Example sentences of "[noun] [adj] [det] than [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For so long she 'd held the secrets of her past under lock and key , barely allowing even Kelly much more than a glimpse into her background . |
| 2 | Wilson knew that some visiting Americans had let it be widely known in Florence that they considered Mrs Browning little more than a ghost and though she had laughed such gossip to scorn she now saw there was perhaps real cause for alarm . |
| 3 | The public sector repaid £3,834 million last month , almost £3 billion more than the City had expected and , after crediting privatisation proceeds of £6.3 billion , the shortfall in government revenue for the first ten months of the current financial year actually fell back to £21.6 billion at the end of January . |
| 4 | So we can not have a strategy for teacher development any more than a teacher can have a strategy for child development . |
| 5 | Is social development any more than the provision of village halls and recreation facilities ? |
| 6 | Mystics can not be prevented from contemplation any more than a poet can be prevented from writing poetry . |
| 7 | An expert appointed to resolve all disputes under a construction contract will need to be given the powers of an arbitrator to review certificates issued under the contract , because an expert would not have those powers any more than the court does , unless the parties agree : Northern Regional Health Authority v Derek Crouch Construction Co Ltd [ 1984 ] 1 QB 644 , and 8.4.3 . |
| 8 | Bruce Springsteen managed to pick up a new house for £2 million less than the asking price . |
| 9 | This is £9 billion more than the Government forecast only six months ago . |
| 10 | An alternative scheme for a ‘ brown-field site , costing £16 million — £9 million less than the capital cost for the favoured project — has been lightly dismissed . |
| 11 | No professional counsellor can " fix " or " caretaker for " a sufferer any more than a family member or other concerned person can do so . |
| 12 | There were no grounds for redrawing borders ; ‘ The Germans of Switzerland and Alsace do not desire to be reunited to Germany any more than the French in Belgium and Switzerland wish to become attached politically to France ’ . |
| 13 | The overall trade deficit for 1989 showed a marked improvement at $108,600 million , $10,000 million less than 1988 and $44,000 million less than the peak year of 1987 . |
| 14 | It is £50 million more than the formula consequences of the England settlement , with the result that I have that much less available for other programmes . |
| 15 | The aircraft was set on automatic pilot , leaving Vologsky little more than a passenger for the time being . |
| 16 | He stayed at St Harmon little more than a year , being appointed vicar of Bredwardine , Herefordshire , at the end of 1877 . |
| 17 | On 16 April the House Budget Committee reported out a budget resolution that incorporated $15.8 billion in cuts — $20 billion less than the administration had requested — and the battle was now joined for the votes of those who could make or break the president 's programme , the Gypsy Moths and the Boll Weevils . |
| 18 | I do n't suppose policemen like being taught their jobs any more than the rest of us do . |