Example sentences of "[verb] more [adj] [noun] [subord] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | They will initiate more effective policies than a ‘ badly-informed populace ’ . |
| 2 | The immensity of geological time entitles us to postulate more improbable coincidences than a court of law would allow but , even so , there are limits . |
| 3 | And during the campaign , Ashdown 's ceaseless inflating of coalition conditions made the insistence on PR seem more self-interested calculation than a principled policy for a more plural and representative political system . |
| 4 | I know Wavebreaker 's got more electronic toys than a battleship , but if the electricity fails then you 're back to the sextant and the sharp pencil . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Mister , I do n't know 'ow to thank you , honest I do n't , you 've got more human kindness than a bishop . |
| 6 | The other , a warlike woman , looked like one of Saddam Hussein 's concubines and featured more phallic symbols than a hedgehog . |
| 7 | Most Koi keepers will claim that their larger ponds require more advanced filtration than a box unit . |