Example sentences of "[be] [adj] than [det] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Usually this is not the case so the average wait will be less than half a revolution . |
| 2 | The plants are often preserved as dark markings on shales , and were less than half a metre in length . |
| 3 | These little glasses , which so closely resemble eyebaths , have become a fetish , and to suggest that a common cup might be shared ( after all it is communion ) is more than many a minister would dare . |
| 4 | Self-Portrait Jumping contains ten tracks ( although one , Dreamachine , is more than half an hour long ) . |
| 5 | Sealdah is less than half a mile from the Bowbazaar district , where a cache of explosives blew up on Wednesday , killing at least 66 people . |
| 6 | In some cases there are definite indications of periodicity ; thus Beta Pegasi , in the Flying Horse , has a period of about 36 days , though the range is less than half a magnitude . |
| 7 | Well I think it 's longer than half an hour . |
| 8 | Well I think it 's longer than half an hour . |