Example sentences of "than simply the [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This advocated the idea of the conservation of coherent areas of townscape , rather than simply the preservation of individual buildings : from negative control to creative promotion . |
| 2 | All this simply reinforces my earlier point that not only must the field anthropologist pay close attention to the difference between normative rules and social practice but that the study of kinship is something far more complicated than simply the study of genealogies or the ramifying biological links of the domestic family . |
| 3 | When , for example , the BBC began in 1922 , a great deal more than simply the use of the new technology had to be established . |
| 4 | Perhaps she had begun to realise that she had been the victim of an unhappy marriage , rather than simply the cause of one . |
| 5 | The meanings of certain types of phrases have come to mean more than simply the combination of words from which they are composed ( sometimes they bear no relation to their constituents ) . |
| 6 | And — an important factor this , in view of the way that we found some commercial lenders now tend to make repetitive and cumulative borrowing almost an end in itself , rather than simply the means of funding one desired purchase — the union has no interest in persuading its members to borrow . |
| 7 | The foundation of this approach was a positive conception of liberty ; freedom as an actual capacity for doing or enjoying something rather than simply the absence of external constraint : |
| 8 | The description of the Count as Alfonso 's " friend " suggests that there was more to this incident than simply the curbing of an unruly vassal . |
| 9 | JUNE 's CD Review will feature ZUBIN MEHTA ; more than simply the conductor of the ‘ Three Tenors ’ concert , Mehta 's work in Romantic opera remains a significant undercurrent in his career . |