Example sentences of "[adj] than [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When this became general knowledge later , there was general unease at this way of measuring the background ; the neutron flux 50 metres away from the cell measured for 50 hours could be very different than that at the cell site , even if the cell had been absent , measured for a different 50 hours . |
| 2 | The process is slightly different than that for manufacturing catalysts for petrol cars . |
| 3 | they desperately want a child between them and to them a child that is born by the mother but is from a different origin than than the partner is is the next best thing an , and most of the couples , and we do n't advise them that this should all be kept secret , we leave that decision to be something that they will erm , come to later on when the child is older , and many of these couples will decide that this child will be brought as their own biological child , and I do n't really see that as being any different than many relationships where children are conceived out of wedlock , or out , with the relationship and people make a a a decision to keep this erm to themselves . |
| 4 | Their pathetic screams would be no different than those of the DEEP 's , their blood just as red . |
| 5 | It 's no different than some blokes smoking fags . ’ |
| 6 | New Order fan Paul Clayton , Bury : ‘ Morrissey is no different than any other pop star . |
| 7 | And the consequences of a latter approach could lead to accumulative change in the appearance and nature and character of the countryside so that you get something rather different than most people 's perception of a countryside being there for its own sake . |
| 8 | Both of my hon. Friends know that their constituents live in an area which for generations has had health care that has been relatively less generously funded than that provided in the central London parts of the Thames regions . |
| 9 | The public may find it hard to stomach for very long the fact that schools in one area should be much better or worse funded than those in neighbouring areas , or that age weightings should vary greatly from one area to another . |
| 10 | Following the principle of decorum ( to be found , for instance , in Horace 's Ars Poetica ) , the classical view was that the style which dealt with serious matters had to be non-realistic , in the sense of systematically eliminating references to everyday life and using a type of language much more elaborate and re fined than that of everyday usage ; non-serious subjects could be dealt with realistically , in ordinary language , but on no account could the different levels of style be mixed together . |
| 11 | This was one of the reasons why they were more prepared than many sedentary peasants to escape over huge distances in the Famine , though of course hunger was the main spur . |
| 12 | The remarkable strength of this pulsar is reflected in the mean flux density at the three observing frequencies given in Table 1 , indicating a spectral index between 430 and 2,360 MHz of -1.5 , typical of most pulsars , but less steep than those of other millisecond pulsars . |
| 13 | Thankfully business is more interesting than that . |
| 14 | The lunch-time conversation tended to be less interesting than that of Rose and Victorine in the kitchen . |
| 15 | But I talked to psychologist about it , and she said it 's a lot more interesting than that , what you 're forgetting is , that change is usually perceived as criticism , what 's wrong with the way we 've been doing things . |
| 16 | It 's a bit more interesting than that . |
| 17 | Edward 's comment is clearly correct , and could be extended : Hopkins 's letters and notebooks , for instance , contain a weight of original theorizing that is more substantial and more interesting than much recent writing . |
| 18 | A lot more interesting than many other places . |
| 19 | ‘ Those meetings are about as bearable as a boil in the wrong place — though this one should be more interesting than most . |
| 20 | ‘ This one is more interesting than most . |
| 21 | Dick and I are ordinary people , but I think we would make a great team and dream up something far more interesting than most of the claptrap stuffing up the biography departments of bookstores . |
| 22 | As Ogden Nash put it , ‘ Another good thing about gossip is that it is within everybody 's reach/And it is much more interesting than any other form of speech … ’ |
| 23 | More interesting than any of this , though , was the dog which was allowed to bark in the night , presumably on the grounds that it no longer had any bite . |
| 24 | " No , but it 's so much more interesting than any of mine , " she replied . |
| 25 | With all he 'd got going for him , was it any wonder that she should find him more — um — interesting than any man she had ever met ? |
| 26 | I feel sure that you and your family are more interesting than some of these people you write about . |
| 27 | I considered that the story of the Brontës themselves is more interesting than some of the characters and situations they wrote about . |
| 28 | Mind you , it 's a lot more interesting than some of the programmes , eh ? ’ |
| 29 | Nothing more exciting than that appeared on the horizon in his first six months in California , and he was already talking to June about going back to Mud and Neptune . |
| 30 | That moment seems in retrospect to have been more exciting than any of the films that followed . |