Example sentences of "[noun prp] more than a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Indeed , he has never really fitted in since Kendall brought him down from Scotland more than a year ago . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | It did n't take Ray Doyle more than a minute to realise that he was backing a loser . |
| 5 | ‘ What 's the matter with him ? ’ demanded Perdita , who was busy trimming the hairy fetlocks of a gelding that resembled a Clydesdale more than a polo pony . |
| 6 | The sole Dino Berlinetta Speciale is now part of the permanent collection of the Le Mans car museum in France , a fitting place for a car that drew its design inspiration from the first mid-engined Ferrari sports racing cars and which shocked the world at Paris more than a quarter of a century ago . |
| 7 | Designer-suited Mase — who has appeared in EastEnders , Return of the Saint and Godfather III — offers Sharon more than a sip of la dolce vita . |
| 8 | When she left Australia more than a decade before she had prayed that God would fill her heart with love for the people to whom she was to minister . |
| 9 | Despite a string of appearances from the bench it took Watson more than a year to open his account , finally breaking his duck in the 2-1 second leg win over Spora in Luxembourg in the last round . |
| 10 | By the middle of February , when the Shah had been in Morocco more than a month , it had become common gossip in the diplomatic corps that Hassan was giving him the cold shoulder . |
| 11 | Before we 'd sailed out from Calabar more than a day , three more were born . |
| 12 | We have been in Britain more than a year now , so the Home Office has extended her visa , but each time they extend it it is only by three months or six months so that she is never eligible for school . |
| 13 | FOR the first time since peace was signed in El Salvador more than a year ago , blood has been spilled on the streets of San Salvador , the capital city . |
| 14 | Voters left two dominant impressions as they queued in the hot sun — their determination to cast their ballots in the first free election since Germany began the European conquest of Namibia more than a century ago , and their orderly , disciplined behaviour in the searing heat . |