Example sentences of "than a [noun sg] on [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A great advantage is that taxation of property , which is geographically immobile , is easier to collect than a taxation on individuals , who may be mobile . |
| 2 | You could be described as being no more than a brain on wheels or a brain stuck in a chair . |
| 3 | A bit more than a quarter on sweets and a bit less than a quarter on stationery . |
| 4 | A bit more than a quarter on sweets and a bit less than a quarter on stationery . |
| 5 | The Mechelen striker , who is owned by his club president and leased out to the Belgian team , was on his way home last night after less than a week on Tyneside . |
| 6 | Notwithstanding the former grandeur of the Cathedral , Johnson wrote no more than a page on Elgin , concluding with an attractive clue to a traveller in his wake : ‘ In the chief street of Elgin , the houses jut over the lowest story , like the old buildings of timber in London , but with greater prominence : so that there is sometimes a walk for a considerable length under a cloister , or portico . ’ |
| 7 | How much more abominable than a tax on widows ? |
| 8 | The Secretary of State for Wales , for instance , has said : ’ How much more abominable than a tax on widows ? |
| 9 | His proposed implementation of VAT on the published word is much more than a tax on learning . |
| 10 | Quinn said : ‘ I 'm not interested in more than a month on loan here . |
| 11 | A fragile , breakable , disposable population , with no more than a toe-hold on life when trade was good and employment more plentiful ; flicked off life 's surface , almost without being noticed , when it was not . |