Example sentences of "for [det] than [art] [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I think they can make a much more plausible case for this than the invasion of Grenada [ in 1983 ] or the Dominican Republic in the Sixties , ’ said an American university law professor , Mr Robert Goldman . |
| 2 | If you can do business each week for less than the price of a TV licence , the government has a deal for you . |
| 3 | The strategy is to sell the plug compatibles for less than the price of the equivalent IBM machine but to make them at least as powerful , or to provide more for the same money . |
| 4 | There are plenty of dealers who can offer you a computer for less than the price of a Dell , Elonex or a Dan ; but will the support be as good ? |
| 5 | Microsoft 's latest scheme to increase its market share in the Macintosh software arena is a trade-in deal which nets a customer the four Microsoft applications which make up the integrated Microsoft Office pack for less than the price of just one of those applications . |
| 6 | The result is that ordinary motorists can now pick them up at the more respectable auctions for less than the price of an everyday family car . |
| 7 | If not , should heads settle for less than the whole of their ideal or keep on pressing their colleagues ? |
| 8 | As the bulk of the material was culled from just three radio sessions , this proved that an album of quality could still be made for less than the cost of recording your average chart single . |
| 9 | Whether yours is a family garden which has to sustain the rigorous attentions of children , a more sedate garden for entertaining al fresco , or a small city garden with little room for more than a couple of raised flowers beds , a patio can give your home and lifestyle a whole new dimension . |
| 10 | Even the biggest stars rarely sell 6m copies ( as Janet must do if Virgin is to make a profit ) for more than a couple of records . |
| 11 | The second , or spare rod , is never left to fish for itself for more than a couple of minutes . |
| 12 | Kelly liked the man but dreaded those rare occasions when their conversations lasted for more than a couple of sentences . |
| 13 | I ca n't hang around with anyone , if I hang around with anyone that 's a smackhead for more than a couple of days , then it 's going to be tempting , so I 've got to keep meself away from them . |
| 14 | One broken collar-bone , and a cut on the back of his shoulder — and even that refused to bleed for more than a couple of minutes . |
| 15 | Her breezy smile left little room for more than a grin of agreement . |
| 16 | In 1989 they accounted for more than a quarter of BR 's total charter-train revenue — and the trend is ever upwards . |
| 17 | At one point the queue stretched four deep for more than a quarter of mile . |
| 18 | The SNP needs a swing of nearly 9 per cent but the polls show the Nationalists gaining ground in Scotland and Labour and the Liberals — who accounted for more than a quarter of the vote in Galloway last time — are likely to be squeezed . |
| 19 | One woman with this problem , whose rather self-absorbed elderly mother used to keep her on the telephone for hours with doom-laden conversations , solved it by telling her that she had developed migraine which was always triggered off by holding a phone to her ear for more than a quarter of an hour at a time ! |
| 20 | Schools and their children have suffered change after change for more than a quarter of a century , especially since the Tories came to power . |
| 21 | For more than a quarter of a million motorists , choosing a car can be an especially frustrating experience . |
| 22 | Runciman had sympathisers within the Federation in favour of a more liberal approach which , he believed , would bring a ready response from Wilson , but they were in a minority to those dominated by the formidable George A. and Cuthbert Laws , father and son , whose implacable anti-union line prevailed for more than a quarter of a century . |
| 23 | ‘ I doubt if Aldhelm would have lain helpless for more than a quarter of an hour from that blow on the head . |
| 24 | For more than a quarter of a century historians have been using computers to help analyse voting behaviour in English parliamentary elections . |
| 25 | There was no room in either of the two books for more than a suggestion of the way a woman might be changed by a complicated political and personal dilemma . |
| 26 | Yet it is very hard to believe that this sort of explanation can account for more than a handful of hoards , if any . |
| 27 | The only people who did keep in touch with Ken for more than a block of years in which they were extremely close , only for it all to fade away , were Stanley Baxter and Gordon Jackson . |
| 28 | Shrewsbury will never be Welsh again for more than a matter of days , and Llewelyn has the wit to recognise it . |
| 29 | Many people whose films have been lost have taken the processors to court , winning compensation for more than the cost of the film . |
| 30 | Clearly , information from the subcortical visual system can , under some circumstances , be used for more than the control of visual reflexes . |