Example sentences of "more than [adv] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Sometimes they did more than just report , and drafted legislation which could be adopted and introduced either by the government or by a private member . |
| 32 | De Gaulle 's foul temper in the days immediately before and after the Normandy landings reflected more than just annoyance at the exclusion of his movement : he was still confident that events were moving in his favour , but the huge imponderable of American intentions remained a source of concern . |
| 33 | When quoting fees , which increasingly will be more than just time based , the requirement for them to be paid at the completion meeting , like other advisers and financiers , should be stipulated . |
| 34 | ‘ Choice of costume reveals a lot more than just cleavage . |
| 35 | It was n't his fault that she had discovered her feelings were more than just desire . |
| 36 | ‘ Penny is in and out every few minutes at present , and we do n't want her to guess that we 're more than just owner and programme manager , do we ? ’ |
| 37 | ‘ That 's more than just impetuosity , that 's sheer rashness . |
| 38 | In other words , the ego is more than just consciousness . |
| 39 | That 's why we 've become so much more than just plastic extruders . |
| 40 | But Chiropractic , now the largest primary health care profession in the western world after medicine and dentistry , is so much more than just manipulation . |
| 41 | ‘ And yet , you know , there 's surely more than just hatred for a disruptive influence in class . |
| 42 | Her service demanded more than just strength and devotion , for she had a most sensitive skin which attracted mosquitoes and during the rainy season and its close , was constantly itching and scratching . |
| 43 | Since there was a higher population and a greater surplus of output people had a higher disposable income ; this led directly to a desire for more than just food and a demand for material commodities for the household ( pottery , cutlery , more and better clothing in cotton and wool ) . |
| 44 | Nowadays it seems there 's much more than just food to a perfect picnic . |
| 45 | He pleaded for sources to be used for more than just illustration or comprehension . |
| 46 | Many of these ingredients were indeed present , but as the months passed I became increasingly aware that there was much more than just science at work here . |
| 47 | He said he wanted much more than just friendship , and so did she . |
| 48 | Even acute fear of dentistry may be more than just fear of the drill : California dentist James Rota says that women who are most frightened of dentists are those who have been sexually molested as children . |
| 49 | But the RET does more than just record unit success ; it will also record successful completion of a group award and recognitions attached to particular groups of units or modules . |
| 50 | The problem for Foucault is that this argument involves more than just madness as such , for it really amounts to a questioning of the very possibility of critique . |
| 51 | This problem is but one instance of the general paradox which confronts any kind of radical movement or occupation which is more than purely self , regarding . |
| 52 | The books is more than merely route descriptions though , as Harding recounts the times over the years he 's walked the various paths , adding anecdotes , descriptions of the people and insights into the history of the area . |