Example sentences of "[adj] than [adv] [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , I consider it more opportune than ever to extend to the entire ecclesiastical community an initiative already observed in some countries and regions that has yielded truly valuable pastoral results . |
| 2 | My Lord erm just to sweep up one or two of the other , very briefly the points my learned friend has just raised , erm I , I think it follows that our provisional position at the moment is that we think that reference is probably more satisfactory than simply going to the commission , what went , if your Lordship went to the commission and then found that they were unsatisfactory or did n't really take matters further , for one of the reasons it might very well not , is because the original complaint put to the commission was not framed in the same way as the defence and counterclaim are now framed , er there 's been a very considerable amount of refinement , both parties would no doubt wish to put submissions into the commission as to how the answer should be put or to provide information so the commission can answer them and so on and so forth and it may not be any quicker doing it that way |
| 3 | The casual shooting of a chimpanzee or a horse is surely regarded as more reprehensible than routinely stepping on a beetle or laying a trap for mice . |
| 4 | The search must be no more than reasonably required for the purposes of discovering such evidence and there must be reasonable grounds for believing that such evidence will be found . |
| 5 | However , he successfully adopted his style in more than adequately coping with the West Indian fast bowling of the 1960's . |
| 6 | But it should be kept in mind that the home visit , for reasons of either vocational guidance or after-care , was intended to do more than simply attend to the school-leaver , who was urged to ‘ put your shoulder to the wheel ’ in order ‘ to reduce to a minimum the number of inefficient citizens ’ . |
| 7 | To be involved in Earth Mysteries is much more than just reading in an armchair or researching in the library : it means going out and becoming part of the landscape . |
| 8 | When you move into your Higgs & Hill home at Port Solent you 'll be doing more than just living on the waterfront . |
| 9 | It is much more than just looking at the ultimate consequences . |
| 10 | Access to the king , however , implied more than just access to the fount of patronage ; it also implied the right to give advice on the business of the kingdom . |
| 11 | The latest Government proposals will do a lot more than just tinker with the existing liquor licensing laws in England and Wales , although the Scots will be pleased to hear that their licensing system is being used as the model for some of these proposed changes . |
| 12 | TURNING A HUMBLE PC INTO A NETWORKED BEASTIE INVOLVES MORE THAN JUST BUNGING IN AN ETHERNET CARD . |
| 13 | ( Aye , I thought , and I wager she does more than just work in the kitchen , but who am I to judge the poor man 's morals ? |
| 14 | As a result , the brunt of investment pressures will have to be borne by an ever-decreasing stock of pubs ; and what good pubs we have left will be more than ever exposed to the cold winds of change . |
| 15 | The result was a more than twofold increase in the rate of locomotive production . |
| 16 | To put it at its highest , I was in no more than so-so shape by the time I reached Caduta 's . |
| 17 | I believe that his suspicions in this regard were more than amply fuelled by the activities of Marcia Williams , who also was a great believer in the conspiracy theory . |
| 18 | These expansions , furthermore , introduce ideas no more than potentially implied in the Horatian phrase : " renews the plain " , " fashion " , " suffers " , " shakes " . |
| 19 | If copulation had indeed been the cause of Preston 's subsequent arrival on this earth , and she was far from admitting the connection , it had more than likely occurred in the seaside boarding house that was their eventual destination . |
| 20 | With an enormous effort Alexandra said , with a small smile , ‘ It was better to be artificial than actually to sit in the sea in March . |
| 21 | Just why there are more calories in the human excreta following the intake of a high-fibre diet is less than fully understood at the present stage of scientific research . |
| 22 | It included $2,890 million for the Strategic Defence Initiative ( SDI ) programme ( $1,700 million less than originally requested by the Defence Department ) ; $2,350 million for the B-2 Stealth bomber project ; $688 million for the MX and Midgetman intercontinental ballistic missile programmes ( although no funds were authorized for MX rail deployment ) ; $1,840 million for the purchase of 52 Trident II submarine-launched ballistic missiles ; and $964 million for the development of a new generation of fighter aircraft . |
| 23 | Over the past few months , for instance , our Government has single-handedly ensured that the new directive on efficiency standards for boilers ended up far weaker than initially proposed by the commission . |
| 24 | ‘ Working for industry makes you intensely more accountable than just working for a university ever does . |
| 25 | At meetings of Bank Assistants throughout the country , in the past weeks , I have not met anyone who was other than bitterly disillusioned at the outcome of our visit to the Labour Court . |
| 26 | I would n't care to offer advice to gamblers , because I 'm sure that people who bet on horses do things other than purely look at the odds the horse if offered at . |
| 27 | He seems to spend most of his day doing little other than occasionally walking to the pub ( usually in the middle of a row ) where he can spend up to 3 hours . |
| 28 | He seems to spend most of his day doing little other than occasionally walking to the pub ( usually in the middle of a row ) where he can spend up to 3 hours . |
| 29 | This led to the highest possible in Rugby League other than actually playing for a good team : I began to be invited to games by the committee . |
| 30 | Er , it is important too , to stress that the Agency is acting as a bridge between the purchasing er , authority , the Social Services Department , and the er , independent sector , and that er , it 's also important that er , too , that er , in many cases , er , the provider 's income er , will , will not just come from Social Services , but it may be that people are purchasing their own care , if , if they 're not eligible for public , public 's er , help through , through funding , and therefore the scheme is much wider than just looking at the purchasing intentions of the , the Social Services Department . |