Example sentences of "than a [adj] [noun sg] [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The advanced study of History demands far more than a retentive memory for facts or an ability to describe fluently the course of an historical event . |
| 2 | When this last measure failed to force some authorities sufficiently into line , the Conservative government , in 1984 , introduced a measure called rate capping that made it illegal for authorities designated by the Secretary of State to levy more than a certain amount in rates , their only form of independent finance . |
| 3 | Also , it may be worth pointing out that most shareware distributors offer a policy whereby users buying more than a certain number of disks pay less per disk . |
| 4 | This option is chosen automatically when more than a certain number of measurements fall outside a certain tolerance . |
| 5 | It is unlikely that more than a tiny proportion of farms will attain the bureaucratic structure associated with agribusinessmen farmers , but they are regarded suspiciously as possible Trojan horses introducing alien patterns of labour relations into the countryside . |
| 6 | None of the proposals would raise overall retail sales or have more than a tiny effect on prices . |
| 7 | This tells us nothing about the degree of harmony in the village — everyone might be at each other 's throats — but it does indicate that within the village there is a reasonably close-knit social pattern , rather than a disparate group of individuals who happen , coincidentally , to live in the same locality . |
| 8 | The computer is very fast ; it can be set to scan the text of journal articles and print out the titles of all which use significant key words more than a stated number of times , and it can be set to tell us how many times Shakespeare used a particular expression , and in each case it can give the results quite astonishingly quickly . |
| 9 | Even if the ethos does permit them to check out how they are doing , it remains unlikely that it will encourage anything more than a superficial sharing of doubts about what they are doing : about the disparity between their hopes for teaching and the effects , or lack of them , that they and their colleagues seem to be achieving . |
| 10 | Neither the novel nor the house , however , treat Gothic as more than a superficial application to values that remain essentially Palladian . |
| 11 | Sir George Trevelyan proposes that our seeing should be an active deed rather than a passive reception of images . |
| 12 | Whether citizens ' charters on the model of those introduced in Great Britain from 1991 onwards amount to more than a symbolic empowerment of consumer-citizens remains to be seen . |
| 13 | The project will try to go further than a mere description of attitudes or beliefs : the object is to explain their origins in previous experiences and to predict their implications for future action . |
| 14 | In such cases we have a notion of a whole which is more , at least phenomenologically , than a mere assemblage of parts . |
| 15 | The tunnel is more than a mere curiosity to astronomers . |
| 16 | [ T ] he state is something more than a mere collection of families , or an agglomeration of occupational organisation , or a referee holding the ring between the conflicting interests of the voluntary associations which it permits to exist . |
| 17 | These differences of orientation are what serve to separate elitism from pluralism , rather than a mere argument over numbers in the distribution of power . |
| 18 | At the same time both syllabus and materials would emphasise that the primary curriculum is seen as something much wider than a mere list of topics to be covered in class . |
| 19 | After all , Levi admits to more than a passing interest in things financial , shall we say . |
| 20 | — Wood , paper , natural fibre , cloth , or products thereof , containing no more than a negligible amount of plastics in the product or packaging . |
| 21 | The poll early next year would elect a coalition government made up of all the parties winning more than a minimum number of seats to lead the country to majority rule in the year 2000 . |
| 22 | ‘ On snow , nothing can go faster than a good man on skis . ’ |
| 23 | La Fontaine , in her review of studies of British kinship suggests that there seems to be ‘ a preference for particular siblings rather than a general solidarity with brothers and sisters ’ ( La Fontaine , 1985 , p. 54 ) . |
| 24 | Many researchers considered MT to be an extension of the code breaking techniques developed during World War 2 , whereby foreign languages were little more than a complex coding of words and translation required merely the use of a bi-lingual dictionary . |
| 25 | We are also at an advantage in having a Data Protection Act , which is more use in practice than a vague bill of rights . |
| 26 | The flat , as yet unsought , no more than a vague possibility among others , would assume dimensions , location , a horribly plausible reality in which he found himself arranging his pictures carefully on a non-existent wall , thinking over the disposal of his household goods , the exact location of his stereo system . |
| 27 | The fact of being ‘ family ’ is no guarantee that people can live together happily on a long-term basis , and almost any other good ‘ care ’ arrangement that can be made for an elderly person is better than a cat-and-dog life with relatives , where there is no common ground for agreement , and constant quarrels make home life a misery . |
| 28 | The difference of view seems to be that a deficiency of official reserves and lack of access to funds by some countries is a reflection of their creditworthiness rather than a global lack of reserves . |
| 29 | The Bible , however , is more than a great storehouse of myths , of unfocussed divine truths , for it also reveals God in full-focus . |
| 30 | Further , the failure of the police and courts to prosecute and convict more than a small proportion of rapists means that there is little effective legal deterrent . |