Example sentences of "[be] [det] than a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | maybe no only they 're more than a year . |
| 2 | we 're , we 're more than a quarter . |
| 3 | The sense of satisfaction was bigger than a prop 's ribcage ; the problems had been fewer than a hooker 's braincells . |
| 4 | But if you are less than a writer of near genius , can you by simply describing what your policemen do , hold your readers spellbound ? |
| 5 | If anyone is less than a metre behind you , you lose a point ; if you are less than a metre behind anyone else , you gain a point . " |
| 6 | ‘ No , Miss Eyre , you are less than a servant , because you do not work , ’ replied Miss Abbott . |
| 7 | For Sonny , those dramatic events are less than a blur . |
| 8 | Elections are less than a month away , and Mr Anguita is probably Spain 's second most popular politician after the Socialist Prime Minister , Felipe Gonzalez . |
| 9 | County council elections are less than a week away , and one of the key issues is bound to be the state of our schools . |
| 10 | ‘ What with missing sleep and everything else , my nerves are more than a bit wrung-out , I 'm afraid . ’ |
| 11 | You are more than a grandmother . |
| 12 | And that misuse of the aerosol sprays is probably responsible for about three thousand five hundred deaths , but I think you 've got to put that into perspective , first of all against the six thousand people who are killed on the roads every year in Britain , and you 've also got to set it against our estimate that there are more than a quarter of a million people alive today who would have died in childhood if it had n't been specifically for the advantage of being able to take medicines , anti-biotics generally in their childhood to keep them alive . |
| 13 | They are more than a spark but less than a small fire and exporters have high hopes . |
| 14 | If there are more than a handful of lawyers doing personal injury work get a member of the support staff to compile and distribute a monthly newsletter . |
| 15 | No doubt you 're very switched on , when it comes to good productivity but in case , like me , you are more than a touch muddy , here are some helpful hints . |
| 16 | ‘ Others have understandably wanted to recoup their investment and the rents they are asking are more than a student can afford on a £750 a term grant . ’ |
| 17 | In any other times , it can be less than a week . |
| 18 | Climbing has to be more than a race for E points , pumping away on raddled lumps of overhanging bolt-protected , sweaty limestone , or cavorting on plywood Towers of Babel , studded with artificial holds , floodlit for a ‘ quick-fox ’ titillation of the idle masses . |
| 19 | But he 'll never be more than a pawn in their game . |
| 20 | Smack in the middle of Milton Keynes the £1m building sets out to be more than a church . |
| 21 | A growing number of people believe this may be more than a fantasy . |
| 22 | Speechreading should be more than a communication aid ; it should enrich your quality of life , perhaps assisting you to become a more observant person , more aware , more alive , with the flexibility to adapt and adjust to new circumstances and with the courage and confidence to persist . |
| 23 | It may be more than a fortnight — I do n't really know how long . " |
| 24 | Secondly , though such a society may exhibit the tension , already described , between those who accept the rules and those who reject the rules except where fear of social pressure induces them to conform , it is plain that the latter can not be more than a minority , if so loosely organized a society of persons , approximately equal in physical strength , is to endure : for otherwise those who reject the rules would have too little social pressure to fear … |
| 25 | ‘ But as you are , I can never be more than a friend to you . ’ |
| 26 | Putting patients first must be more than a slogan |
| 27 | The sign contains sufficient of the content of the thing signified to be more than a symbol . |
| 28 | Most Communists , despite their theoretical commitment to sexual equality , looked askance at any woman who aspired to be more than a tractor driver or street-sweeper . |
| 29 | She was beginning to be more than a bit worried about the expenses involved in her escape , and hoped it would n't be too long before she could escape back to anonymity and London . |
| 30 | Should be more than a bit but I got Marg . |