Example sentences of "[noun] have [adj] than a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Neither side had more than a couple of scoring chances in the first half , and Ecchinswell took advantage of the first of these , breaking through after dispossessing Martin Whiddett on the sideline and finding a vast opening in the Alton defence . |
| 2 | Then too , Sun has more than a touch of the ‘ not invented here ’ syndrome . |
| 3 | Certainly the Springbok squad for their tour of France and England has more than a touch of the curate 's egg about it . |
| 4 | Though of course Müller-Claudius 's ‘ sample ’ was hardly a representative one , the responses have more than a ring of plausibility about them , and , coming from Nazis who had been in the Party since before Hitler 's ‘ seizure of power ’ , can be extended a fortiori to ‘ non-organized ’ Germans . |
| 5 | No Mills and Boon title has less than a print run of almost 100,000 , a figure that makes most bestseller lists look like chickenfeed . |
| 6 | Its fine architecture decorated with giant banded pilasters have more than a hint of northern Mannerism in spite of the fact that they were finished as late as 1653 . |
| 7 | While Foula has a population of about forty people nowadays , Mykines has fewer than a score of permanent residents , all living in a tight group of picturesque turf-roofed cottages situated on the cliff-top above the landing-place . |
| 8 | Much of James 's statement had more than a modicum of truth . |
| 9 | If not — and those papers had less than a quarter of the total circulation — it was broadsheet . |
| 10 | By the time they returned , Ingrid had less than a week left , and she was becoming agitated . |