Example sentences of "more than [adv] a " in BNC.

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1 By this stage , Des was more than just a mascot .
2 And this was more than just a professorship .
3 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 .
4 Dr Friedman wants to make the computer more than just a clever magnifying glass .
5 Beside me , Jeffrey Bernard was being more than just a little unwell .
6 There is , however , more than just a need ; for there is fundamental necessity for vision at all levels of human affairs ; all groups of people , even small teams as well as nations , must have a vision , or everything subsides into confusion and what is worse , lets power fall into the hands of practical , and unseeing men who press only their own interests , leading to strife and despair .
7 The end of a chapter in Alton 's history and of an institution which , the Rev. Robert Gussman said , was ‘ more than just a hospital , more a family home . ’
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 It was director Joseph L Mankiewicz who had given Brando the chance to prove he was more than just a mumbling slob by casting him as Mark Antony in Julius Caesar .
10 ‘ It was more than just a sexual attraction between us .
11 So test-tube fusion was more than just a media event with dollars on the line for the University of Utah , there were many private agendas riding along with it .
12 ‘ Falling in love ’ , therefore , was more than just a trivial pastime but a serious business .
13 The rest of us can make do with Profile 's fine new compilation ‘ Avanti ! ’ , 11 tracks to prove that Italian dance was more than just a passing fad .
14 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 .
15 Is he more than just a basher of indifferent bowling , of which there is currently plenty ?
16 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 .
17 Giving good Press : Fashanu has always been more than just a footballer
18 But nervousness and vacillation over direct state intervention was more than just a problem of administration .
19 There was more than just a matter of fifty years separating her life from that of Johnny Latimer .
20 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 .
21 Having you family portrait done by a professional photographer gives you more than just a reminder of what your children looked like as they grew up , because a professional has all the best equipment necessary for a top-quality portrait .
22 Erm and then just generally language is far more than just a means of communication .
23 Luke 's no fool ; he could see that so far as I was concerned Elise was more than just a client .
24 Lawyers in Local government more than just a career .
25 But this may have been more than just a sartorial sign of the changing times .
26 In de Gaulle 's mind , the empire was more than just a source of potential recruits .
27 He was more than just a hypochondriac .
28 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 ?
29 But it was more than just a physical thing .
30 It had cost her , more than just a few thousand pesetas .
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