Example sentences of "take [adj] than a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It takes more than a poisonous soda to subdue me . ’ |
| 2 | IT TAKES more than a sending-off to halt the Portadown juggernaut these days . |
| 3 | It takes more than a few days but it goes again , just about . |
| 4 | ‘ It takes more than a few bruises , and a few kicks , to make people like us talk , eh ? ’ |
| 5 | Takes more than a little snow ( like four feet of it in the suburbs ) to slow down the charging bull of Oracle Corp , and the company yesterday said that ‘ Through Rain , Sleet or the Coldest Arctic Snow in Century , the show will go on for Oracle 's Product Announcement of Cooperative Development Environment in New York City today ! ’ adding that ‘ If you are stuck on the sunny west coast attending UniForum , please join us for the delayed CDE announcement and demonstration . ’ |
| 6 | The likes of Dr James Halden would n't take more than a passing interest in a common domestic servant . |
| 7 | Meanwhile , Falkirk will take more than a passing interest in two Premier Division matches tonight , and hoping that the Old Firm do them a favour by beating fellow strugglers Dundee and Motherwell . |
| 8 | It would take more than a sharp tongue to cut down Alexander Vass . |
| 9 | It will take more than a bloody hurricane to stop me . ’ |
| 10 | It 'll take more than a tender touch to help the victims of the oily sea . |
| 11 | This option was given to working wives in 1948 and withdrawn in 1978 but women who had already chosen to pay the reduced rate were allowed to continue , provided they did not take more than a two-year break from employment after 1978 . |
| 12 | ‘ From what I 've seen of Officer Hassan , it would take more than a missing golf-club to prise him away from his suicide theory . ’ |
| 13 | It will take more than a few scandal-mongers to sink him . |
| 14 | Thinking it had taken the old baggage long enough to show some concern , and it would take more than a few mumbled words to alter things . |
| 15 | But it 'll take more than a few bruises to soften him up . |
| 16 | ‘ It 'd take more than a few facts to convince Dudley Ford that he 's mistaken ! |
| 17 | It may take less than a tenth of a second , yet the fish do not bump into each other . |
| 18 | ‘ He took more than a proper liking to me , and when I indicated that I was not interested in his advances he had me cast off … without a reference , so that I can not find suitable employment . ’ |
| 19 | Taking more than a passing interest in the glam rock movement of the '70s , Suede 's debut — with it 's thick pounding drum intro , drawled Bowie-like vocals and brash bursts of chugging guitar — was never likely to pass unnoticed . |
| 20 | I forget who had mentioned to me that Geoff was rumoured to be taking more than a passing interest in her . |
| 21 | If regional officers were to take more than a passing interest in this pattern of change the writing would have appeared to be on the wall , but as the comments of the regional medical and nursing officers cited above revealed , it was some time before their interest was kindled . |
| 22 | Control of factors such as resistance to change and propensity to take more than a fair share of the spoils must be exercised at national and international levels . |