Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] than [art] [noun sg] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many industrial buying decisions involve more than the buyer and in some cases the technical specifier , production personnel and finance personnel are involved . |
| 2 | It seemed bigger than the sun and it sailed with a peculiar swiftness up into the heavens , growing paler and brighter as it did so until it lit up the plain with a dull , yellow light . |
| 3 | In other species , the front of the mantle secretes faster than the rear and creates a shell in a flat spiral , like a watch spring . |
| 4 | Then through the window you could see it-smaller than a Concord and almost completely open with its canvas side-curtains rolled up and fastened-just turning out of the yard , and the next moment the jingling , rattling sound was right out front . |
| 5 | Japan 's devastation of a country which had lost to Namibia on the eve of the World Cup was noting less than a scandal and a disgrace to international rugby . |
| 6 | It has had more than a century and a half to prove its worth in the demanding environments of Queensland , New South Wales and even the hot , dry north west of Western Australia . |
| 7 | This , so Dobry believed , would relieve the overloaded planning machine to deal more thoroughly with the major and/or controversial applications ( which he suggested would constitute less than a half and , it was to be hoped , only a third of the total ) . |
| 8 | Sometimes the heel on the foot wears less than the toe and sides , so that the frog becomes raised above the ground , and the heel becomes contracted , and the pastern upright . |
| 9 | A punch travels faster than a kick and you may be stop-punched by an alert opponent . |
| 10 | The exterior of the rock consequently expands more than the interior and stresses are set up . |
| 11 | Firelight shone on festoons of holly , making the berries glow like rubies , and nothing could taste better than the chicken and the plum pudding Mrs Martin had cooked . |
| 12 | However , even given that restriction , the report gave more than a nod and a wink in the direction of the collective security that trade unions could provide if they nominated members of safety committees . |
| 13 | In this context ‘ leadership ’ means more than the drive and direction which comes from the headteacher and senior staff . |
| 14 | But the smile lasted less than a heartbeat and vanished entirely when she saw that fitzAlan continued to watch the small party until it disappeared from view . |
| 15 | In his summing-up , Mr Justice Drake had told jurors to remember that the ‘ hurt ’ caused to Mr Donovan lasted less than a year and would end with a verdict in his favour . |
| 16 | Although the revolt lasted less than a month and its effects were confined to a small region , Gubec became a folk hero to the peasants . |
| 17 | It is rare for the responsibility for causing conflict to rest solely on one side , and this may involve more than the organist and the minister . |
| 18 | Indeed , but the impression remains stronger than the denial and one is left wondering why they chose 1950 as the cut-off point , if not to put a comfortable distance between ‘ then ’ and ‘ now ’ : the dark ages of the past and present enlightenment , which they rightly insist is illusory . |