Example sentences of "[prep] [det] [noun] [adv] than [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A survey by Living Magazine ( 14.8.89 ) which questioned 1,000 women , found that one-third had received obscene phone calls in the last year , 20 per cent of this group more than once , yet only 26 per cent had told the police , 13 per cent had been interfered with and 87 per cent of these kept silent ; 9 per cent had suffered indecent exposure and 92 per cent failed to report this . |
| 2 | ‘ My father and I are physical counterparts : and during these days more than ever I notice his resemblance to me … ’ he mused . |
| 3 | Rediagramming of units , and the retention of old DMUs for many years longer than originally planned in order to keep up the fleet size to meet this new demand , have enabled the worst of the overcrowding to be contained , though there are at the time of writing ( 1989 ) stili several tight spots to be dealt with in certain areas at peak times . |
| 4 | Borrowers are increasingly ready to deal with several firms rather than merely a " house " bank . |
| 5 | A third reason for the accelerating rate of advance in neuroscience is that there are simply larger numbers of better funded people engaged in research in this field today than ever before . |
| 6 | However what does seem clear is that non-traditional students are capable of performing at least as well and in some cases better than traditionally qualified students throughout British higher education . |
| 7 | Yes , they 've all beaten Agassi — in many cases more than once . |
| 8 | As for England , although the lute was played at the beginning of the century , the only music for it in any source earlier than c. 1540 consists of a few pieces in the British Library manuscript , Royal App. 58 ( see p. 186 ) , two of which bear titles showing that they were settings of songs by Sir Thomas Wyatt ( ‘ Hevyn and erth ’ ) and Henry Howard , Earl of Surrey ( ‘ In winter 's just return ’ ) . |
| 9 | The vagina and vaginal opening , in a healthy woman , are highly distensible and even where there is some tightness this may enhance sensation in both parties rather than otherwise . |
| 10 | Does not the proactivity need to be politicians of all parties coming together and discussing and listening to each other rather than simply making pronouncements ? |
| 11 | With the benefit of a later viewpoint , aided not least by the opportunity to reflect on Bolinger 's own work , we would suggest that , in most cases , other answers are more appropriate than the ones which he offered at that time ( nevertheless , we return to this article more than once in the chapters which follow ) . |
| 12 | Do you think it 's a representative coming to this meeting rather than just simply |
| 13 | And in some ways mixed ability , with its orientation towards individual approaches to learning , provides the possibility of focusing more on those children more than even was possible in the streamed situation . |
| 14 | ( a ) How could you test if the factor which causes SAD was lack of light or the cold weather ? ( b ) Would you get more information by considering patients who had suffered for several years rather than only once ? ( 2 ) Bright light is often found to bring relief . |
| 15 | At these sites more than anywhere else it is appropriate to visualize the Earth spirit as a goddess figure , because , as J.C . |
| 16 | The word ‘ sit ’ , for example , should be used at all times rather than simply saying ‘ food ’ in this instance , and hoping that the dog will respond accordingly . |