Example sentences of "[adj] than a [noun] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Wolverines ' stock of blast and frag grenades would likewise be of little avail , though since each grenade hardly bulked larger than a coin the Scouts could at least retain their pursefuls of those in case they needed to kill at a distance . |
| 2 | Much less embarrassing than a kissogram the perfect fantasy served up on a plate . |
| 3 | For more than a century the Board has been providing qualifications for industry that are internationally recognised and this pedigree leaves it ideally positioned to contribute to the growing need for transportable workplace focused qualifications . |
| 4 | For more than a decade the real value of student maintenance grants has been continuously eroded . |
| 5 | You were no more than a boy the last time I saw you … twelve , thirteen at the most . |
| 6 | And the sea 's greatest known depth of 36,200 feet exceeds by more than a mile the height of Mount Everest . |
| 7 | In less than a minute the little band of rabbits had disappeared into the dim , moonlit night . |
| 8 | Despite these particular difficulties with older urban areas , it is generally true to say that in less than a decade the Dutch created and adopted a revolutionary residential environment which , even in car-dominated cities , displayed many of the benefits of the street in the pre-motorised era . |
| 9 | In less than a century the world of sound-recording had expanded from a plaything for amateurs to a world-wide billion-dollar industry , and it looks set to stay that way . |
| 10 | In less than a generation the pirate peoples who were notorious for forging themselves and their sailing craft through impossible conditions had acquired the ability to command undreamed-of tonnage and horsepower with their big toes . |
| 11 | In less than a year the pair have already made significant progress . |
| 12 | 4.1 the Rent payable without any deduction by equal quarterly payments in advance on the usual quarter days in every year and proportionately for any period of less than a year the first such payment being a proportionate sum in respect of the period from and including the Rent Commencement Date to and including the day before the quarter day next after the Rent Commencement Date to be paid on the date of this Lease and |
| 13 | Within less than a mile the swift darkness closed around them and they stopped . |
| 14 | But with anything less than a gale the house filled with smoke and the door had to be opened . |
| 15 | In less than a month the Rose Bowl would be hers . |
| 16 | In less than a week the impeccable Rochester had been transformed into a kind of boarding-house . |
| 17 | Now , last weekend 's cycle ride down the new section of the M forty once looked threatened by being blown away as the Met Office warned of impending storms , but in fact the sun shone down on the riders and today , less than a week the counting is done and Mike Biddolph from Oxfordshire County Council , who also took part in the event , has come up with the grand total of — how much have you raised Mike ? |