Example sentences of "[adj] than [adv] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the lower end of the scale the items may be far shoddier than even the cheapest village or nomadic rug ; at the higher end , one can find work of the most outstanding calibre and sophistication . |
| 2 | But on a much longer time-scale , involving thousands of years , they behave differently and can ‘ flow ’ like a highly-viscous liquid , millions of times more viscous than even the stickiest treacle . |
| 3 | For some countries , including Britain and Spain , it seems likely that a softer , more automatic ERM would be better than both the existing ERM and no ERM at all . |
| 4 | Last year , 45 per cent of recorded crime was cleared up — more than double the average rate in the United Kingdom . |
| 5 | By 2031 the average number of homes passed on each year , excluding bequests to spouses , could be 343,000 — more than double the current average ( see chart ) . |
| 6 | Cargo forecasts suggest that a growth rate of 11.4 percent for Europe-Far East trade over the next 20 years will be more than double the expected increase across the North Atlantic . |
| 7 | Of the 383 state production plans , 148 had been unable to meet their target — more than double the previous figure of 65 . |
| 8 | The word ‘ habitat ’ implies more than simply the physical environment of an animal . |
| 9 | It 's more than even the 150th anniversary three years ago.The entry includes South Africans and Russians . |
| 10 | Because of the connection with prostitutes , pornography means more than just the graphic depiction in words or pictures of sexual activity . |
| 11 | The number of individual schools developing their own non-sexist and anti-sexist initiatives is increasing continuously , and most tackle far more than just the official curriculum , aiming to provide verbal and physical ‘ space ’ for girls , to tackle careers and option choices and to involve parents . |
| 12 | ‘ More than just the next trip . |
| 13 | Consideration of these facts should be enough to alert us to the possibility that the totality of our being may be much more than just the physical body , and that we may not be in any sense only machines . |
| 14 | In the case of local politics , should this mean more than just the local implementation of national policy ? |
| 15 | But it is more than just the lucky shot that has defeated the Great White Shark . |
| 16 | that the load is more than just the initial action of my division |
| 17 | Up to the autumn of 1960 the underlying divergences between himself and Debré had not prevented the two of them from working together closely ; after de Gaulle 's speech in November 1960 , the policy became less collaborative and more than ever the exclusive domain of the presidency . |
| 18 | The ie became more than ever the pre-eminent entity in society . |
| 19 | In Drenthe , feeling more than ever the despised outcast , he found consolation in a human resting place . |
| 20 | I suppose this might be taken as perhaps a basic statement of Impressionist doctrine , and we know , incidentally , that the fictional painter in À la recherche , Elstir , who plays a very important role in the novel , perhaps more important than either the fictional writer , Bergotte , or the fictional musician , Vinteuil , that Elstir was modelled in considerable part on Monet . |
| 21 | Well something other than just to talk about other than just the normal run of road things . |
| 22 | Even in the heavy rain she had to be out in clean air , running among the trees , anywhere other than inside the hot chamber of her skull . |
| 23 | In ( quite accurately ) evoking the hoary old spirit of punk , it helps that The White Horse is smaller and more cramped than ever the original Marquee was ; that the stage is only centimetres off the floor and resembles a cloakroom , as bags and coats are dumped onstage ; that there are mates and friends standing virtually onstage and the whole place is a hot , airless , shambolic morass of so-called Huggy nationalists . |