Example sentences of "more than a [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A story neglected sometimes damages the truth more than a story mistold does . |
| 2 | Terrified to telephone and hear him say the words he had written on paper , she collapsed ultimately into a drunken stupor — a woman who had never previously drunk more than a half bottle of wine . |
| 3 | I do n't know why they charge three or four pounds more than a vinyl disc for them |
| 4 | Achimota was organised on the lines of a British public school with the boarders grouped in ‘ houses ’ which were supposed to inculcate the team spirit : however , it was more than a boarding school . |
| 5 | Nothing obscures the outlines of an orchestral passage more than a drum roll on an unrelated note . |
| 6 | Operation Blade ‘ more than a knife amnesty ’ |
| 7 | In this perspective also President Reagan 's ‘ Strategic Defense Initiative ’ was more than a Star Wars nuclear strategy ; SDI was also seen as yet another way of pumping more billions of government dollars into advanced research , much of it related to information technology . |
| 8 | Ace was more than a frontier auxiliary , Defries had realized that on meeting her , but she was no academic , and certainly no civilian . |
| 9 | Whatever the justification there may have been in the past , when a high degree of ability may have been necessary to acquire and work at the trade , that reason has forever passed away if it ever was more than a trade gild superstition . |
| 10 | ‘ What 's the matter with him ? ’ demanded Perdita , who was busy trimming the hairy fetlocks of a gelding that resembled a Clydesdale more than a polo pony . |
| 11 | Remember , though , that the same planning and building rules apply as for a kit garage ; and the job will almost certainly cost you more than a kit garage would . |
| 12 | Mindful , perhaps , of the events of 1801 and 1825 , he feared aristocratic recalcitrance more than a peasant rebellion . |
| 13 | According to Planning Minister Paulo Haddad and Economy and Finance Minister Gustavo Krause , the programme was more than an adjustment exercise and represented Itamar 's " entire " programme . |