Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [art] [adj] than a " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 'll find that in a simple case no more than a few minutes are required . |
| 2 | She had some olive oil ; it was in a small jar , possibly a tiny jar no larger than a perfume bottle . |
| 3 | Two hours later they pushed their way out from the cover of the trees into a tiny clearing no more than a handful of yards across . |
| 4 | Having finished his dinner the candidate retired to the spick and span little room no bigger than a cubbyhole they had placed at his disposal and , when he had put his thoughts and his speeches in good order , stepped out for a breath of air , a short stroll which led him — as he had known it would — to the newly painted door of Odette Adeane . |
| 5 | A tiny black wallet no bigger than a child 's hand . |
| 6 | Behind her in the hallway was a grey Rotweiler no bigger than a pony and no fiercer than a cobra with a hangover . |
| 7 | Growing in a neat upright habit no more than a metre or so across and two metres high at maturity , ‘ Yellow Hammer ’ produces a magnificent spring display of butter yellow , narrowly tubular flowers . |
| 8 | That evening in their room a low table no bigger than a music stool was set with food . |
| 9 | Sufferers and families need to be able to walk to the main services in their neighbourhood or to catch a bus into a local centre no more than a mile or two away . |