Example sentences of "[adj] than [art] [adj] [noun sg] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What happens in the blast furnace is that the slag is lighter than the molten iron and it collects on top of the molten iron and by some means that I s |
| 2 | The unspoken and unacceptable reality is that when I do decide to have a baby , my bosses will regard me as less promotable than a childless woman or a man . ’ |
| 3 | Believe me , when you are hungry , really hungry , so that your stomach clings to your backbone , nothing is more tasty than a succulent rat or a well-roasted leg of cat ! ] |
| 4 | The four speed box would be more economical than the three speed and is a relatively easy conversion . |
| 5 | ‘ He was shorter than the fair boy and very fat . |
| 6 | Gertrude 's lush memoir might well be fanciful : what , after all , is more sentimentally alluring than a dead genius and an adolescent beach holiday ? |
| 7 | In terms of use , the status of e-mail messages ( excluding mailed WP documents ) , in most companies , is somewhere higher than a telephone call or a hand-written note but lower than a formal memo or report . |
| 8 | Since 1940 the average yield , which should in theory have been lower than the official limit but in practice was not always so , has steadily increased : |
| 9 | The nave dates from 1110 ; it is lower than the Gothic choir and still has its original fenestration ( 337 ) . |
| 10 | Recorded crime fell in eight police force areas the rate of increase in violent crime was significantly lower than the previous year and the rise in reported thefts was the smallest for four years . |
| 11 | For both Lothian and Scotland the 1991 totals are lower than the 1981–85 base but higher than the 1991 ‘ interim ’ target . |
| 12 | For many people it 's riskier than the next approach and there is no guarantee of results ; but you will certainly have made a powerful impression on others . |
| 13 | I had always suspected him of being rather more solid than the average person and this collision provided complete confirmation . |
| 14 | Above all , it is far less retiring than the European race and often approaches human settlements in search of the rodents that are plentiful there . |
| 15 | Enriched uranium or plutonium in the wrong hands could be infinitely more dangerous than an oil-rig fire or a coal mine disaster . |
| 16 | Second , Mr Deng was less an idealist than a sensible moderniser and nationalist . |
| 17 | In 1974 the Iraqis came up with a detailed law for the autonomous area that was far more restrictive than the 1970 agreement and in no way reflected its accommodating spirit . |
| 18 | After 17 years of first-class cricket with nothing more serious than a broken finger or two , he chased a ball into the outfield while playing for Devon against Berkshire at Reading and fell awkwardly , breaking his ankle . |
| 19 | With no mapped out career path , his options are more limited than the young doctor or dentist . |
| 20 | An initial hollow , whether scoured by the wind or not , would tend to be damper than the surrounding desert and thus chemical weathering would be greater there . |
| 21 | When people were in trouble , the police were more welcome than the Lone Ranger and Tonto . |
| 22 | There was no impetus to develop anything more sophisticated than a spoken announcement or a separate piece of paper packed into the box . |
| 23 | The date and time specified for the next scheduled shut down must be later than the current date and time . |
| 24 | The date and time specified is later than the current date and time . |
| 25 | The displays demonstrate the reality , provide live plants to look at , and assure us that nothing larger than an unfortunate lizard or rat makes it into the green traps . |
| 26 | It is larger than the present office and will provide improved showroom and administrative facilities . |
| 27 | … in every Department a store of knowledge and experience in the subjects handled , something which eventually takes shape as a practical philosophy , or may merit the title of a departmental philosophy … in most cases the departmental philosophy is nothing more startling than the slow accretion and accumulation of experience over the years … |
| 28 | After hours of exhilarating exercise in the bracing Highland air , what could be more relaxing than the pampered luxury and soothing ambience of the Country Club ? |
| 29 | Therefore , it remains to be proved whether the use of heater probe is better than no active treatment and a close observation of the patient . |
| 30 | Quigley ( 1969 ) did find the Rochester Method ( fingerspelling with lip-reading ) better than the oral method and also better than signing for producing success in English . |