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

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1 She knew more than either Defries or Daak about sliding rogue instructions into computerized systems .
2 But as the South-East Asian boom has gathered pace , so the area has become something more than simply Japan 's backyard .
3 Chatterjee wondered about this as it began to seem more than simply coincidence .
4 At the time when the Hundred Years war broke out , a defender had a more than even chance of beating off an attack .
5 The liquidity squeeze ( predicted to affect only 10 per cent of the population directly ) immediately limited withdrawals from interest-bearing money-market accounts ( estimated to total $70,000 million ) to 20 per cent and those from private savings and current accounts to no more than approximately $1,000 .
6 In Greek the first is much more than just horror .
7 But Oshkosh is much more than just warbirds , the cream of the US airshow acts are one of the big attractions for the general public .
8 It 's more than just revenge .
9 And from Spike Lee to Reverend Jesse Jackson , Michael Jordan to Philip Michael Thomas , black movers and shakers now shape US opinion on more than just race .
10 Much more than just cousins .
11 Long linear field banks or persistent field boundaries can often be suggested as something more than just divisions in the fields .
12 Laser light can now give us more than just music in our ears .
13 These larger units of text are more than just sets of sentences , and convey more meaning than the sum of the individual sentences .
14 To Rabbi Moishe , however , they were more than just delicacies , more even than symbols of the hoped-for good week to come — they were remembrances from the past , taking him back forty and more years to his distant home in Lithuania .
15 Planning , is of course likely to be more than just identification of needs .
16 This is probably more than just coincidence : it suggests that the Hall 's financial policy has been to cover the direct costs and subsidize the overheads .
17 ‘ Why do I get the feeling this is more than just coincidence ? ’
18 It is surely more than just coincidence that Alf Ramsey , later to lead England to World Cup victory in 1966 , played in both of these eye-opening defeats .
19 She and her boyfriend Jonathan Clack have become convinced the vandalism is more than just coincidence .
20 Her vision was starting to blur , with something more than just tears .
21 ‘ I want more than just weekends . ’
22 Putting aside any cynical thoughts that it 's a bit more than just communication which is needed here , I am reminded of views expressed by Prof Tony Ridley : ‘ The job of the professional is to assist the politician and clarify the issues for him .
23 Dealer Karsten Greve notes that for foreigners interested in contemporary art the Rheinland now means more than just Cologne : ‘ In Bonn , there are the new Bundeskunsthalle and Kunstmuseum Bonn ; there is the Kaiser-Wilhelm Museum in Krefelt , the Hollein-designed Museum Abteiberg in Mönchen-Gladbach , the Wilhelm-Lehmbruck Museum in Duisburg , the Museum Folkwang in Essen , the Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen in Düsseldorf and the Von-der-Heydt Museum in Wuppertal ’ .
24 Or are you rather more than just het-up ? ’
25 ‘ Soon to be more than just friends , I think , ’ he said sardonically and laughed again as he moved off .
26 It is more than just goodwill that rests on the outcome .
27 • RoC hypo-allergenic treatment make-up for skins which deserve more than just colour .
28 ‘ That job was the adventure , ’ she remembered , but he had deprived her of so much more than just adventure .
29 Money is more than just notes and coin .
30 Arm yourself with more than just protection products if you are spending a day in the sun .
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