Example sentences of "than a [noun sg] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | perhaps this was because he could hardly see more than a yard in front of his face . |
| 2 | In the middle of combat , one is little more than a wave in the sea … a stroke of the brush lost in the painting … |
| 3 | For more than a mile in each direction not a tree , not a bush , scarcely a blade of grass , grew . |
| 4 | Issuing from the loch is the River Arkaig , crossing a narrow strip of land and less than a mile in length before entering Loch Lochy . |
| 5 | The person doing it does have scientific training , and the MD is more difficult than a PhD in that the supervisor does not take part in the examination . |
| 6 | Things had been ticking along nicely between them , just as long as she 'd been prepared to forget that she wanted more out of the relationship than a roll in the hay and a bright ‘ cheerio ’ at the airport . |
| 7 | For her , their lovemaking might have been an almost mystical fusing of bodies and identities , yet for him it had been no more than a roll in the hay . |
| 8 | In terms of the simple free volume concept each chain end requires more free volume in which to move about than a segment in the chain interior . |
| 9 | ‘ There is more than a debt in it , ’ said Cadfael . |
| 10 | This little rose was seldom more than a foot in height and bore deep purple hips , ‘ inclining to black when ripe ’ . |
| 11 | She likes it here but that place she 's got is no more than a hole in the wall . |
| 12 | An ‘ albatross ’ , three shots below par , was one of the rarest phenomena in golf , even rarer than a hole in one . |
| 13 | ‘ An albatross , as I was saying , is one of the rarest phenomena in golf , even rarer than a hole in one which of course we have also seen today . |
| 14 | A call of nature interrupted my pleasure and I went out to the necessary house behind the tavern , nothing more than a hole in the ground enclosed by a shabby wooden palisade and a door which bolted from the inside . |
| 15 | Free-spending Mexicans are now rarer than a tamale in Lapland . |
| 16 | Therefore spreads are usually less risky than a position in a single futures contract . |
| 17 | One chair at the bottom of the table was empty , and as I came in Dr Barton , with hardly more than a nod in my direction , indicated the chair and said sternly , ‘ You may sit , Doctor Masters , while we ask you a few questions . ’ |
| 18 | War in Henry V is a test of kingship rather than a subject in its own right . |
| 19 | This seems to indicate a certain lack of trust in fund managers , rather than a weakness in bibliometric methodology . |
| 20 | This ‘ outsider ’ stance is , of course , nothing new , and if it bore the bulk of the band 's appeal , would be nothing more than a gimmick in itself . |
| 21 | ‘ OK , ’ says I with more composure than a Confucian in a comfort station . |
| 22 | Sheep — the main culprit of woodland grazing in the LFAs — have increased in Powys from 1.51 million in 1939 to 3.13 million in 1982 , more than a doubling in numbers . |
| 23 | If you have ever tried growing anything taller than a lettuce in a grow-bag , you will have encountered the problem of floppy stakes . |
| 24 | Henceforth the local , stable community where relationships were both personal and persistent became no more than a rarity in the modern world . |
| 25 | Seven days a week he works on the new ski lodge in the woodlands overlooking the valley , his private quarters little more than a sleeping-bag in a back room behind the new reception area . |
| 26 | An unsuccessful artist was no better than a lunatic in the eyes of these people . |
| 27 | And the Kaiser did everything he could to ensure that his son should be no more than a figurehead in the army given under his command . |
| 28 | By normalizing its relations with China , South Korea accepted the Chinese position that Taiwan was a province of China rather than a country in its own right . |
| 29 | The capital accounts were dominated by the loan to the government , which was increased by a further £1m. in the 1740s , and it was the decline in interest paid on the government bonds rather than a fall in trading profits that led to declining dividends . |
| 30 | Well it 's better than a kick in the teeth is n't it ? |