Example sentences of "have [adj] than a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 A third party may assert that it has more than a mere interest in a certain subject , since it has a legal right81 in the subject matter of the dispute , or a right granted under a treaty between the parties .
2 Willy Russell 's Liverpool-based woman-at-play film has more than a passing resemblance to Letter to Brezhnev but is none the worse for that .
3 This rare and peculiar fossil looks rather like a sea-lily without arms , and has more than a passing resemblance to a tennis racket !
4 Such a framework has more than a passing similarity with the career structure observed by Howard Parker in his study of young delinquents in Liverpool .
5 The Bible has more than a few things to say about astrology and fortune-telling .
6 She had had fewer than a dozen poems published in magazines — usually small , regional ones — during the twenty-five years she had been writing .
7 And yet , ever since they had returned to New York , Laura had barely had more than a few minutes ' private conversation with her husband .
8 He could n't have had more than a few hours ’ sleep .
9 If you have had more than a little alcohol you would probably become so relaxed that you fell asleep and nothing the therapist was saying would register at all .
10 Er , whether they , a different government would legislate erm , against people having more than a twenty percent stake in er , B Sky B for instance remains to be seen .
11 He would have to pretend , however , that Carole was as keen as he was that Amaranth should have more than a fair crack of the whip .
12 He was going to have less than a sensational report to make to his captain , Van Gelder reflected .
13 Thus , it is clear that the system is not going to get easier for advisers , and it is going to be increasingly important for them to have more than a passing understanding and experience of it .
14 I had fewer than a hundred rounds for the gun which I kept solely as a deterrent for those remote places where cruising yachtsmen are seen as plump victims , ripe for pillaging , and the Webley offered me good protection for , though the gun was over seventy years old , it was massively built and frighteningly powerful .
15 Selling such statements to thirteen-year-old girls is something which had more than a small measure of the bizarre .
16 His instincts finally rang the bell and told him this man had more than a casual interest in what might be going on downstairs .
17 I had more than a casual interest in politics .
18 There 'd been a lot of changes under the malais , I 'll give them that , even if most of the development was for reasons of military necessity and accomplished , like the Japanese for whom they had more than a sneaking admiration , with forced-draft labour .
19 This was the brainchild of Martin and Hermon Bond , two farmers , who had more than a passing interest in golf .
20 Immediately — and this can be well understood — Coastal Command had more than a passing interest because it was having a desperate struggle with the U-boats in the Atlantic and , naturally , it was very keenly supported by the Admiralty and the Navy to boot , to get hold of this latest model .
21 Two community or measles studies that we included had more than a single death and were not individually statistically significant : those by Barclay et al and Vijayaraghavan et al .
22 As Defries had feared , neither Ace nor Bernice had more than a few minutes ’ more power in their blasters .
23 60% of child cycle owners have less than a two kilometre journey to school ;
24 None of the proposals would raise overall retail sales or have more than a tiny effect on prices .
25 Inner cities have more than a proportionate share of social problems .
26 This means that members in the Republic of Ireland who are over twenty five years of age and have more than a three year no claim bonus have had no increase in premium for over three years and for all other policyholder there has been no increase for over two years .
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