Example sentences of "[det] than [adj] for [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | More than 1,500 people died in civilian air crashes throughout the world , little more than average for the decade . |
| 2 | When we want to calculate the orbits of Voyager satellites in the space programme Newtonian mechanics is more than accurate for the purpose . |
| 3 | This is more than adequate for an SLR unit . |
| 4 | We were very , very angry and more than ready for a fight . |
| 5 | Laughable in an altogether more tragic sense are No Man , who now have the dubious claim to fame of featuring three ex-members of Japan ( Steve Jansen , Richard Barbieri and Mick Kam ) in their backing band , though to the uninitiated they come across as three craggy muso casualties looking more than ready for the knacker 's yard . |
| 6 | Samuel Johnson , the lexicographer and wit was among those who , given the mortality rates of seamen and their privations on board , thought it nothing less than cruel for a father to take Campbell 's advice and commit his son to a life at sea . |