Example sentences of "more than just [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The new method of showing the information for a VAT return ( it looks just like one of the horrid things ) is more than just useful , it 's a Godsend , and once you 've got into the methodology , invoice raising and bill paying as well as stock control become very quick and easy . |
| 2 | His warning to the American President that he would support Native Americans ( ‘ Red Indians ’ , whom he presumes to be tribally organized ) against the federal government is consistent with his view that natural ties are more than just rational ones . |
| 3 | ‘ Whilst we support land reclamation , urban redevelopment and housing improvements , and recognise they can improve the quality of life for many people in Wales , unless these activities are designed to achieve more than just aesthetic goals they may actually increase environmental damage through energy consumption , waste generation , increased resource demands and traffic flows ’ , said Dr Neil Caldwell , CPRW 's Director . |
| 4 | Yet the training provides more than just technical skill . |
| 5 | ‘ It 's going to be more than just perfect . ’ |
| 6 | Whether this lopsided record and Stewart 's stewardship is more than just coincidental will be a matter for the Test and County Cricket Board to discuss when his contract comes up again next April . |
| 7 | However , the value of a company is based on more than just short-term profitability . |
| 8 | It is true that Jacob will emerge more than just unscathed from the danger that fills his mind as he returns home . |
| 9 | ‘ But it was n't until I went to India that I cam to feel that humans were more than just mechanical responses . |
| 10 | Having been reminded that the bookies ' smoke signals usually signify a lot more than just grandiose waves of their Havana cigars , Ramsden then revealed that he himself might have been inadvertantly responsible for the Travelling Light rumour . |
| 11 | Becoming the world 's foremost brewer takes more than just good business sense . |
| 12 | Perhaps they were more than just good friends . |
| 13 | We believe it will take more than just gentle persuasion to bring an end to over-specification and waste . |
| 14 | We believe it will take more than just gentle persuasion to bring an end to over-specification and waste . |
| 15 | I do n't know how Dawn really feels about me , whether love or trust mean anything to her or not , but I do know that there is something special between us , and it feels like something more than just conditioning . |
| 16 | More than just extra officers and money , however , tackling Scotland 's new crime wave may require more imaginative solutions . |
| 17 | The public-interest objective is harder to reject , because it is eminently reasonable that public policy should be concerned with more than just economic efficiency , though it clearly generates considerable uncertainty for firms about what they may and may not do . |
| 18 | Their keen intellects and powerful personalities could spark off more than just brilliant ideas at times . |
| 19 | This view affects more than just clever scholars ; I believe that for the same reason many Christians who hold to some belief in the Devil do not believe in evil spirits either . |
| 20 | They 've become acutely aware that to succeed they need to be more than just well-informed , they need to be well-read in the widest sense . |
| 21 | It requires a wider view of both the sources of control and the contexts in which they operate , and must be applicable to more than just male working-class crime . |
| 22 | The sad truth is to tackle these subjects you have to be more than just willing , you have to be shite-hot . |
| 23 | Harry Eyres discovers that the Grands Crus of Alsace are more than just reliable wine bar whites |
| 24 | It is important to bear in mind , however , that muscle tension can be the result of more than just bad posture or wrong use of the body . |
| 25 | Their lives were far more than just hard . |
| 26 | But more than just physical damage had been incurred . |
| 27 | more than just physical reason I , I mean a lot of people are grossly overweight they , you know , people usually say oh it 's the |
| 28 | But fair trade as we saw from that sketch , involves a lot more than just fair wages . |
| 29 | It 's more than just beautiful wrapping , more than lovely façades . ’ |
| 30 | And this is more than just drinkable , it is an enormous , fruit-packed wine , smelling sublimely of ripe blackcurrants . |