Example sentences of "[adj] than [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are cheaper than wooden coffins , lighter than coffins of lead , and as safe as the most expensive contrivance . ’ |
| 2 | Babies of mothers who smoke during pregnancy are on average 200 gms ( 8 ozs ) lighter than babies born to comparable nonsmoking mothers . |
| 3 | Another cohort study has found that pill users tend to be slightly lighter than non-users . |
| 4 | And more interesting than tables . |
| 5 | People are so much more varied and interesting than birds or badgers or any of the other creatures naturalists watch with such exemplary patience . |
| 6 | That 's what makes people more interesting than machines ; they 're all different . ’ |
| 7 | But soon he discovered that politicians were more interesting than colonels so he arranged his soldiers as though they were the House of Commons and made them harangue each other . |
| 8 | Some results will be more interesting than others ; none , alas , will be revolutionary . |
| 9 | Change in the garden is inevitable — but some of the ways in which it reveals itself are a great deal more interesting than others . |
| 10 | People often mention ‘ metal whiskers ’ as if they were the only kind but , as a matter of fact , metal whiskers are less common and less interesting than whiskers of non-metals and it is about these latter that we shall mostly talk . |
| 11 | ‘ They 're prettier than cakes that are n't wedding cakes . |
| 12 | The regulationist school , however , sees the structural changes that are associated with the changes in ‘ hardware ’ ( the computerization ) as broader than changes in the labour process . |
| 13 | As regards degree courses themselves , some are broader than others , and in effect provide a foundation for subsequent specialized postgraduate education or training ; indeed , it may be more accurate in some cases to see the whole process as a four-year not three-year one , consisting of three foundation years followed by a specialized professional post-graduate year . |
| 14 | They are also much broader than humans , with big deep chests , massive shoulders and long , powerfully muscled arms . |
| 15 | To me they 're some of the most exciting things of Picasso 's , more exciting than things like Guernica . |
| 16 | ‘ It must be much more exciting than geese , he says , ’ said the Thing . |
| 17 | They 're a lot more expressive than words . |
| 18 | Voices were more expressive than eyes . |
| 19 | That would have been quicker than shoelaces , I was sure . |
| 20 | If it was still going the third centenary would be approaching quicker than flames on dry moorland . |
| 21 | Some VGA cards are quicker than others , especially those with fixed function graphics accelerator chips . |
| 22 | Mikael Shields , of BBC Enterprises , said : ‘ Children are far quicker than adults at spotting and rejecting cases of racism and stoutism . ’ |
| 23 | The premiers of the 16 Länder are due to meet on January 9th to decide what the quotas should be ( some seem inclined to be far more generous than others ) . |
| 24 | In the related genre of graffiti-writing , women tend to be more restrained than men , apparently , in their language , although just as preoccupied with sex ! |
| 25 | ‘ The diesel engines are much more of a pollutant than buses , ’ he said dismissively . |
| 26 | And there 's more to this than questions of individual fitness . |
| 27 | Evergreen winter foliage needs to stay looking fresh right through the darkest days and some variegated plants are better at this than others . |
| 28 | Some machines have less trouble with this than others , but the option of being able to use an extension microphone held well away from the camcorder is a good way of avoiding spoiling your recordings . |
| 29 | No one is more aware of this than publishers , to the sceptics ' fury . |
| 30 | Despite your conditioning ( women tend to have greater difficulty doing this than men ) , interrupt if necessary and state your intention ‘ Can I interrupt , please ? ’ |