Example sentences of "[noun] more than a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | SENIOR defence officials held private talks with Devonport dockyard on securing its future more than a year before the ministry unveiled plans to strip Rosyth of its nuclear refitting work . |
| 2 | It was an admonition more than a reprimand . |
| 3 | From the 1660s , however , Louis XIV began to press very intransigently pretensions of this kind which had already been raised unsuccessfully by Cardinal Richelieu more than a generation earlier . |
| 4 | At a meeting with the consortium more than a week ago , Caledonian directors said they would help only if they were given a controlling interest in the pit . |
| 5 | The War Wagon itself can sustain 5 wounds as shown on its profile ; this is 2 wounds more than a chariot to take into account its heavier construction . |
| 6 | You had the feeling , when you pictured her , that she looked like a boy more than a woman . |
| 7 | Nothing obscures the outlines of an orchestral passage more than a drum roll on an unrelated note . |
| 8 | After events at Chelmsford on April 30 poor Scotland probably need a guide-dog more than a Guide . |
| 9 | Indeed , he has never really fitted in since Kendall brought him down from Scotland more than a year ago . |
| 10 | Riding on the back of a tempestuous wind , this journey became an epic of its time , being accomplished at a speed which remained unequalled until surpassed by an aeroplane more than a century later . |
| 11 | In the recital series , Demidenko ( inspired by a series given by the great Anton Rubinstein in Russia more than a century ago ) will explore the development of music for piano from the 18th century to the 20th . |
| 12 | This is equivalent to five days ' trading volume on the New York Stock Exchange , 2.5 times more than a couple of years ago . |
| 13 | A DOCUMENTARY programme from NBC-TV in January 1973 , had such an impact that in the following 48 hours more than a quarter of a million copies of the associated book were sold . |
| 14 | After the 1945 election more than a quarter of the Conservative parliamentary party had been at Eton . |
| 15 | It did n't take Ray Doyle more than a minute to realise that he was backing a loser . |
| 16 | so it looks as if she saves half of her money and then spends a bit more than a quarter . |
| 17 | You just want a quick glance at it to see what she , oh well half of it 's saved and then a bit more than a quarter . |
| 18 | A bit more than a quarter on sweets and a bit less than a quarter on stationery . |
| 19 | Ewan is the 2,000th disabled person to find a job in the area of Glasgow , Renfrew and Dumbarton since the Employment Service set up a committee to spearhead initiatives in this field more than a year ago . |
| 20 | Stylish midfielder Davis , 31 , was fined and dumped from Graham 's first-team plans more than a year ago when he wrote an article in a national newspaper criticising the manager 's tactics after Arsenal 's exit from the European Cup by Benfica . |
| 21 | And all are derived from one Pininfarina concept car — the Dino Berlinetta Speciale — which made its debut more than a quarter of a century ago at the 1965 Paris show . |
| 22 | From its beginnings more than a century ago , modern mathematics has aimed at a total abstraction in the interests of rigour and distillation of its logic . |
| 23 | The Catacomb Abyss More than a game … |
| 24 | ‘ There 's a real scene in Dublin , a vibe more than a scene . |
| 25 | She sold the place more than a year ago . |
| 26 | Daniels is a thinker more than a doer when it comes to rehearsing tricks . |
| 27 | ‘ Just afterwards , he said he had decided not to do it because of other work commitments , so the project came to a halt as a result of the difficulty in finding an actor to play the part ; it was n't really a gag script — it was made for an actor more than a comedian . |
| 28 | To make matters worse , the value of homes has dropped dramatically since they were fixed for the council tax more than a year ago . |
| 29 | Mr Bird ( not Mrs — not in 1830 ) started that second-hand clothing business more than a century and a half ago . |
| 30 | A 17-YEAR-OLD Fermanagh youth has died in hospital from injuries he received in a road accident more than a week ago . |