Example sentences of "than just a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 61 | If , as they fervently hope , Waqar Younis has recovered sufficiently from the stress fracture in his back to bowl as he did in taking 113 first-class wickets last season at a cost of 14 each — a wicket for every 30 balls he bowled — and Imran 's shoulder injury permits him , after all , to play as more than just a batsman-captain , theirs will be a fast bowling attack as strong , at least on paper , as any the West Indies had during the 16 years of world supremacy which came to an end here last summer . |
| 62 | There was more to it than just a change of style . |
| 63 | Your eurocheque card is much more than just a support for your eurocheques . |
| 64 | Suddenly , after battling all season with Manchester City for third place in the First Division , the Wednesday player-manager finds that finishing second is now more than just a pipe dream . |
| 65 | And this was more than just a professorship . |
| 66 | It seems they must have had more than just a message . |
| 67 | Cairo is too far away to be anything more than just a stake in the ground against IBM/Apple Computer Inc while the hoopla surrounding Windows For Workgroups is meant to distract attention away from an increasingly late NT . |
| 68 | At 3pm , he will meet Clinton and the two will be together for the next six hours , an indication that the president regards the Prime Minister 's visit as more than just a courtesy call . |
| 69 | In her enchanting story of The Velveteen Rabbit , Margery Williams ' tells of a cloth rabbit who longs to be more than just a toy . |
| 70 | But it was more than just a pub crawl . |
| 71 | From the very start , one must realise that WordStar for Windows 1.5 is meant to be more than just a word-processor , but is perhaps more aptly billed as a document processor . |
| 72 | However , in purchasing the hard- and soft-ware we feel it is important to seek more than just a word-processor , because in future , publicity will play a major role . |
| 73 | ‘ There could be more than just a career , ’ she said softly . |
| 74 | Lawyers in Local government more than just a career . |
| 75 | Is he more than just a basher of indifferent bowling , of which there is currently plenty ? |
| 76 | more than just a week in politics |
| 77 | Does he agree that the law should be changed so that the police have a duty rather than just a power to act under section 39 ? |
| 78 | ‘ I know some people are saying we will hit somebody for five or six goals sooner or later , but I 'd rather we had a nice , successful run of 1-0 wins than just a one-off . ’ |
| 79 | The haircut , however , evolved into far more than just a one-off for a TV series . |
| 80 | Other ways of making life more interesting for the housebound are the occasional holidays in the homes of various members of the family ; also offering to help them to entertain their friends in their own home to more than just a cup of tea , by arranging to take a pre-cooked , easily served meal round to them beforehand . |
| 81 | Solly 's years in the wilderness were more than just a dearth of high-profile wins . |
| 82 | ‘ Do n't you think , ’ Mrs Grandison suggested , ‘ that we need a little more than just a snack ? |
| 83 | She takes her greyhound for walks , and the animal becomes , tactfully , briefly , for half a paragraph or so , something more than just a dog . |
| 84 | But producers insist it 's more than just a tourist video with a gimmick . |
| 85 | Everything here was different and therefore better : the stiff-backed brass taps , the cut of the banister , the genuine oil paintings ( we had a genuine oil painting too , but not as genuine as that ) , the library which somehow was more than just a roomful of books , the furniture old enough to have woodworm in it , and the casual acceptance of inherited things . |
| 86 | There is no place for a quality footballer if he believes he is more than just a page in that machine . |
| 87 | However , one detects more than just a hint of resentment when he talks of the ‘ middle-class ’ , who , with their penchant for rationalisation and organisation , appear to have appropriated the game . |
| 88 | This is the pub as social institution , so much more than just a place for drinking . |
| 89 | But Seefeld is far more than just a place to swing your mashie niblick . |
| 90 | It 's far more than just a place to drink ; it 's the social and conversational heart of any Irish village . |