Example sentences of "than a [noun sg] for [noun] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | An art critic also needs a gift for persuasion , perhaps rather more than a head for exposition and argument . |
| 2 | In 1953 Antenor 's eighteen-year-old daughter , Maria Isabel , met and fell in love with James Goldsmith ( then the son of a hotel manager with little more than a taste for gambling and various romantic exploits to recommend him ) , and informed her father that she wished to marry him . |
| 3 | Heavy advertising has promoted cider as a yuppie drink , rather than a tipple for farmworkers and a succession of warm summers has also boosted sales . |
| 4 | She was inspired , it is argued , by nothing higher than a desire for self-advertisement and for the applause of Voltaire and his fellow-writers in Western Europe . |
| 5 | Glider designers sometimes choose to fit a tail-skid rather than a wheel for simplicity and cheapness , saying quite rightly that they offer a little less drag . |