Example sentences of "[verb] is more than " in BNC.
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| 1 | But surely what we want is more than just housework to be waged and left as it is ? |
| 2 | Of course communicating is more than just telling someone something . |
| 3 | Pete Harvey flies … races … and competes for fun … for him hangliding is more than a sport … more than a hobby … it 's a passion |
| 4 | For Conrad , this is as it should be : that see means both to perceive and to comprehend is more than an accident of metaphor . |
| 5 | To quench is more than to refresh although our lying , lascivious eyes tell us the two are the same . |
| 6 | And Rover 's refined and carefully designed interior — with sunroof , central locking and four-speaker stereo , all fitted as standard — ensure that the Metro GTi 's big car feel is more than just skin deep . |
| 7 | The additional calories are spent on muscular activity , and the heat generated is more than enough to maintain the subject 's temperature against the steep environmental gradient . |
| 8 | But the neglect of girl children through the centuries of theorising is more than a social injustice , though many might think this real and bad enough . |
| 9 | ‘ Which it would seem is more than could be said for your father 's . ’ |
| 10 | Here , the argument I want to make is more than that critical thought is an important feature of higher education . |