Example sentences of "[prep] more [noun sg] [conj] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By seven , after more coffee and a cigar , he had still not been able to bring any order to his confusion of thoughts . |
| 2 | This can be traced back as far at least as Lord Mansfield , who said : ‘ In all mercantile transactions the great object should be certainty and therefore it 's of more consequence that a rule should be certain , than whether the rule is established one way or the other . |
| 3 | Why does a barrow boy selling bunched radishes and salad greens in the market at Chinon know by instinct so to arrange his produce that he has created a little spectacle as fresh and gay as a Dufy painting , and you are at once convinced that unless you taste some of his radishes you will be missing an experience which seems of more urgency than a visit to the Chateau of Chinon ? |
| 4 | ‘ As my mother no longer had means to live , she died ; and I took myself off to the south in search of more sunshine and a master who asked no questions . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ OK , ’ says I with more composure than a Confucian in a comfort station . |
| 6 | ‘ OK , ’ said I with more determination than a sybarite in a sacristy . |
| 7 | Beautiful scenery , fresh air and good food , a chance to live the simple life , staying in accommodation with more character than a motel and more comfort than a tent . |
| 8 | ‘ I did n't mean to , ’ said I , slipping into the first-person with more delicacy than a dog log in a dowager 's duffle bag . |
| 9 | ‘ Do it now , ’ said I , with more authority than a gymnosophist in a lesbian love-dungeon . |
| 10 | I walked into the bar with more finagle than a ferret in a tinker 's trouser . |
| 11 | ‘ Speak on , ’ said I with more encouragement than a Brahman temple dancer at a Brown Shirt 's bump supper . |
| 12 | Moving to a residential home or nursing home can have many advantages — such as more company and a feeling of security — but it also means a major change in someone 's way of life . |
| 13 | For more information and a brochure on the Island Hotel or Tresco call 0720 22883 . |
| 14 | For more information or a copy of our brochure , please visit our showrooms or telephone /3220 . |