Example sentences of "have [adj] than a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | While Foula has a population of about forty people nowadays , Mykines has fewer than a score of permanent residents , all living in a tight group of picturesque turf-roofed cottages situated on the cliff-top above the landing-place . |
2 | He now has less than a month to ‘ re-engage ’ the negotiations before the United States imposes a savage and crippling 200pc trade tariff on £200m of imported European goods . |
3 | No Mills and Boon title has less than a print run of almost 100,000 , a figure that makes most bestseller lists look like chickenfeed . |
4 | Certainly the Springbok squad for their tour of France and England has more than a touch of the curate 's egg about it . |
5 | Then too , Sun has more than a touch of the ‘ not invented here ’ syndrome . |
6 | The latest move to supply India , a country which exploded a nuclear device in 1974 with material produced from a research reactor , typifies France 's ‘ go it alone ’ approach which has more than a hint of economic expediency in it . |
7 | He could n't have had more than a couple of hours ' sleep . |
8 | Winners of the Treble Chance swooned at the sight of the cheque and were generally paraded to the Press and public as examples of how , at any minute , any humble citizen who had never had more than a day out at Blackpool could strike gold . |
9 | The marriage lasted only a few years , cut short by the death of Eliza ; when Robert returned to the same altar at St Leonard 's in January of 1837 as a widower , he must have had more than a flash of déjà vu . |
10 | It has had more than a century and a half to prove its worth in the demanding environments of Queensland , New South Wales and even the hot , dry north west of Western Australia . |
11 | What possible reasons and motives could the Patrick Meehan Committee , consisting of a Queen 's Counsel , an MP , four solicitors and myself , have had other than a belief in Meehan 's innocence and a wish therefore to clear his name ? |
12 | And Hardy 's were probably the best known fishing tackle shop in the world and it got into the hands of one of the Hardy 's brothers and he said , ‘ May we market it under your name ? ’ and I said , ‘ My God , I 'd rather have that than a knighthood ’ — this was some years ago — and then Hardy 's were rationalized , which means of course that everything costs twice as much and there was n't as much in the shop . |
13 | He was n't blocking anything , and at the end of the alley was the street ; he 'd probably pick up a ticket between now and the time of the meeting , but that would be a small price to pay for the convenience of having less than a couple of hundred yards to drag her . |
14 | Thus nowadays a company may have less than a decade in which to recoup its investment . |
15 | If not — and those papers had less than a quarter of the total circulation — it was broadsheet . |
16 | By the time they returned , Ingrid had less than a week left , and she was becoming agitated . |
17 | So if you 've more than a mite of sense you 'll point your base somewheres else . |
18 | ‘ He also had more than a crush , ’ Vitor declared . |
19 | Neither side had more than a couple of scoring chances in the first half , and Ecchinswell took advantage of the first of these , breaking through after dispossessing Martin Whiddett on the sideline and finding a vast opening in the Alton defence . |
20 | ‘ We rarely had more than a couple of deliveries a day — we did n't have the space . |
21 | Much of James 's statement had more than a modicum of truth . |
22 | She gave her mother fifteen shillings for her keep , and had more than a pound left to spend on herself . |
23 | Their winner , an own goal from Nick Henry in the 13th minute , had more than a shade of good fortune about it . |
24 | Actually , I had more than a hand in it ; I designed all of Crate 's new tube line , even though it does n't have my name on it . |
25 | At home he rarely had more than a piece of toast and marmalade for breakfast , but when he was away he ate the whole cooked breakfast . |
26 | These first three Muftis of the capital , as well as their immediate successors , never had more than a priority of rank over those of the provinces . " |
27 | He had more than an hour to fill in before the meal : he had a maid bring him beer . |
28 | Yeah I 'm afraid so , I think it 's compounded by the fact that your , what your dad says sums it up beautifully about your mum , I was talking to him about , you know , what does she , what she 's got in her life other than what she ever had other than a home , working and so on , has she got any hobbies at home or does she do anything is there anything that takes her mind off things |
29 | The scheme also insists on lower stocking rates for farm livestock … each of these cattle has two acres of space to roam around … most cattle have less than an acre . |
30 | ‘ And you , no doubt , have more than a modicum ! ’ she snapped , infuriated by his bland arrogance . |