Example sentences of "had more than [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Selling such statements to thirteen-year-old girls is something which had more than a small measure of the bizarre .
2 His instincts finally rang the bell and told him this man had more than a casual interest in what might be going on downstairs .
3 I had more than a casual interest in politics .
4 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 .
5 This was the brainchild of Martin and Hermon Bond , two farmers , who had more than a passing interest in golf .
6 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 .
7 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 .
8 As Defries had feared , neither Ace nor Bernice had more than a few minutes ’ more power in their blasters .
9 Five percent of the mothers in the survey had more than the international limit of 350 micrograms of lead in every litre of blood in their bodies .
10 I have a suspicion that several objectors had more than the local interests at heart ; those who have enclosed part of the lane and extended their gardens on to land over which the public have a right of passage .
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