Example sentences of "[det] than [art] [adj] [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There 's less fun in that than the Ideal Home mail order offer to pamper your bottom , at least if you 're a cyclist . |
| 2 | Your call should not cost more than a first class stamp . |
| 3 | I gather that the match was played at the new centre — little more than a new clay court being put down in an old car park and towering scaffolding stands then being erected around it , rising almost vertically so that it gave the impression of the fans literally hovering over the court . |
| 4 | And it must pay no more than a reasonable service fee to agents . |
| 5 | The whole of the difference could be a consequence of the operation of the acquired equivalence mechanism , with the acquired distinctiveness procedure constituting no more than a neutral control procedure . |
| 6 | Yet , a number of democratic constitutions today contain more than a mere organisation chart of functions and powers ; they contain Bills of Rights , which may also include a charter of social and economic rights , something characteristic of constitutions of the twentieth century , although generally honoured more in the breach than in the observance . |
| 7 | To be worth two murders in eight days , Ascot had to be more than a mere gambling scam . |
| 8 | Over and over again , Tchaikovsky makes his pieces something much more than a mere salon diversion by forming his tunes out of small , constantly changing and evolving melodic cells . |
| 9 | If you see and screen more than a certain target number of patients you will get paid more . ’ |
| 10 | And we do not charge the earth — in fact no more than a good quality single or double ‘ standard ’ bed . |
| 11 | Cantona claimed the equaliser to disprove accusations that he 's no more than a ball-juggling circus act . |
| 12 | Apparently it is not intended to decide that a bowler with a long run pays more than a dashing opening batsman , but rather to ensure that a highly-paid Test cricketer does not necessarily pay the same amount as a young uncapped player . |
| 13 | However the weekend was just more than a low key steam event at the Centre at Derby Road for the Centre was also providing one half of the motive power , the two passenger coaches , and operating staff at Preston Docks in connection with the Steam Fair staged as part of the 1992 Preston Guild Celebrations . |
| 14 | Scorning more than a small peppermint humbug , I went into the little church of St. Nicholas . |
| 15 | Erm you could n't put erm anything that was you know more than a small pedal bin size . |
| 16 | It was little more than a glass-sided army hut , but there was plenty of mahogany , ebony and zebra skin , and a tall cone of polished copper in the centre of the floor became a fireplace at the touch of a switch . |
| 17 | However , it is only fair to add that , in this case , the surviving windmill structure was little more than a ruinous stone stump before conversion work began ( Plate 41 ) . |
| 18 | Parliament is already arguing that the referendum was no more than a glorified opinion poll . |
| 19 | The Irish Labour Party in Derry quickly collapsed , leaving McGonagle at the head of his own small Independent Labour group , which was little more than a personal election machine . |
| 20 | It was reported that he had said the Government ‘ had fallen flat on its face in dealing with the situation ’ , adding that law and order did not exist in this country at the moment ; that there could be up to five million illegal immigrants in Britain ; and that judges should be able to impose the death sentence on anyone convicted of an offence carrying more than a fifteen year sentence . |
| 21 | This was recognised as requiring much more than a technical management process . |
| 22 | " It 's worth remembering , Chuck , that without the white man 's know-how this road would be nothing more than a dusty cart track today . |
| 23 | An example from German would be : Because two ( or more ) changes are involved , something more than a simple substitution drill is required for mastering these features . |
| 24 | Though David Newnham , in the Guardian ( 24 July 1990 ) , calls the film " post- modernism : the movie " , Scott 's version is little more than a violent adventure story . |
| 25 | There are 20-odd literary prizes for children 's books , but is a gold medal stuck to the cover any more than a clever marketing ploy ? |
| 26 | However , there is no evidence to show that British importers ever used fish caught by drift-net which suggests to some that the agreement may be nothing more than a clever marketing ploy . |
| 27 | Yet those who know Diana know this is nothing more than a working business arrangement . |
| 28 | The strongest contender is the overjacket or car coat , which is little more than a sophisticated donkey jacket . |
| 29 | A gravel tidy , which is no more than a fine plastic mesh , should then be laid over the coarse medium and should be neatly trimmed to fit snugly into all the corners and around the uplifts . |
| 30 | Ferrari chose to hide its two-pedal Mondial on component supplier Valeo 's stand in the faint hope of convincing people its clutchless transmission was no more than a experimental engineering car . |