Example sentences of "than a [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ageing has to be recognized as a process , a gradual transition , rather than a once-for-all event . |
| 2 | Not surprisingly , Muscovites took little notice of the death among them of Uvarov , for in the atmosphere of late 1855 Granovskii and Shchepkin were dearer to their hearts than a former government minister . |
| 3 | There was also ‘ more than a little evidence ’ that other people 's cigarette smoke causes glue ear in children . |
| 4 | England 's Nigel Redman gets beats the Eagles ' Chuck Tunnacliffe ( left ) and Norm Mottram ( black headband ) to the ball with a more than a little help from prop Jason Leonard as England beat the USA 37–9 in their World Cup Pool One clash . |
| 5 | Last season 's national finalists Watchorn Alfreton , of Derbyshire , may have left their title challenge a little late this year , but notched up their first victory in three games to jump up two places in the tables with more than a little help from experienced manager Ashley Broomhead . |
| 6 | There are 230 pupils at the High Green school , founded by Quakers in 1841 , and although it does not enter competitive festivals , several of its musically-gifted pupils have gone on to bigger and better things with more than a little help from Mr Essex . |
| 7 | But there was more than a little doubt in Harriet 's mind as to whether his wife was remotely in love with him . |
| 8 | took longer to sort than a same meaning pair like : |
| 9 | It will take more than a few scandal-mongers to sink him . |
| 10 | First , at currents of more than a few amps , capacitors that can carry the current without suffering di/dt stress , heating stress , and MHz ringing tend to be physically large , and expensive compared with normal power supply capacitors . |
| 11 | Whereas touristy me — town-bred and with no more knowledge of nags than a few donkey-rides sixty years ago — I rode high and proud on Suzy , a two-year-old Arab who was full of wind and nervous at moving so slowly . |
| 12 | That was at most a couple of miles up the road and no more than a few pence on the bus . |
| 13 | The ‘ patchwork pieces ’ could never be economically viable because they took time to cut , arrange and bag , yet were never sold for more than a few pence . |
| 14 | Anyone with a slightly cynical bent would have initial difficulty being convinced by the Inspirals ' contentment with their shrunken market — as someone who last saw the Inspirals dwarfed by a wealth of pyrotechnics and gargantuan lighting at Reading , your correspondent can only assert the view that their new scaled-down persona does them more than a few favours . |
| 15 | But it 'll take more than a few bruises to soften him up . |
| 16 | ‘ It takes more than a few bruises , and a few kicks , to make people like us talk , eh ? ’ |
| 17 | The group did little other than a few acts of minor sabotage , as they did n't have the arms to take on the Nazi army . |
| 18 | With little more than a few snorts and grunts , the lumbering animals were coaxed down the ramp . |
| 19 | Loverboy tries hard to be hilarious , but raises no more than a few laughs . |
| 20 | Saving on housing is more than often , very unwise , when depreciated over a period of 10 years , the extra cost may be no more than a few eggs per bird extra . |
| 21 | Her pleading frail voice went straight to my heart every time , and quite often I would crack her more than a few eggs to make up the dozen . |
| 22 | Lousy beer , but a good jacket with more than a few memories of a young lady from Boulder , Colorado , attached to it . |
| 23 | The worst case was in July 1989 when an alternator set fell off at around 100mph at Harrow on the main line into Euston and caused a major derailment , fortunately with no more than a few injuries . |
| 24 | Glenn Hoddle raised more than a few eyebrows when he took over at the County Ground last April . |
| 25 | In fact over the 1950s the Tories never won as much as half of the popular vote , and were never more than a few percentage points ahead of Labour — percentage points which are nonetheless crucial within the British electoral system . |
| 26 | You are advised to keep your answer to question 5 as concise as possible ( no more than a few sentences ) ; be sure that you know exactly what you want to say before you pick up the phone . |
| 27 | The Bible has more than a few things to say about astrology and fortune-telling . |
| 28 | Nevertheless , it seems to me that more than a few Frenchwomen are carrying powerful foglamps , and are doing a good job of raging against the dying light . |
| 29 | But Mr Carefull , 76 , of Helhoughton , Norfolk , used his cash to make more than a few prayers come true by helping others . |
| 30 | On the other hand , more than a few civilians were sloppy and needed to smarten up a bit . |