Example sentences of "have [adj] [noun sg] than [art] [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 | It has less memory than the MP version , but can still be upgraded to MP capability . |
| 3 | There is no difference between government coverage and party coverage in this respect except that government has more initiative in determining the news , which means that it has more opportunity than the opposition to ensure that its coverage is favourable . |
| 4 | If the reader has more knowledge than the writer has supposed , then he will tend to disregard the discourse that has been plotted in the act of writing and simply take from the text whatever best suits his purpose . |
| 5 | That dream world has more solidity than a house uninhabited . |
| 6 | The ITF has more power than the ATP but the ITF needs the ATP . ’ |
| 7 | Once again , however , the declared aim and the reality are not actually coterminous , and prevention as such has always had lower status than the task of catching those who do the taking . |
| 8 | In general , the Commons has had less success than the Congress in either developing its own sources of information or in forcing information out of the executive . |
| 9 | Before the 1980s its lowest ebb was probably during the last years of Stalin 's life when his private office and the secret police seem to have had more influence than the party . |
| 10 | May have less quality than the riding horse , but must be suitable for all riding club activities . |
| 11 | It seemed to have more life than the photograph . ’ |
| 12 | He seems to have more idea than the ould feller . ’ |
| 13 | Hugh de Tracy refused me his daughter as if I had less worth than the slave who cleans out the garderobe tunnel . |
| 14 | String instruments always raised difficulties , because they had less power than the wind section , and their operators needed more ‘ elbow-room ’ . |
| 15 | It is doubtful if the claim of the kings of Burgundy and Italy to bear the title emperor had more substance than the fact that they held the north of Italy and the chief routes over the Alps and were therefore in a position to put pressure on the pope . |
| 16 | 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 . ’ |
| 17 | Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra had more fun than the audience in the comedy western Four for Texas ( 1963 ) , and in 1964 Bing Crosby joined Sinatra , Martin and Davis for Robin and the Seven Hoods . |
| 18 | I opened them with my teeth and found that most had more flavour than the chicken . |
| 19 | TTT could threaten these , especially if the visiting teacher had higher status than the class teacher . |
| 20 | Pinot Blanc wines in Champagne have more body than the Chardonnay and a greater alcoholic potential , but they lack finesse and usually remain neutral or possess a slightly earthy taste . |