Example sentences of "[adv] than [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At least once in their lives , most of these men would have met Thorfinn : more perhaps than had come face to face with King Duncan in the six years of his reign and before , when he had been prince of Cumbria in the shadow of Malcolm his grandfather . |
| 2 | It is far easier to let the fry feed naturally than to have to mess around with infusorians . |
| 3 | I could no more return to that house alone than face the devil . |
| 4 | But England had a lead of 123 , if much than hoped for , and the light was about to become discouraging for batsmen once more . |
| 5 | Better than watching telly all day long . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I should have thought that even you knew better than to leave the car hermetically sealed . |
| 7 | He knew better than to leave that behind . |
| 8 | Left alone , often with children to support , former women compositors could do no better than ask for their old jobs back . |
| 9 | Now , if you had an opportunity of glancing at the leaflet already you will have seen that the leader for this July 's er , weekend is is Mr Henry and , I do n't think I can do any better than to spend two minutes of the time that we 've got in asking Henry if he would say a word or two of introduction to the theme for this year . |
| 10 | She had lived many times on the edge of danger and she knew better than to sink back to sleep . |
| 11 | If you are elderly or widowed , organisations like Age Concern and CRUSE will actually help you with the practical details and , if not in either of these categories , you could do no better than go to your nearest Citizens ' Advice Bureau for some help . |
| 12 | In the south , this sympathy factor ensured that Congress ( I ) performed much better than had been expected . |
| 13 | The main opposition Democratic Party ( DP ) and the Unification National Party ( UNP — formed in January 1992 ) both did better than had been expected . |
| 14 | It was often used simply to mean a situation better than had prevailed before the war and it had a powerful if vague appeal . |
| 15 | The change did not mean that the new recruits to Parliament were any less committed to socialism : indeed , many of them probably understood its teachings even better than had the bulk of MPs of the pre-war era . |
| 16 | I could do no better than use the graphic terms in which my hon. Friend described Labour 's position . |
| 17 | Much better than booming out in an intimidating voice , " We ca n't hear you ! " |
| 18 | ( Stone 1988 : 38 ) ( " When Agamemnon does the unthinkable , i.e. brings his concubine home , something which he should have known better than to do … " ) |
| 19 | ( The Times , 13 June 1974 : 25.4 ; in Erdmann 1982 : 104 ) ( " Mr Benn has dared do something he should have known better than to do , given Prime Minister Wilson 's present hostility towards any statement that might upset private industry . " ) |
| 20 | She knew better than to invite him back to Water Gypsy for a coffee . |
| 21 | The letters , since this , had had to be collected from the boatyard office , and Laura felt that this made it not much better than living abroad . |
| 22 | ‘ Better than singing boastful tunes like ‘ Rule Britannia ’ as though you Brits were n't beaten hollow by us poor rebels , ’ was her riposte to that . |
| 23 | Before she could ask whom he intended to marry this time he said , ‘ After you left and I had that final bust-up with Marc I rang Marianne and told her she could do better than marry a penniless school-kid . ’ |
| 24 | Overall I think ZZAP ! is a very good magazine ( much better than CF ) and I will stand by it ( roll patriotic music ! ) through rain , show and worst of all , the CPC becoming the best 8-bit ! |
| 25 | Similarly , prospective employees know better than to rely on landscaping or other signals put out by employers and attempt , instead , to find out the inside story from their contacts . |
| 26 | She knew better than to urge them to dress in the fashions Lachlan had learned abroad ; but all the maids were driven frantic sewing silk and linen , gold thread , fur and leather . |
| 27 | However he knew better than to put the thought into words . |
| 28 | Susan explained as well as she could that at present they would n't want any help , whereupon the visitor bristled and announced that she was ‘ Blunt by name , and blunt by nature ’ , and knew better than to push herself in where she was n't wanted ! |
| 29 | Tribe knew better than to join the attack , unarmed and gunless . |
| 30 | Huy knew better than to press her , and changed the subject . |