Example sentences of "[adj] than [adv] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The salute and stamp of boot on bare floor were smarter than normally as a consequence .
2 In many instances this does not matter at all , because the full screen , ungridded printout will serve more than adequately as a reminder of the actual design which is stored in the Me \ directory computer memory .
3 With her bouffant hair , her crimson lips , her plump raincoated figure hour-glassed by a tight belt , she looked more than ever like a matryoshka , a Russian doll .
4 In the half-light of the editing suite his face appeared more than ever like a mask , the nose attenuated , the skin smooth and polished .
5 She suddenly recollected that she was now the wife of the director of a large company , and drew herself up with what she hoped was some dignity ; but she only succeeded in looking more than ever like a pouter pigeon .
6 He looked more than ever like a baby blackbird , rakish , half-strangled and very dear to me .
7 Feeling more than ever like a cur , Neil turned the pages — but it was all of her that was left to him — and , he told himself firmly , he would read just enough to discover the truth about her … and why she had hoarded the cuttings .
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