Example sentences of "[det] than [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And there 's more to this than questions of individual fitness . |
| 2 | Evergreen winter foliage needs to stay looking fresh right through the darkest days and some variegated plants are better at this than others . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | No one is more aware of this than publishers , to the sceptics ' fury . |
| 5 | Despite your conditioning ( women tend to have greater difficulty doing this than men ) , interrupt if necessary and state your intention ‘ Can I interrupt , please ? ’ |
| 6 | Foods tend to contain mixtures of these fatty acids , but obviously some foods have higher proportions of some than others . |
| 7 | ‘ Obviously I have a lot more information on some than others , who may just appear as names and addresses . |
| 8 | It 's same with rheumatoid arthritis , more women suffer from that than men . |
| 9 | Other fish with parental care , like pit-spawning cichlids , or bubble-nesters , lay more eggs than egg scatterers , but fewer than mouthbrooders . |
| 10 | Despite the high profile launch , just a few months later the audience of Eldorado was only 2.4 million people , ‘ fewer than Gardeners World , ’ as the Daily Express pointed out . |
| 11 | That was three-quarters of a century ago when most of those who fought here were not much more than boys . |
| 12 | Presently , she grew a little more adjusted to the noise and she began to make out the details a little more plainly ; she could see that the captives were all young men , some of them not much more than boys , but certainly strong and lithe . |
| 13 | Children appear to benefit more than adults from the increased opportunities for interaction and recreation , a conclusion confirmed by Eubank-Ahrens ' research in German Woonerven . |
| 14 | It followed from Rousseau 's theories that children , being nearer to nature , might ‘ know ’ more than adults , who had been miseducated . |
| 15 | His magic , the magic of uncovering a man who had trod the land that I now trod , who died and was laid in the chalk 3,000 years ago , had been little more than pages in a notebook : another find in the ceaseless archaeological round . |
| 16 | The mere fact of having been cast in the role of daughter , daughter-in-law , son or son-in-law does not automatically endow any of us with the ability to play that part to perfection , particularly when it begins to need more than smiles and pleasantries at family gatherings , and demands qualities of patience , perseverance and insight , and the regular visiting of a lonely and possibly disabled old person . |
| 17 | Some built sturdily of wood and iron , others no more than skins of plastic sheeting over frames of branches , they straggled north over the dunes as far as I could see . |
| 18 | It is a measure of the importance we now attach to sport , that although few either know or care who the latest Minister of Sport is , we pay our national team bosses far more than members of the Cabinet . |
| 19 | Probably , some band members will contribute more than others . |
| 20 | Everyone likes an occasional splurge , some of us — like Imelda Marcos ( she of the 3,000 pairs of shoes and 500 bras ) — more than others . |
| 21 | But some would get more than others . |
| 22 | These affect firms in some industries ( manufacturing ) more than others ( retailing ) . |
| 23 | Eighty per cent of it I duck , but people look at the other 20 per cent you do and because it is 50 per cent more than others do , it appears , as you say , that you are a self-promoter . ’ |
| 24 | We knew diesel car drivers go overseas more than others , so we created a package including features like free European cover . |
| 25 | And in recent years it is impossible not to see that Dale Thomas ' name occurs more than others , including being five times the Club Champion — winning on one occasion after a 60-hole match ! |
| 26 | The jellies will shake too , but some more than others . |
| 27 | Among the families headed by women , some groups grew more than others . |
| 28 | They further point out that the likelihood of such generalization-decrement effects will depend upon the exact nature of the stimuli ( some pairs will interact more than others ) and that not all combinations of S1 and S2 can be expected to generate an attenuation of latent inhibition . |
| 29 | Everyone has problems — some far more than others . |
| 30 | All of these , some more than others , carry the risk of injury from accidents and even the safety of some long-standing sports — notably rugby — has become the focus of attention . |