Example sentences of "than a [noun sg] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | For even then I was falling in love with you , though you were little more than a child at the time . ’ |
| 2 | At the same time , an experienced solicitor may well be able to give a better legal opinion and be a far better advocate than a beginner at the Bar . |
| 3 | It has been playing for more than a year at the group 's Palace Theatre in Manchester , and the Playhouse has taken more than £1 million in advance bookings for it since the box office opened last week . |
| 4 | For all the criticisms which can be levelled against it , the work remains a successful attempt to make sense of the complicated relationship which existed between England and France over a period of more than a century at the end of the Middle Ages . |
| 5 | This is better than a night at the Follies . |
| 6 | The Northern Echo prompted a public outcry last year when it revealed how a night in the cells at Bishop Auckland police station cost £200 dearer than a room at the Savoy Hotel in London . |
| 7 | Although anti-abortionists would maintain that it is morally wrong to dispose of a child even if it will live no longer than a week at the most , many more people doubt the right of a mother to dispose of a child with Down 's Syndrome who stands a very good chance of living a lengthy life . |
| 8 | People living in new housing , whether estates , flats or garden cities , were more satisfied with their houses and neighbourhoods than were those living in the older areas , although there was more than a hint at the loss of street-corner sociability . |
| 9 | He made great play of all the tasks in the Casa Guidi he had been left to do — furniture to repair , decorations to see to — but to Wilson 's experienced eye they would not have occupied an energetic person more than a month at the most . |
| 10 | KEVIN McKeever has been transfer-listed by Glentoran after less than a season at the Oval . |
| 11 | For instance , a concert attracting 70,000 at Wembley would have to pay more than a gig at the sock and Warthog in the High street . |