Example sentences of "[noun] more [adj] than [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is evident from this quotation that the grammarians were mainly motivated not by considerations of linguistic naturalness or logic ( for example , the clash of singular and plural implicit in the use of they ; and as Bodine points out , why in any case is number concord more important than gender concord ? ) but quite explicitly by sexism . |
| 2 | Molecule for molecule , they are 10,000 times more potent than carbon dioxide and it has been estimated that if production is not checked they will rival carbon dioxide as the main greenhouse gas in the twenty-first century . |
| 3 | It was recognised that use of trisodium citrate would remove the need for the separate salt compartments , but its use was ruled out on the grounds that trisodium citrate was five times more expensive than sodium bicarbonate . |
| 4 | CFCs are also powerful greenhouse gases , each molecule being 10,000 times more powerful than carbon dioxide . |
| 5 | There were also the dangers of salmonella entering the food chain and the emission of methane , 30 times more damaging than carbon dioxide . |
| 6 | Looking in ballpark figures , river water is about three hundred times more dilute than sea water . |
| 7 | In no area are these pressures more acute than vehicle design . |
| 8 | • Is Freedom of Information more vital than food aid in relieving Famine ? |