Example sentences of "have [adj] [noun] than a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The disadvantages are that the single battery has less stamina than a pod of AAs giving the same voltage , and the female terminal can splay ( or the segments fold under if the battery is installed carelessly ) . |
| 2 | But what the Opposition call a modernised valuation system has more components than a car manufactured in the constituency of the hon. Member for Dagenham , and on top of that we are promised a revaluation every year . |
| 3 | That dream world has more solidity than a house uninhabited . |
| 4 | He was also educated at Harvard and Sussex Universities and is said to have more diplomas than a university vice chancellor . |
| 5 | Every time we try to slip past Art 's table , there 'll be a pause , and then a thick whisper that beats its way right across the room , ‘ Tod Friendly : had more ass than a toilet seat . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I began to think that you had more lives than a cat . ’ |
| 7 | We have more facets than a hive has bees . |
| 8 | ‘ You have more twists than a snake ! |