Example sentences of "more than the odd [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Shabby brick apartments stretch for block after block , dotted with little more than the odd liquor store , fried-chicken shack and cheque-cashing shop , well buttoned up with wire mesh and bullet-proof glass . |
2 | These deep structural problems are cultural and political as well as economic , and will require far more than the odd adjustment to monetary or fiscal policy if we are to begin to solve them . |
3 | In larger tanks the fish will establish their own territories , and little more than the odd display will be seen . |
4 | Believe it , brothers and sisters , no other band anywhere can so consistently articular what 's little short of a full-scale earthquake — one that 's flavoured with more than the odd hint of Isaac Hayes , James Brown , Blue Cheer , Swans and vintage Black Sabbath ! |
5 | Believe it , brothers and sisters , no other band anywhere can so consistently articular what 's little short of a full-scale earthquake — one that 's flavoured with more than the odd hint of Isaac Hayes , James Brown , Blue Cheer , Swans and vintage Black Sabbath ! |