Example sentences of "than [adv] a [adj] [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They featured ( i ) the reinstatement of the Ministry of Justice ( abolished in 1966 ) , the minister having the right to overturn court rulings ; ( ii ) the guaranteeing to defendants of the assistance on demand of a defence lawyer , including at the investigation stage ; ( iii ) a reduction in the number of capital offences from 34 to 11 ( retaining as capital offences treason , espionage , terrorism , murder and " economic crime " such as sabotage and theft of state property ) , and the exclusion of women from capital punishment ; ( iv ) clearer definition of the crime of agitation and propaganda against the state ( which was no longer to be a capital offence ) , in order to prevent its abuse by the authorities ; ( v ) the redefinition of internment and deportation as penal rather than administrative sanctions ( i.e. requiring a court ruling rather than merely a local authority order ) ; and ( vi ) the introduction of remission for prisoners for good behaviour . |
| 2 | Certainly , it is trying to create atmosphere rather than just a memorable sing-along tune . |
| 3 | From the outset , it has been clear that COSE , the Common Open Software Environment , would have to be more than just a unified desktop interface , and this week , two more pieces of the COSE puzzle appear to be dropping into place ( CI No 2,142 ) . |
| 4 | From the outset we 've known COSE , the Common Open Software Environment , to be more than just a unified desktop interface , and this week , two more pieces of the COSE puzzle appear to be dropping into place . |
| 5 | Experience at the Birmingham Money Advice Centre ( see Appendix III ) shows that — at least for the generally poor people who go to the Centre with money problems — mail order , check traders and other weekly callers such as tallymen are woven so closely into the fabric of daily ( or rather weekly ) life as to be more than just a possible buying choice . |
| 6 | There are , of course , more fundamental issues at stake here than just a falling training rate — which is where the second working party takes over . |
| 7 | In a blistering attack on ‘ The Football Madness ’ in 1898 , Ernest Ensor was particularly shocked by the epidemic of excitement among the fans : ‘ A constant attendant at great football matches must have seen more than once a large crowd vertere pollicem in a manner which made him thankful that murder is illegal . ’ |