Example sentences of "[det] than an [noun sg] of [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | More than an hour of cut-and-thrust football followed , and both goalkeepers , especially Simon Taylor of Clitheroe and Lancashire , were kept busy before David Mason sealed his team 's first victory of the season . |
| 2 | ‘ Honestly , ’ Charles was saying , after more than an hour of beleaguered explanation , or semi-explanation , ‘ I did n't think you 'd take it like this , old thing , I thought you 'd — well , I thought you 'd be relieved , to tell you the truth . |
| 3 | Until last month this was little more than an expression of good intentions . |
| 4 | This kind of simple redundancy occurs widely in databases and a significant level of compression can thereby be achieved through little more than an exercise of commonsense and ingenuity . |
| 5 | For Guinnessness and Irishness go hand in hand , or glass in hand , and mean a good deal more than an island of soft green hues and a drink that 's a subtle black and white . |
| 6 | The special nature of the facts of the case mean that it has a very narrow reading and for this reason might amount to nothing more than an amalgam of common law duties not to be dishonest . |
| 7 | I simply do not know , at least not if the properties are to be non-trivial , and more than an acceptance of certain machines into the category of human beings by fiat or polite convention . |
| 8 | to spend more than an average of 90 days per year in the UK for four consecutive tax years |
| 9 | Less than an hour of BAD-style promo fun brings us excerpts from Nic Roeg and The Cotton Club , steals from James Bond and Sergio Leone , plus a rumble on the Westway directed by Jim Jarmusch . |