Example sentences of "[verb] more [adj] [noun sg] than [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some theories have enjoyed more academic success than success in terms of policy adoption , while others have been very influential at the policy level but not within the circles of academic economists . |
| 2 | 3 , square-wave tests ( creep or stress-relaxation ) and dynamic sine-wave tests yield more useful information than sawtooth tests , although in principle the results from one type of test are comparable with those from the others . |
| 3 | She had no idea what that ‘ conduct ’ had been — a few early morning phone calls had produced more bad language than information — but she knew what ‘ to consider ’ meant in Whitehall , and frankly Harry had had it coming . |
| 4 | Few things earned more pleasant congratulation than abstinence : " No thank you , " to a second chocolate , and Maman 's face lighted gently as she snapped the lid back on the choc box before Nicandra could change her mind . |
| 5 | Experience gives More useful knowledge than impatience . |
| 6 | This suggests that caerulein induces more severe pancreatitis than platelet activating factor and that , in addition to platelet activating factors , other mediators are probably involved in the pathogenesis of this pancreatitis . |
| 7 | In Edward III 's wars in Scotland in the 1330s he made great use of hobelars and mounted archers who were paid more and required more expensive equipment than foot soldiers . |