Example sentences of "[conj] [ex0] [be] [adv] than a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The public , of course , had only the word of the press to guide them , and although there was more than a germ of truth in what the tabloids reported , this was by no means the first autumn in which the Prince had spent weeks without his wife and children . |
| 2 | It was Phillips 's 13th minute shot which allowed the Canaries to close in on the leaders , although there was more than a slice of luck about it as the ball hit Nick Henry before bouncing over the stranded Oldham keeper Paul Gerrard . |
| 3 | People living in new housing , whether estates , flats or garden cities , were more satisfied with their houses and neighbourhoods than were those living in the older areas , although there was more than a hint at the loss of street-corner sociability . |
| 4 | I knew for a start that there were more than a million Japanese there . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm not sure , but Edwin told me once that there was less than a dozen pictures altogether . |
| 6 | Even The Times for a while in the aftermath of the Russian Revolution suggested that there was more than a grain of truth in the concept of a Jewish world plot . |
| 7 | ‘ Sometimes interviews can move in a different direction from the one you anticipate , ’ she said shortly , knowing that there was more than a grain of truth in what he 'd said . |
| 8 | And there was more than a smack of sympathy for terrorism in a call by a leading Fundi for a ‘ broad show of unity ’ with a group which shot dead two policemen during a demonstration at Frankfurt airport . |
| 9 | And there was more than a hint , throughout the speech , that education was primarily instrumental , not a good in itself . |
| 10 | A world of gently impending walls and grades of French & Brigand d'Amour and Symphonie du Nouveau Monde are said by my partner Johny Adams to be excellent 7as , but there are more than a dozen others ( up to 8b ) to try . |
| 11 | But there was more than a little doubt in Harriet 's mind as to whether his wife was remotely in love with him . |
| 12 | When I was a child I could remember gatherings of two or three hundred people , but there were less than a hundred out on the dry grass . |