Example sentences of "more [noun] than a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So I needed no more prompting than a letter from Sean Constable of Runcorn for me to choose Marcus Miller on Sanborn 's Hey for this month 's analysis ( enjoy your Elites , Sean ) . |
| 2 | Any one of these teams could inflict more damage than a wing of Luftwaffe bombers in the Second World War . |
| 3 | I 've gone it alone more times than a hermit with attitude . |
| 4 | A properly signed and endorsed witness statement will carry more weight than a transcript should it be necessary to admit it under the Civil Evidence Act in the event of the witness being unable to give evidence at trial . |
| 5 | to inspire more action than a sigh — |
| 6 | Look out for the splatter ( a knuckle-cracking heavy who uses more force than a bouncer ) , pay a quick visit to heaven and hell , and as for Santa 's in-store ‘ grotty ’ … it 's tacky , vulgar , and full of overpriced garbage they could n't sell during the year ! |
| 7 | ‘ I began to think that you had more lives than a cat . ’ |
| 8 | A National Film Studio , combining the small companies into one strong conglomerate , had been proposed , but this idea made no more headway than a proposal to negotiate a reciprocity deal with the Americans , whereby they would take a certain number of British films into national distribution in return for free access to British screens . |
| 9 | I 've always been skiing with my parents , so I 've been to America to visit friends , and that 's not been like sightseeing , or something , and I just have n't been anywhere , and erm , I mean , I suppose I 've been to a lot more countries than a lot of people who 've , you know , there 's a lot of people who have n't |
| 10 | ‘ OK , ’ said I with more determination than a sybarite in a sacristy . |
| 11 | The techniques he employs , he says , give him more flexibility than a potter and allow him maximum flexibility with malleable qualities of the metals he employs . |
| 12 | In fact , because of Police and Trade Union restrictions , a motor bus running in London is allowed very little more flexibility than a trolleybus . |
| 13 | In estimating the number of phonemes in spoken versions of words such as " autumn " and " session " both groups of poor spellers made more errors than a group of good spellers , regardless of whether or not they were good readers . |
| 14 | I walked into the bar with more finagle than a ferret in a tinker 's trouser . |
| 15 | And what difference will it make to a government which has made more U-turns than a snake ? ’ |
| 16 | Truth to tell , though , the Scottish second division strugglers have had a fair few ‘ last ’ games recently — more funerals than a Co-op undertaker . |
| 17 | A tawny giant with shoulders and arms like a blacksmith 's , he had lean hips , more freckles than a gull 's egg , a snub nose , sleepy honey-coloured eyes , Bart 's pugnacious jaw and red-gold hair sticking up like a Dandy brush . |
| 18 | Asking whether God exists has no more meaning than a grunt or a belch . |
| 19 | A man alone always attracts more attention than a couple together . |
| 20 | Beautiful scenery , fresh air and good food , a chance to live the simple life , staying in accommodation with more character than a motel and more comfort than a tent . |
| 21 | Every time we try to slip past Art 's table , there 'll be a pause , and then a thick whisper that beats its way right across the room , ‘ Tod Friendly : had more ass than a toilet seat . ’ |
| 22 | He was also educated at Harvard and Sussex Universities and is said to have more diplomas than a university vice chancellor . |
| 23 | The survey showed that almost two-thirds of small firms were selling on credit and 40 per cent were giving more credit than a year previously . |
| 24 | such as those involved in printing , use more water than a dye works that scours and dyes fabrics by simple processes . |
| 25 | ‘ I did n't mean to , ’ said I , slipping into the first-person with more delicacy than a dog log in a dowager 's duffle bag . |
| 26 | We have more facets than a hive has bees . |
| 27 | For what a horse does under compulsion … he does without understanding , and with no more grace than a dancer would display if a person should whip and spur him during his performance … |
| 28 | His confidence in the Queen 's ability to ‘ bounce back ’ seems to be borne out in surveys , with 10 per cent more people than a year ago naming her as their favourite royal . |
| 29 | ‘ More trouble than a load of kids , ’ was the view of an elderly sergeant of police . |
| 30 | In many countries , regular servings of beer , wine and spirits contain roughly the same amount of alcohol — but many people still believe that a measure of spirits contains more alcohol than a glass of beer . |