Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] [adj] than a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Normally , if you want nothing more than a passage anchorage , Dale , down near the entrance , will serve very well , but we felt Neyland merited a first visit , and thanks to going there we had this early morning enchantment of seeing ships , great and small , going about their work . |
| 2 | ‘ Strathclyde and the people it serves deserve nothing less than a commission . |
| 3 | The three characters are portrayed with vivid detail and lively humour : two sailors who flirt with a girl but find her more than a match for either of them . |
| 4 | Well , if you want my advice , I 'd say make him more than a friend , if you get my meaning . |
| 5 | ( The Booker , thought Jeffrey , had recently become nothing more than a branch of Overseas Development . ) |
| 6 | The plants featured , however , embrace nothing larger than a fly , so humans are quite safe . |
| 7 | If there are to be sacrifices and belt-tightening , the Soviet leaders love nothing better than a backdrop of international threat to add pathos and realism to the drama . |
| 8 | ‘ I adore children and love nothing better than a household full of youngsters . ’ |
| 9 | I adore children — and love nothing better than a house full of youngsters |
| 10 | Scorpios love nothing more than a chance to break a social taboo . |
| 11 | It is important in using this method to exclude all transfer payments as these represent nothing more than a redistribution of income from taxpayers to the transfer recipients ; including them , therefore , would involve double-counting . |
| 12 | ‘ You have nothing more than a dislike of Mr Connon and a very nasty twist in your mind which is going to get you into very serious trouble indeed . |
| 13 | Most were still bewildered by the way Northampton opened out the game to create openings for surprise attacks , and after a 4–1 win at Swindon , the Railwaymen 's international winger Fleming told Chapman : ‘ You have something more than a team : you have a machine . ’ |