Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [adj] [noun pl] than [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We do not yet know the implications for job numbers of the reorganisation , but as stated in the AEA Times Bulletin there may be a need to plan for more reductions than previously anticipated . |
| 2 | But as he says , our planet has managed to come through worse cataclysms than any we have so far invented , and there are always winners . |
| 3 | Mr Langdale added : ‘ He is quite clearly a ruined man — ruined in more senses than just one . |
| 4 | Shafts are being manufactured to closer tolerances than ever before and are being produced in ever widening ranges to meet the differences among players . |
| 5 | Yet this behaviour was related to wider trends than simply social class ; it concerned the balance between closeness and distance , and the nature of support networks . |
| 6 | By looking at differences in gas yield for the same coal type at different levels of thermal maturation , it has been possible to demonstrate that gas generation from coals occurs at lower maturities than previously reported . |
| 7 | The project involves the re-analysis of existing data sets , using the new measure and testing for stronger relationships than originally found . |
| 8 | More beds are being used in real terms than ever before … ‘ |
| 9 | Many of these were accepted during compromise negotiations , resulting in tighter regulations than originally proposed . |
| 10 | It is a peculiar text to publish in a catalogue which will have greater circulation and sell in larger quantities than either Sylvester 's monograph or the catalogue raisonné . |
| 11 | Hardly had the rains stopped when the spectators began to return to the slope above the melon beds , coming in greater numbers than ever before . |
| 12 | These provide firms with product and service differentiation that allow them to compete on other bases than merely those of costs and prices . |