Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [pers pn] than a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A walk before breakfast every day or exercise done after work every day — say a fifteen-minute run , a game of tennis or another walk — is very much better for you than a game of rugby once a week and nothing else . |
| 2 | ‘ Wish that I did have the courage to kiss you , querida , ’ he rasped , ‘ but I have standards and a level of decency to live up to and they are more important to me than a moment of weakness to prove that I am immune to you . ’ |
| 3 | At the time West Ham was little more to me than a name , most directly associated with a football team that had a reputation for style and steadfast support in spite of limited success on the field . |
| 4 | He meant no more to me than a painting or a sculpture . |
| 5 | It was obvious that the air raid siren had never been much more to them than a bore . |
| 6 | From the sound of it , she 's more like a relative to you than a servant . ’ |