Example sentences of "more than a hint [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The rise of the ‘ casual ’ — the smartly-dressed stand supporter with a penchant for calling cards , scrap books and well-organised mega-violence spiced with more than a hint of racist overtones — seems a perfect symbol for the times . |
| 2 | ‘ It 's the TARDIS , ’ Ace replied , with a smile in which Defries detected more than a hint of malicious enjoyment of her audience 's incomprehension . |
| 3 | The latest move to supply India , a country which exploded a nuclear device in 1974 with material produced from a research reactor , typifies France 's ‘ go it alone ’ approach which has more than a hint of economic expediency in it . |
| 4 | ‘ Pardon me if I write vehemently , ’ he apologized disingenuously to Poole in his second letter , adding with more than a hint of picturesque excess : |
| 5 | Its fine architecture decorated with giant banded pilasters have more than a hint of northern Mannerism in spite of the fact that they were finished as late as 1653 . |
| 6 | There is more than a hint of classical Greece in the architecture , and the blue river seen through the sand-coloured columns gives it a Mediterranean freshness . |