Example sentences of "[indef pn] [adj -er] than a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The pine wood looked just the same as ever , it always did , it was always dark and dense with very narrow passages through it that would surely allow nothing bigger than a fox to weave its way through . |
| 2 | If IBM has any sense ( which is in itself a topic worthy of serious consideration ) it will offer versions of its engine for the entire ES/9000 range ; should it do so , the 9221 version might be nothing larger than a circuit board or two that fits in a standard rack . |
| 3 | The plants featured , however , embrace nothing larger than a fly , so humans are quite safe . |
| 4 | If there are to be sacrifices and belt-tightening , the Soviet leaders love nothing better than a backdrop of international threat to add pathos and realism to the drama . |
| 5 | Some of them are very , very frail and they really get something out of the music , ’ said Mr Harper who likes nothing better than a foot-tapping , clapping and smiling congregation . |
| 6 | For Christmas Day there 's nothing better than a sparkler which will carry you through any first course . |
| 7 | ‘ I adore children and love nothing better than a household full of youngsters . ’ |
| 8 | Well , he enjoyed every moment of it , as though he liked nothing better than a brawl . |
| 9 | I adore children — and love nothing better than a house full of youngsters |
| 10 | Roy Morgan from Gloucester is a life-long darts fan and enjoys nothing better than a game over a glass of rum at his local , the Plough in Tredworth . |
| 11 | It made her howl with bitterness when she was alone in the weeks that followed , and it made her grit her teeth as she strode through the streets looking for revenge , or for her baby , or for Dorothy , not too sure what she was looking for but usually coming home with nothing better than a bag of old tins . |
| 12 | And , just like the Aussie original , Newcastle United 's number nine relishes nothing better than a backs-to-the-wall shootout . |
| 13 | Something larger than a man . |
| 14 | The army was an unsatisfactory occupation for a man who lacked the money to purchase promotion , for he was likely to be in the situation of the Master of Elphinstone , who complained in 1715 that ‘ I have served as Capt[ai-n] this nine years which I have the vanity to believe intitelis me to something better than a company of foot ’ . |
| 15 | And he was young enough to hope for something better than a pat on the head from the Leaderene . |
| 16 | By my first weekend at the Centre I was that very dangerous creature , one worse than a missionary , a convert . |
| 17 | There 's nothing worse than a jam where there 's not bits in it could be anything . |
| 18 | She was inspired , it is argued , by nothing higher than a desire for self-advertisement and for the applause of Voltaire and his fellow-writers in Western Europe . |
| 19 | If you have ever tried growing anything taller than a lettuce in a grow-bag , you will have encountered the problem of floppy stakes . |
| 20 | They are happy rooting around for Fly Agaric toadstools in a farmer 's back garden until he sets the dogs on them , and would be miserable if you dragged them up anything taller than a caravan . |
| 21 | Plenty of fissures , but nowhere to hide for anything bigger than a lizard . |
| 22 | Handsome young rascal with hands that had never lifted anything heavier than a pen by the look of them . |
| 23 | ‘ I 'm sure it 's all right this time , but you should n't carry anything heavier than a handbag — that 's what my old love used to say . |
| 24 | Readers may be surprised to learn that I have never owned anything larger than a 48″ × 18″ × 18″ , though at one point many years ago a 72″ × 18″ ( angle iron , with a divided front like the windscreen in very old Morris Minors ) nearly came to live with me . |
| 25 | No longer would he have to pin all his hopes on the random burglaries that he 'd carried out in that first couple of days , none of which had turned up anything better than a shotgun or a low-calibre target weapon ; those were useless for his purpose , and he 'd left them where he 'd found them . |
| 26 | ‘ I hope you did n't get anything worse than a ducking , ’ she added , turning to Jenny . |
| 27 | The room was lit by a number of small reading lamps , none powered by anything stronger than a sixty-watt bulb . |
| 28 | Lambourn was never anything greater than a country market . |