Example sentences of "[prep] [det] [noun] than [adv] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 It would have been unlikely were it not for the introduction of the microcomputer , and in the UK the installation of microcomputers in large numbers of secondary schools has stimulated perhaps more of this work than anywhere else .
2 for physics there is only one true measurement from any one position , and it can be more accurate than ever before ; writing and painting communicate look and feel from a viewpoint with more sophistication than ever before ; with a Cubist vision which constructs reality from the different facets exposed from different angles one is better orientated than ever before .
3 The Tories say they campaigned harder in this election than ever before .
4 There are perhaps more collectors of antiques in this country than anywhere else in the world .
5 But during the nineteenth century soldiers were perhaps more continuously prominent in this way than ever before .
6 Now what we have to do however is look at it in more in more detail than just simply the age of people .
7 Yet it often happens that when a new kung fu student enters a kwoon , with pre-conceived ideas about fighting , and is shown basic techniques that look as though they were aimed at primary school level , he looks for more in those techniques than there actually is .
8 As our national wealth increased , we have been able to devote much greater resources to these services than ever before .
9 We are giving more public support to more students than ever before .
10 She added that the festival had been attended by more people than ever before , and that by celebrating it in a smaller town , away from the more sophisticated attractions of Bogotá , the festival had a more genuine , grassroots character .
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