable of stitching up the highly personalised wounds inflicted during the Unix wars and the aborted peace attempts . |
| 6 | Make a point of trying to keep absolutely straight rather than just correcting a swing when it happens . |
| 7 | The link with Labour has got to be more than just signing a cheque . |
| 8 | But settling a potential employment dispute tends to involve rather more than just signing a letter prepared by the company or initialling a few sheets of paper which explain the agreed terms . |
| 9 | The solution is more far-reaching than just changing a technique . |
| 10 | If he proposes to say something new , I hope that , as the guardian of the interests of all parts of the House , you Mr. Speaker , will make representations to try to make sure that he does it in the House rather than just making a speech or holding a press conference , even if it is in Wales . |
| 11 | Discover that fishkeeping can be more than just owning a goldfish — how about a pet foot eel , or a mysterious seahorse ? |
| 12 | From these results it is clear that the use of the ‘ full window ’ produces better results than simply assigning a score to the final element of the transition . |
| 13 | However , in instances whereby an originating office makes a request for assistance that would result in more than simply providing a favour' then a fee is appropriate and its level should be determined directly between the two offices concerned . |
| 14 | This is far more damaging to the wild population than simply kidnapping an infant . |
| 15 | This is true in more ways than simply obtaining an Equity card . |
| 16 | He seemed likely to be doing it for quite some time to come as , rather than actually having an election , it is more a case of finding someone willing to take on the job . |