Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [art] [adj] than [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I still wanted to believe that he had been fooling me , or testing my credulousness in a more than averagely cruel manner . |
| 2 | But Downes appeared not to hear the supplementary questions , and Dixon nodded to the constable who stood at the door , the latter now making for the canteen on a less than wholly specific mission . |
| 3 | This accords with work of others , although the hypergastinaemic subgroup in our study was a smaller proportion of the total than previously reported ( 11% , compared with 36–40% ) . |
| 4 | Thirty-five players beat par in the first round and there were also more rounds in the 60s than ever before — 18 . |
| 5 | Although the authorities proceeded cautiously ( issuing the call to the colours at different times in different places and eventually promulgating appeals in no more than about half the provinces of the European part of the empire ) , trouble still ensued . |
| 6 | Section 2 to read : The Coordinator as part of his/her responsibility is part Area Secretary for a geographical area with no more than approximately a quarter of a million population . |
| 7 | The liquidity squeeze ( predicted to affect only 10 per cent of the population directly ) immediately limited withdrawals from interest-bearing money-market accounts ( estimated to total $70,000 million ) to 20 per cent and those from private savings and current accounts to no more than approximately $1,000 . |
| 8 | A little to the west of Casa Litta is the church of San Vito al Pasquirolo , a church in a more than usually pretty Baroque style that once stood in meadow land , its position explaining the name — ‘ San Vito in the pasture ’ . |
| 9 | This second relationship arose from an ingenious cover-up to a less than wholly honest piece of political self-enrichment . |
| 10 | Rance tried to convince Aung San of British goodwill but he replied that when Dorman-Smith had first returned ‘ there was more goodwill being shown by Burmese to the British than ever before ’ . |
| 11 | This Spring , BBC2 is televising a Primetime production of one of the great theatrical stagings of the 1980s — Trevor Nunn 's landmark production of Othello , with Willard White in the title-role , Ian McKellen as Iago , and Imogen Stubbs as a more than usually childlike Desdemona . |
| 12 | Stewarts and Crazy Prices supermarkets are cashing in on the schooltime purchases with a bigger than ever range of bags and stationery . |