Example sentences of "[be] [adj] than just the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She thought she could in the end be legitimized , be more than just the girl who had married the first man who came along in order to get away from home : daughter of a mother who 'd shacked up with her own mother 's boyfriend at that own mother 's unconscious behest — and had thereby had her life negated forever . |
| 2 | But as Duke he was to be more than just the Count of Poitou . |
| 3 | It has to pick its way through the minefield of NT and Unix and estimate whether COSE is bigger than just the desktop . |
| 4 | It has to pick its way through the minefield of NT and Unix and estimate whether COSE is bigger than just the desktop . |
| 5 | But in this book there is more than just the history of the WM & CR . |
| 6 | There is much evidence to suggest that reading is more than just the recognition of individual characters . |
| 7 | It is more than just the onset of literal night ; it is a night of the normal senses , allowing other means of knowing to arise . |
| 8 | Pearson 's agent comments : ‘ Pugwash is more than just the signature tune , and it 's not just the accordion . |
| 9 | Now it 's feared that there 's more than just the family fortunes at stake . |