Example sentences of "[noun] than [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And as if one needed reminding that there 's more to this year 's contest than Karaoke , four of the 11 acts competing were to provide their own original accompaniment . |
| 2 | Joanna Foster , chairwoman of the Equal Opportunities Commission , says that while virtually every politician and company has accepted that more must be done , there have been more words than action : ‘ Provision is patchy and mostly accessible only to high income groups . |
| 3 | It was supposed to be a paragon of democracy in an Arab world more familiar with dictatorship than freedom . |
| 4 | But of course , her father had confused those looks for her , given her hazel eyes and hair whose redness owed more to carrots than claret … |
| 5 | Of all the possibilities of interventive reproduction , none has been the subject of more public opposition than surrogacy . |
| 6 | Unfortunately , Rebello will only perform once during the series ( in tandem with the singer Jocelyn Brown ) , although Artrageous ! apparently intends to spend more time covering demanding music like opera and jazz than pop or rock . |
| 7 | Remember that landlords and landladies are less tolerant of rent arrears than college authorities and you may be putting your tenancy at risk if you fall behind with the rent . |
| 8 | Using traditional measures of religiosity , he has pointed out the apparent failure of English catholic schools to produce better catholics and fewer ex-catholics than state or other schools , and has inferred the likelihood of the same for Irish schools . |
| 9 | Lastly other related policy issues at the national level , which usually involve wider considerations than soil conservation are an integral part of any conservation programme . |
| 10 | Charlie climbed out after him and , screaming at the top of his voice — more out of fear than bravado — charged towards the barbed-wire . |
| 11 | " I shall also give a warning to those present , to the effect that , in my view , nothing could be worse for the treatment of cholera than the warm baths , mustard-plasters and compresses recommended by Dr Dunstaple , which can only further reduce the water content of the blood No medicine could be more dangerous in cholera collapse than opium , and calomel in the form of a pill is utterly useless . " |
| 12 | Seemingly more interested in spoiling tactics than news values , The Sun gave the supposed transcript of an alleged row between Prince Charles and his estranged wife far more prominence than it deserved . |
| 13 | It is embarrassing to know that one is a god of a world that only exists because every improbability curve must have its far end ; especially when one can peer into other dimensions at worlds whose Creators had more mechanical aptitude than imagination . |
| 14 | Whitelocke replied with brutal honesty that in his opinion , ‘ it should be more to his prejudice than advantage to do so ’ , a remark that , predictably , displeased Cromwell . |
| 15 | Semi-quantitative analyses of ET-1-IR in groups A and B showed similar magnitudes of epithelial-cell staining ; however , vascular-endothelial-cell staining was greater in group B. Both groups with CFA had significantly more epithelial-cell staining than group C patients ( fig 3 ) . |
| 16 | In an argument no doubt intended to be attractive to Manchester 's merchants and employers — local abolitionists had specifically asked him to write on the impolicy of slavery and the slave trade — he declared that freedom produced cheaper labour than slavery . |
| 17 | Services were clearly less affected by import penetration than manufacturing ; and between 1955 and 1975 their share of the world total fell from 25 to 15 per cent , which compares very favourably with the performance of manufactured goods [ Sargent , 1979 ] . |
| 18 | I sometimes thought that the social considerations of people like my mother militated more against religion than atheism or simple sin . |
| 19 | John Durbeyfield had more pride in his new-found blood than energy or health . |
| 20 | Outlook : Timing more at fault than policy |
| 21 | I think it 's more a way of thinking than knowledge really ; because , a lot of the knowledge , I wo n't use two-thirds of it , but almost a way of thinking , a way of tackling problems , a way of discerning things . |
| 22 | Such an interpretation would appear to be based far more on wishful thinking than reality . |
| 23 | EVEN LESS memorable and vivid Gordon Jackson characterisation than class traitor Hudson . |
| 24 | Last December the Royal Navy ordered the first two Type 22 frigates of a new design , with much heavier armament than design , predecessors . |
| 25 | And at that price it 's a better deal than phone sex . |
| 26 | James Logan , William Penn 's secretary , obtained for him from England Parkinson 's herbal , probably his Theatrum botanicum ( 1640 ) and made it ‘ a present to a person worthier of a heavier purse than fortune has yet allowed him ’ . |
| 27 | Our response to their lives was a greater part disbelief than compassion . |
| 28 | He seems more interested in fishing than football . |
| 29 | There is little doubt that it was the labour shortage which caused the shift to leasing , but although this provided more revenue than persistence in demesne farming would have done it still left the landowner with reduced resources . |
| 30 | Normally , however , ordinary shareholders expect lower yields than preference shareholders and loan stock holders because of their participation rights . |