Example sentences of "than a [noun sg] from [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A stone rolled free and splashed into the water no more than a yard from Trent 's feet . |
| 2 | Right on the tree-lined promenade in the San Bartolomeo district , less than a mile from Diano Marina 's centre , the Hotel Mayola overlooks the sea and has its own sea water swimming pool unusually situated on a private beach . |
| 3 | Officers surrounded a house in Argyle Avenue , Hounslow less than a mile from Heathrow . |
| 4 | For some , the spur to going abroad seems more of a push from frustration at bureaucratic regulations at home than a pull from market opportunity . |
| 5 | $800 for Solaris 2.0-on-Sparc sounds expensive compared to USL 's $350 for Unix SVR4.2 ( Destiny ) , but SunSoft claims such a price would buy little more than a kernel from USL , and is virtually useless in such form . |
| 6 | What many need is to be told that they can achieve something more constructive than a profit from others ' financial predicament . |
| 7 | Less than a year from launch , the Bugatti 110 is slowly emerging from the shadows . |
| 8 | Intelligent music lovers require more than a pout from Simon Le Bon or a wiggle or is it a riddle from Nik Kershaw . |
| 9 | 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 ) . |
| 10 | His ‘ vulgarity ’ did not extend much further than a quotation from Dryden , but he spoke with gusto and good humour . |