Example sentences of "be [det] than [art] [noun] for " in BNC.
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1 | Climbing has to be more than a race for E points , pumping away on raddled lumps of overhanging bolt-protected , sweaty limestone , or cavorting on plywood Towers of Babel , studded with artificial holds , floodlit for a ‘ quick-fox ’ titillation of the idle masses . |
2 | I had never seen a police launch , but this one had an unmistakably official look about it , and in size and speed would be more than a match for either Stormy Petrel or Sea Otter . |
3 | You could see that he would be more than a match for some small female saint with no name . |
4 | The first Christians also knew that divine resources were more than a match for the dark powers . |
5 | In any case , the repressive methods employed by the Armed Police , the Civil Guard and the legal system itself were more than a match for unarmed industrial workers . |
6 | Contrasts , however , is more than a manifesto for the Gothic : it is , implicitly , a diagnosis of the social and cultural evils of the time , and a proposal for political and social change . |
7 | If you can raise your eyes from the water long enough you 'll see that the scenery is more than a match for the fishing — it 's simply breathtaking . |
8 | Man for man a unit of Elf longbowmen is more than a match for most opposing troop types . |
9 | Given a decent summer , a top English Seyval Blanc or Huxelrebe is more than a match for most Muscadets or Soaves . |
10 | The man endued with the Holy Spirit is more than a match for the unclean spirits which are such a feature in Mark 's account . |
11 | But the new Agatha Christie Society is more than an outlet for affectionate memories . |
12 | The 75 per cent requirement is less than the requirement for 90 per cent acceptances in respect of the shares to which the offer relates in order to effect a compulsory sale by the minority under CA 1985 , s429 ( see Chapter 14 ) . |
13 | The horror felt for or against the censorship is less than the feeling for the opportunity it provides to make capital out of the situation . |
14 | Proportionately , the reduction in Wales is less than the average for the United Kingdom as a whole . |