Example sentences of "[det] than a [noun sg] or [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The next chapter examines the governmental context of Charles 's fiscal and monetary methods : his imitation of late-Roman emperors was something more than a charade or a figleaf for impotence . |
| 2 | Group size is very small , rarely amounting to more than a singleton or a mother with a dependent infant . |
| 3 | Attached to the Palace at Hailing in medieval times was the Bishop 's or Church Prison , mainly used for detaining those accused of lesser crimes such as debt and was probably no more than a cell or a building without windows but lit from a small skylight . |
| 4 | ‘ Highlander is much more than a place or an institution . |
| 5 | Would nothing less than a scream or a thrown object penetrate him ? |