Example sentences of "than a [noun sg] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Here semi-formal learning still takes place in semi-formal learning centres , heavily intermediated by each learner 's powerful , portable , personal micro , a machine no more costly than a calculator is now . |
| 2 | Worse than a child in n it ? |
| 3 | More than a kilo in n it ? |
| 4 | an octave higher than a blackbird 's , |
| 5 | Some of the disadvantages of being treated as a believer rather than a researcher were experienced in a rather dramatic fashion by a sociologist who , while studying a Hindu sect , underwent a perfectly genuine conversion . |
| 6 | Bound to be cos litre 's l bit less than a gallon in n it ? |
| 7 | The ‘ synod ’ or , in Latin , ‘ council ’ ( the modern distinction making a synod something less than a council was unknown in antiquity ) became an indispensable way of keeping a common mind , and helped to keep maverick individuals from centrifugal tendencies . |
| 8 | Her thigh-bones , longer than a giraffe 's , |
| 9 | AN EX-SERGEANT who has been confined to a wheelchair for more than a year was exercising in a hospital gym this weekend after a life-saving heart transplant operation . |
| 10 | Less than a year was to pass before the European Parliament debated a motion recommending the recognition of sign languages of member states . |
| 11 | The fact that you fantasise about a woman rather than a man is neither here nor there in these circumstances . |
| 12 | Again the short answer is simple , but this time the other way about : because the wages paid to a " compess " , while less than a man 's , were high compared to the wages a girl could earn elsewhere . |
| 13 | To use the term " event " for a token rather than a type is ordinary . |
| 14 | Natural movement which is also a pleasure rather than a chore is infinitely superior to indoor exercises with weights , or exercise that is so taxing that one aches from head to toe afterwards . |
| 15 | Germany 's biggest tyre company and the second largest in Europe , Continental has for more than a century been world leaders in tyre design and technology |
| 16 | A furniture shop which has been in business for more than a century is closing down . |
| 17 | Most of this level is involved in the physical functioning of our bodies — breathing , circulation , heartbeat and so on — and no more than a quarter is available for dealing with our conscious thought processes . |
| 18 | Less than a quarter were in favour of the government having the power to expropriate land , which offers little support to the opposition to the landed elite thesis ( Johnson 1972 ) . |
| 19 | At the turn of the century , out of a total active population of some 45 million , less than a quarter were non-agricultural employees and only some 2 million were employed in factories and mines . |
| 20 | Less than a quarter were given an abdominal , rectal , or vaginal examination — more of these being younger women . |
| 21 | About 70 per cent of new entrants were over twenty-one , half of whom lacked two A levels , and fewer than a quarter were school-leavers with these qualifications or their equivalent . |
| 22 | In 1945 this did not happen : indeed , more than a decade was to pass before conscription was phased out . |
| 23 | Well it , I mean let's face it it is n't gon na be no bigger than a clock is it ? |
| 24 | The most watched programme other than a soap was a repeat of Denis Norden 's The Worst Of It 'll Be Alright On The Night . |
| 25 | Yeah it was more of a show than a story were n't it ? |
| 26 | No sooner was it known in France that he was in the Texel , than a courier was dispatched with orders for him to go overland to Paris , where he says he is to have the grant of a fresh commission and a larger squadron , sufficient to make a descent on any part of Great Britain or Ireland … |
| 27 | They regard the screen/keyboard interface as no more unnatural than a book is to earlier generations . |
| 28 | We 're going to get a Smith 's token rather than a book are n't we ? |
| 29 | When a request rather than a command is intended , please is often added : Shut the door ! ; |
| 30 | Pan Am says more than a sale is involved ; it has a new marketing deal with United that will help prop up its other operations . |