Example sentences of "than just a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I see the tree very much in the round and try to create depth rather than just a silhouette . |
| 2 | Although the results from the unusual condition were slightly equivocal , the difference in results between the central and peripheral detail suggests that there is more than just a von Restorff effect present . |
| 3 | As we have said before , we like to think of ourselves as a preservation society , rather than just a rail interest society , valuable as such societies are . |
| 4 | One day , he hinted , he would insist she did , and for more than just a holiday . |
| 5 | It was my own experiences with herbal treatments , due to being ill over the past few years , that convinced me that there was more than just a placebo effect at work . |
| 6 | Giving good Press : Fashanu has always been more than just a footballer |
| 7 | Stanley William Hayter is broadly acknowledged as one of the most influential figures in twentieth-century printmaking , on three counts : his technical innovations , especially in intaglio colour printing ; the encouragement of artists from Miró to Pollock and beyond to treat printmaking as a means of original expression ( rather than just a way of reproducing images ) ; and a remarkable body of prints produced over six decades , which attest to his broad interests in mythology , the workings of the unconscious , and the new mathematics . |
| 8 | And Liberal leader Paddy Ashdown 's popularity actually increased after the revelation that he 'd dipped more than just a toe into the typing pool . |
| 9 | I had to show him I could be an international rather than just a squad player . |
| 10 | Is it because all the people who have lived here have left little bits of themselves behind , so that it has become more than just a shelter against the wind and the rain ? |
| 11 | maybe even more than just a day . |
| 12 | This is more than just a case of increased differentiation in local voting behaviour . |
| 13 | They had n't been short of opinions , either , and Dominic Wetherby was now becoming something more than just a name . |
| 14 | More than just a vineyard ! |
| 15 | It was becoming something more than just a folk club . |
| 16 | All sorts of little sub-businesses grew after the first month or two and it was at this point that we thought it would be nice to turn it into something more than just a folk club . |
| 17 | Martina is more than just a tennis player however . |
| 18 | ‘ It 's more than just a nightclub to you . |
| 19 | In that case , both the money and the Jacobite Guinea would still be in the gazebo ; the police would infer from them that Newley had gone to the gazebo for more than just a Sunday stroll . |
| 20 | There was far more behind this than just a deterioration in the weather . |
| 21 | America , where there appear to be more grossly obese people than in Britain ( by which I mean those around double their desirable body weight , rather than just a couple of stones overweight ) , is an excellent place to observe this eating-speed phenomenon . |
| 22 | More than just a facelift for BMW 's most important model , the new 3-series marks a fundamental change of direction |
| 23 | Nevertheless , it has taken more than just a pinch of the new S-class 's style with its first real attempt at a grille , cut down into the front bumper . |
| 24 | The full story of the WM & CR is more than just a recalling of the day-to-day running of a railway . |
| 25 | But it 's more than just a question of who the patients prefer to be treated by . |
| 26 | A MONKEY 'S scream is more than just a screech , researchers have discovered . |
| 27 | If some correlation is found between variables , the researcher has to show that this is a causal relationship rather than just a coincidence . |
| 28 | Although it was hardly conclusive proof they were the same kegs as those discovered by the vagrant , all the signs pointed to it being more than just a coincidence . |
| 29 | Two 's company … three 's more than just a coincidence . |
| 30 | Of course , the countryside must continue to be a working landscape ; but if most people 's definition of a river as something more than just a drain is valid , then that broad definition must be consciously built into the brief of those who wield this mighty technology of the JCB , the Hymac , and the Swamp-dozer . |