Example sentences of "[be] [adj] than a [noun sg] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Elections are less than a month away , and Mr Anguita is probably Spain 's second most popular politician after the Socialist Prime Minister , Felipe Gonzalez . |
| 2 | County council elections are less than a week away , and one of the key issues is bound to be the state of our schools . |
| 3 | The Tories had been in power for twelve years already , and a general election could not be more than a year away . |
| 4 | Normally Baccy would have come in closer but the wind was onshore and the storm could n't be more than an hour away . |
| 5 | It 's nicer than a satsuma really . |
| 6 | For me , a school is more than a place where the children learn their ABC and their times-table . |
| 7 | There is more than a hint here of the subsequent legislation in restraint of alienation which was to result in the English statute of Quia Emptores ( 1290 ) . |
| 8 | The offer is , apparently , to refund 20% of a fare if a train is more than an hour late . |
| 9 | But the venue is less than a mile away from Castlemorton Common , which was invaded by more than twenty thousand hippies a fortnight ago . |
| 10 | The Million Sterling Tournament is less than a month away . |
| 11 | Yes , O K then , right , because it 's more than a week away , I 'll give you a bell close to the time , just to make sure you , everything 's alright . |
| 12 | But er it 's less than a fortnight now . |
| 13 | It is higher than a year ago in every EFTA country and in every G7 country except Japan . |
| 14 | Unemployment is greater than a year ago in every country in EFTA and in every G7 country except the Netherlands . |
| 15 | In all seven broad industry categories monitored by TI , the level of failures was higher than a year previously . |