Example sentences of "than [adv] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My concern Madam Deputy Speaker is whether we 're all being hoodwinked into believing that deregulation bill is opening a new chapter in our legislative history when in fact it 's no more than perhaps a weasel word describing one thing but er er another thing is happening . |
| 2 | Where verbs of perception and know , as we saw above , evoke a characteristic expressive effect in this context , it is more difficult to see any nuance characterizing make here , other than perhaps a suggestion of result . |
| 3 | For example , development must comprise private dwelling houses only , with no trade or business ( other than perhaps a doctor or dentist ) , no caravans or boats to be stored , no dogs , pigs or poultry , no sheds or sheds over a certain height , no loft conversions or extensions . |
| 4 | The statement of objectives will normally be far more rounded than merely a price discussion . |
| 5 | The monarch is , furthermore , more than merely a part of Parliament under the constitution of the United Kingdom . |
| 6 | Underlying the principle of geographical distribution is more than merely a notion of fairness or equity , for it seems that to exclude any administrative area might be to risk offending the divisional authorities in a way which would be unhelpful to the project as a whole . |
| 7 | Ask other lawyers about George , and there is acknowledgement of his gifts , even that he is more than merely a jury man , but rarely much warmth . |
| 8 | They built a house , the Villa Eugénie , which eventually grew into the present Hôtel du Palais , a vast building close to the lush sands of the Grande Plage ( formerly known as the Plage tea Fous , because only the reckless , if not the insane , were thought likely to risk swimming there ) , very monumental and with a tricolour flying above it , as if it were some government department rather than merely a hotel . |
| 9 | It is also necessary that no significant minorities feel themselves to be permanently excluded from power or influence ; that groups and individuals sense that they are roughly equal in their ability to influence the outcome of communal policy-making ; and that those outcomes embody what people recognize to be the general interests of society rather than merely a combination or balance of the interests of various particular and organized groups or specific interests . |
| 10 | Similarly , we have already encountered the question posed by The Architect 's Journal when Cramlington was first proposed in its modern form : will this place have any industrial , and hence employment , base which will make it more than merely a dormitory suburb ? |
| 11 | Robert Bossu had pursued the dispute here to Shrewsbury in search of diversion in a time of frustration and inaction , a pity he must be denied the best of the joke that was so much more than merely a joke . |
| 12 | This applies for example to the demand side , where the choice of functional forms is more than merely a matter of algebraic convenience ( see Dixit and Stiglitz , 1977 ) . |
| 13 | As a result of Nicaea , Rome became the official centre of Christian orthodoxy , and any deviation from that orthodoxy became a heresy , rather than merely a difference of opinion or interpretation . |
| 14 | Section 2 to read : The Coordinator as part of his/her responsibility is part Area Secretary for a geographical area with no more than approximately a quarter of a million population . |
| 15 | I see the tree very much in the round and try to create depth rather than just a silhouette . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | One day , he hinted , he would insist she did , and for more than just a holiday . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Giving good Press : Fashanu has always been more than just a footballer |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | I had to show him I could be an international rather than just a squad player . |
| 24 | 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 ? |
| 25 | maybe even more than just a day . |
| 26 | This is more than just a case of increased differentiation in local voting behaviour . |
| 27 | They had n't been short of opinions , either , and Dominic Wetherby was now becoming something more than just a name . |
| 28 | More than just a vineyard ! |
| 29 | It was becoming something more than just a folk club . |
| 30 | 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 . |