Example sentences of "more than a [noun sg] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jobs at BR 's Eastern Region headquarters in York would be cut by more than a quarter as work was contracted out and staffing levels cut back together with train services . |
| 2 | Ryle 's positive point , in his Royal Institute of philosophy lecture , that Le Penseur 's thinking is to be understood in terms of that of the tennis player , is different from Wittgenstein 's positive point , in 88 to 136 or thereabouts , but particularly in 100–103 , which might now be expressed by saying that ‘ I thought … ’ is like ‘ I meant … ’ ( see above ) , though this way of putting it is really no more than a hint as to his meaning . |
| 3 | ‘ You want to punish me , ’ she corrected him intensely , her voice little more than a whisper as the conviction lodged itself more securely in her consciousness . |
| 4 | It was little more than a whisper as Gina flinched from the anguish on his drawn face , every instinct telling her he was speaking the truth , and that Lotta 's cruel fabrication had been just that — a compilation of lies in order to destroy what she could no longer possess . |
| 5 | It was little more than a whisper as she walked towards him . |
| 6 | It was little more than a whimper as she shook her head , refusing to answer . |