Example sentences of "[adj] than [noun sg] [prep] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It should also encompass an intent to have anal intercourse or commit an act of gross indecency since such conduct ‘ would be regarded by many as more serious than abduction for the purposes of sexual intercourse . ’ |
| 2 | Lithified materials may require little more than decision on the orientations of thin sections needed for later examination under the optical microscope , but special slide preparation and cementing media may be required , particularly if soluble minerals are thought to be present ( see Chapter 4 ) . |
| 3 | Before that happens Britain will be in no position to do much more than talk about the implications of new technology . |
| 4 | It is , in my view , necessary for the plaintiffs to do more than point to the provisions of the statute . |
| 5 | This is highlighted in Gittins 's ( 1986 ) study of a Devon town in the years 1850–1930 , where she argues that relationships with kin were more important than marriage for the women in terms of the structures of support within which they were engaged . |
| 6 | One should , for example , mention guild socialism which was much more concerned than Fabianism about the problems of establishing a strong , centralized bureaucracy and which promoted a pluralist theory of the state . |
| 7 | The need to ensure that the new all-regular Army lived in conditions that would not deter recruiting became more pressing than consideration of the risks of capital expenditure on accommodation in areas where reasonable security of tenure was not assured . |
| 8 | I think it 's worse than fornication in the eyes of the Lord , ’ he declared , nudging Billy with his elbow . |
| 9 | On the state of the evidence at the moment , it may well be that there will be a request for to withdraw the case from the jury on the grounds that no reasonable jury properly directed could conceivably find er a anything other than reasonableness in the police acting upon the information they had and that 's for me to decide . |
| 10 | Instrumentation is a branch of engineering , and engineering is nothing other than application of the laws , theories , hypotheses and principles of theoretical physics . |
| 11 | The scientists involved , including Douglas Higgs , the chief scientific officer for the Crown during the Maguire trial , had not told the trial that substances other than nitroglycerine on the defendants ' hands could have given a positive reading , or that " rogue " positive results could occur , nor had they disclosed this to the May inquiry . |
| 12 | But what else he could paint , other than trash for the tourists , brought him back to earth . |