Example sentences of "[adv] [adj -er] than a [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her papoose — not much bigger than a child of ten or twelve , so insubstantial had Sycorax become — was slid into the shaft feet first , so that Sycorax 's head was nearest to the surface of the ground , slightly tilted so that she would face upwards in death , her mouth near the earth and the living who walked on it . |
| 2 | The casual visitor to Dall 's crowded study might miss seeing a hyper-sensitive barometer sitting on the shelf , not much larger than a can of beans . |
| 3 | Also I did n't have much money , and barn owls are much cheaper than a lot of birds of prey . |
| 4 | The match proceeded at a pace not much sharper than a cast of world veterans had produced earlier — including United 's own Bobby Charlton , who popped home a goal to show his heirs how to do it . |
| 5 | First he handed over a bundle of Russian paper money that was little bigger than a wad of visiting cards , and some coins jangled . |
| 6 | Police sources said the use of bombs little heavier than a packet of butter could herald a new tactic aimed at beating the roadblocks that have been set up in London for the first time . |
| 7 | About ⅛″ is a suitable size for a close-mesh net , not larger than a quarter of an inch in the case of a home-made , drilled plate where the holes can be spaced more widely apart . |
| 8 | Quicker than Sterland — but he was also quicker than a lot of defenders in those days . |
| 9 | Carrington was carrying what appeared to be a portable radio : Grant had a black metallic box slightly larger than a sheet of foolscap paper and less than three inches thick . |
| 10 | But I tend to think he is probably fitter than a lot of the other players . |
| 11 | The radial shields are rounded triangular to teardrop shaped , slightly greater than a quarter of the disk diameter in length , distally contiguous except for a row of granules which runs along the suture . |
| 12 | Also his playing career with us was far shorter than a lot of these blokes . |
| 13 | This program is the best of its kind on the market for page making facilities , it is far better than a number of ‘ Commercial ’ pagemaking programs that are popular with users who only have a dot-matrix printer . |
| 14 | Topics investigated will include : social origins of singers ; their training ; the castrati as a group ( far wider than a handful of notorious star singers ) and as a symptom of economic depression ; the shift from reliance on royal or aristocratic patrons to professional independence and cash earnings ; changing contractual arrangements ; and singing as a means to social advancement and to women 's independence . |
| 15 | I can see them appealing to players who want to change from a rack unit crammed with sounds that are hardly ( if ever ) used , back to something which is as simple as , or even simpler than a row of pedals . |