Example sentences of "and [det] than a [noun] of " in BNC.
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1 | Brooks Brothers ' past success was based on the personal touch and more than a soupcon of snobbery . |
2 | WITH CHARACTERISTIC PRECISION AND MORE THAN A SOUPÇON OF INSPIRATION , THE SWISS CREATED THE DUROMATIC |
3 | During this time we organized two national conferences for students with disabilities and more than a handful of steadily more accessible conferences for lesbians and gays . |
4 | Certainly he came under such guidance from within his family which clashed with his own predilections , for his varsity life seems to have been plagued by vocational uncertainty and more than a touch of its weakening indifference . |
5 | The smile was still there , but behind it now was a hint of trouble , and more than a hint of tiredness . |
6 | A fruit and vegetable mixture with a delicately balanced flavour and more than a hint of summer . |
7 | At present north Belfast and Newtownabbey contain less than five per cent of the office space in Greater Belfast : much less than is contained in the small area around the university and less than a quarter of that found in east Belfast . |