Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] than [adj] [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ackroyd includes the epigram ( which sounds more Wildean than Dickensian ) simply so that he can disprove it , but these free-form gobbets never look like more than irrelevant scratchings of a creative itch . |
| 2 | It is interesting to note that among those subject areas with lower than average levels of students seeking employment were all the " purer " IT specialisms . |
| 3 | The war particularly affected parts of the Atlantic coast and the remote frontier areas , especially in regions I , V and VI ( see map 1 ) , already under-developed , with higher than average levels of illiteracy . |
| 4 | Studies in Glasgow showed that mothers with higher than normal levels of lead in their bodies had more stillbirths , and babies born small . |
| 5 | She suffered severely from arthritis , was unable to read for more than short periods of time , was bored and confused by television , and for long periods lay inert , half dozing , half listening to the radio . |
| 6 | To tell the truth , I was in less than perfect control of myself . |
| 7 | There is really more to this than necessary pessimism of the intellect associated with optimism of the will . |
| 8 | But in 1.4 we argued that monism is more suited to opaque than transparent styles of writing , and the same point may be made about pluralism . |
| 9 | Hence the extent to which Conservative criminology is here to stay depends on more than mere changes of political parties . |
| 10 | For the new government , economic regeneration rested on more than mere control of public expenditure . |
| 11 | The overall conclusion was that bombing did not stiffen morale , but seriously depressed it : fatalism , apathy , defeatism , and other psychological effects were all more strongly encountered among bombed than umbombed sections of the population . |
| 12 | CL can not be used alone for other than general interpretations of cement histories . |