Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [adv] than [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Using a magnetometer , they found that only in the bones of the sinuses was magnetic remanence more than twice the background level — and in those bones it was up to 13 times background . |
| 2 | a special kind of scanner which provides a means of reading printed characters on documents and converting them into digital codes that can be read into a computer as actual text rather than just a picture . |
| 3 | Perhaps the fiddle sheet did n't run to outside entertainment more than once a month . |
| 4 | Which is unfortunate , for with some extra attention paid to these details this could have been a worthy instrument rather than just a competent one . |
| 5 | Instead it goes on growing , ending up as a giant larva more than twice the weight of a normal adult . |
| 6 | Because he thought that he was dealing with the National Press rather than simply a few local people whom he had been ignoring for a considerable time , the Mayor responded to direct questioning , even if he did not change his colours . |
| 7 | Some of the causes are still unknown , although with advanced medical knowledge much more is known about mental handicap today than even a decade ago . |
| 8 | If some correlation is found between variables , the researcher has to show that this is a causal relationship rather than just a coincidence . |
| 9 | With some airlines , there is the facility ( for example the ‘ sleeperette ’ , to take a good sleep rather than just a nap ) . |
| 10 | Should we become a European business , looking upon Europe as our primary market rather than just the UK ? |
| 11 | More than 50,000 passengers used Braathens services in the first year more than double the airline 's predictions . |
| 12 | With the years , it had seemed to get heavier , so that now she made only two excursions a week , mostly to the outskirts , making a point never to visit the same house more than twice a year . |
| 13 | When this process becomes revolutionary upheaval is not always easy to identify and the decision as to whether it was a radical reinterpretation rather than simply an adjustment depends on the observer 's standpoint . |
| 14 | The only real problem with this way of bending is that if one of the ‘ laminations ’ does break you lose the whole piece rather than just the one lamination ! |