Example sentences of "[adj] than an [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Others were that ‘ need ’ as opposed to ‘ reasonable requirement ’ did not have to be shown , that the case for making an order against an officer of the company was stronger than it would be against a third party , that an order for oral examination ( as in Cloverbay itself ) was likely to be more oppressive than an order for the production of documents . |
| 2 | The archbishop of 1101 , with a clear command which required his obedience , was a different man from the Anselm of 1097 who asked for nothing better than an opportunity for escape . |
| 3 | A woman who waited more than an hour for an ambulance is to meet senior health managers to discuss the problem in Teesdale . |
| 4 | But the new Agatha Christie Society is more than an outlet for affectionate memories . |
| 5 | But while the telephone itself remains little more than an instrument for reproducing speech and other sounds at a distance , over the last decade we have seen dramatic growth in the availability and use of computers , modems and fax to transmit documentary and computerised information over the telephone network . |
| 6 | Was the Alpine orogeny no more than an encore for the Hercynian performance ? |
| 7 | General words will be implied in all leases ( other than an agreement for lease for a term exceeding three years ( Borman v Griffith [ 1930 ] 1 Ch 493 ) ) unless a contrary intention appears in the lease . |