Example sentences of "than a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The advanced study of History demands far more than a retentive memory for facts or an ability to describe fluently the course of an historical event . |
| 2 | A serial computer requires less logic in the data manipulation unit than a parallel computer , but the control unit may be more complicated . |
| 3 | ‘ He will also call for nothing less than a parallel system with equal legal status under which those who can not accept women priests will be able to continue with bishops of like mind . ’ |
| 4 | If P is some occam term and x is a variable , we say that an occurrence of x in P is free if it is not in the scope of any declaration ( other than a parallel declaration ) of x in P , and bound otherwise . |
| 5 | It was just that she knew that there was something seriously wrong with her — something far more dramatic than a grumbling appendix or the normal after-effects of an operation . |
| 6 | You 'd have thought the man was a vid star rather than a murderous bandit . |
| 7 | However , there is a danger that the smoke could be little more than a pungent sign of burning fingers . |
| 8 | But even in the case of such an Act , if there are superadded provisions which attach to non-payment consequences other than a bare liability to be sued , there can be no justification for refusing to have regard to those consequences and to consider whether the existence of the provisions creating them has placed the payer under such pressure that the payments have not in truth been voluntary . |
| 9 | Swayne was a dealer , it was doubtful whether he was making more than a bare living out of his stamps and coins . |
| 10 | There were of course other institutions of central government , which can not be given more than a bare mention here . |
| 11 | Yet volcanism is predominantly a submarine rather than a continental phenomenon since the outpouring of magma associated with submarine eruptions far exceeds anything witnessed on the continents . |
| 12 | Ideas about tactics and style of play could be exchanged and there was an acknowledgment that football was now a multi-faceted rather than a monolithic concept . |
| 13 | They were received by the group of villagers they joined with no comment other than a whispered bonsoir . |
| 14 | It 'll take more than a tender touch to help the victims of the oily sea . |
| 15 | Two days later , after a peaceful voyage , we disembarked at Calais — a dreadful place , England 's last foothold in France , nothing more than a glorified fortress packed with men-at-arms and archers , who staggered the streets in their boiled leather jerkins , drinking in the many ale houses and generally looking for trouble . |
| 16 | Parliament is already arguing that the referendum was no more than a glorified opinion poll . |
| 17 | A painting holiday demands a little more input than a vacant fortnight on the beach . |
| 18 | In this version we shall in fact assume that it is wages that are set by trade unions one period in advance and that prices are flexible ; that is , we shall examine a sticky wage rather than a sticky price model . |
| 19 | Nor would Edwin concede more than a spineless encouragement that she be hopeful and humble in their work together . |
| 20 | The ‘ hybrid ’ looks less like a controlled experiment than a hasty effort to balance political opposites . |
| 21 | Perhaps the dinner on the terrace by candlelight was no more than a helpful suggestion intended to add to their pleasure in ‘ La Felicità ’ , as was the idea of a trip across the Mountains of the Moon to Urbino . |
| 22 | Without sounding exactly like anything else , however , its sum total was more a collection of echoes than a consistent voice . |
| 23 | It is no more than a consistent point of view , which has the advantage that , if we accept it , we can stop arguing about whether feelings are causes of actions , and can get on with finding out how our brains work , without fearing that an answer to the question would make free will an illusion . |
| 24 | a goods vehicle ( other than a dual-purpose vehicle ) , which is first used — |
| 25 | To a politician there was no better means of building and preserving a political interest than a demonstrated ability to secure some of the Indian patronage . |
| 26 | For a rating scale , the number of classes varies from 3 or 5 to perhaps 10 ; it is usually difficult to make distinctions finer than a 10-point scale requires . |
| 27 | A place at grammar school was seen as hardly more genuinely open to everyone than a fee-paying place at a public school ; and so the move towards comprehensive schools was made , largely on grounds of justice . |
| 28 | UP UNTIL Mind Bomb it was easy to see why Matt Johnson had never toured The The during its 10-year life span : the group was never more than a shifting collection of session players and ‘ guests ’ , songs so devoted to doom and gloom limited audiences to Exit members , the lunacy of the extended format Infected video implied visions far beyond the confines of the stage , and an inflated sense of his own worth would have made the risk of failure too great . |
| 29 | A more viable approach accepts the on-going nature of educational change — the journey is more important than the destination in the sense that one is real and the other never more than a shifting image . |
| 30 | But this answer is still not satisfactory , for the question remains , why is it necessary for such a unitary space and time to be other than a phenomenological space and time ? |