Example sentences of "more [conj] just a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 He was more than just a hypochondriac .
2 Is it because all the people who have lived here have left little bits of themselves behind , so that it has become more than just a shelter against the wind and the rain ?
3 And Liberal leader Paddy Ashdown 's popularity actually increased after the revelation that he 'd dipped more than just a toe into the typing pool .
4 And this was more than just a professorship .
5 It was my own experiences with herbal treatments , due to being ill over the past few years , that convinced me that there was more than just a placebo effect at work .
6 Nevertheless , it has taken more than just a pinch of the new S-class 's style with its first real attempt at a grille , cut down into the front bumper .
7 maybe even more than just a day .
8 Giving good Press : Fashanu has always been more than just a footballer
9 But nervousness and vacillation over direct state intervention was more than just a problem of administration .
10 Although it was hardly conclusive proof they were the same kegs as those discovered by the vagrant , all the signs pointed to it being more than just a coincidence .
11 But it was more than just a pub crawl .
12 Is he more than just a basher of indifferent bowling , of which there is currently plenty ?
13 Luke 's no fool ; he could see that so far as I was concerned Elise was more than just a client .
14 In de Gaulle 's mind , the empire was more than just a source of potential recruits .
15 By this stage , Des was more than just a mascot .
16 There is , however , more than just a need ; for there is fundamental necessity for vision at all levels of human affairs ; all groups of people , even small teams as well as nations , must have a vision , or everything subsides into confusion and what is worse , lets power fall into the hands of practical , and unseeing men who press only their own interests , leading to strife and despair .
17 There was more than just a matter of fifty years separating her life from that of Johnny Latimer .
18 Everything here was different and therefore better : the stiff-backed brass taps , the cut of the banister , the genuine oil paintings ( we had a genuine oil painting too , but not as genuine as that ) , the library which somehow was more than just a roomful of books , the furniture old enough to have woodworm in it , and the casual acceptance of inherited things .
19 The end of a chapter in Alton 's history and of an institution which , the Rev. Robert Gussman said , was ‘ more than just a hospital , more a family home . ’
20 Lawyers in Local government more than just a career .
21 I knew right then you were the one that I was caught up in physical objection but to my satisfaction baby you were more than just a phase .
22 Having you family portrait done by a professional photographer gives you more than just a reminder of what your children looked like as they grew up , because a professional has all the best equipment necessary for a top-quality portrait .
23 His games connection that year was more than just a marketing one ; it was also the third time he had been chosen for the Scotland team as a pole-vaulter .
24 The man was more than just a mystery , he was an intricate , mesmerising maze .
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