Example sentences of "was [vb pp] [prep] [det] than [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As for the pieds noirs , his attitude was tinged with more than a little contempt : he did not think that " southern types " like them could threaten his regime . |
| 2 | Work began the following year , using a shield which , though similar to one patented by Barlow in 1868 , was designed by Greathead ; it was forced forward by powerful screw-jacks as excavation proceeded , and the 1,350 ft. long tunnel was completed in less than a year . |
| 3 | As far as Ipswich is concerned , with the exception of the community psychiatric nurse , no one service was received by more than a minority of either sample . |
| 4 | The A55 Conwy tunnel was closed for more than an hour . |
| 5 | Icy hold-up : Birk Brow on the Guisborough-Whitby moor road was closed for more than an hour yesterday morning because of ice . |
| 6 | Tolerance was voiced by less than a sixth of male interviewees and less than a tenth of the female . |
| 7 | I was left in more than the literal darkness . |
| 8 | However , it quickly emerged that this declaration was backed by fewer than a quarter of the Platform delegates at the congress . |