Example sentences of "[adj] than [adv] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless , there is no doubt that Guevarism and other currents of thought have been influential in forcing established Communist parties to rethink their role and recognise the need to be far more responsive than hitherto to the specific circumstances of their own country . |
| 2 | She looked around for somewhere to sit , but the bed looked bigger than ever in the cramped room and his jacket lay discarded on the only chair . |
| 3 | In frightening contrast fitzAlan looked tough and completely immovable , and bigger than ever in the confined space of the alehouse . |
| 4 | In general , racist jokes and asides amongst skinheads are no more numerous or self conscious than elsewhere in the broader streams of white working class speech . |
| 5 | Their second defeat in four days by a London club means that a quick return to the present Second Division is more likely than ever for the First Division 's bottom team . |
| 6 | He seemed larger than ever under the low ceiling , and when he strode out through the street door , the saloon bar seemed quite empty without him . |
| 7 | It was better late than never for the 12 lucky winners of a tennis holiday at the Sport Hotel in Eilat , Israel |
| 8 | The population of Portadown increased more than tenfold in the nineteenth century . |
| 9 | The very fact that there are bodies in existence whereby such matters can be mulled over , experiences exchanged and ‘ fixes ’ established bodes more than well for the safe operation of such aircraft . |
| 10 | Someone suggested she touch up her lipstick , but make-up only made her look more than ever like the Spitting Image puppet of Bette Midler . |
| 11 | There was a particularly nasty crematorium in Mitcham , he recalled , with a chapel that looked more than usually like a public lavatory . |
| 12 | He used to enjoy telling us of the early trials of the Young husband expedition of 1908 which trekked more than halfway across the lonely reaches of Persia and Afghanistan , and over the Himalaya range to Tibet . |
| 13 | Château Valois , when they reached it , looked more beautiful than ever amidst the fresh green of early summer leaves and dappled sunshine . |
| 14 | Bath was more beautiful than ever in the early summer . |
| 15 | Outside , the garden looked more beautiful than ever in the golden light of late afternoon . |
| 16 | Officials maintain that living standards here are higher than elsewhere in the former superpower , but rationing exists for cereals , sugar , butter , flour , petrol and other basic goods . |
| 17 | Hove , however , came back more determined than ever in the second half . |
| 18 | The ventral arm plates are much wider than long with an obtuse proximal angle and a straight distal edge rounded at the corners and indented midradially . |
| 19 | ‘ Green ’ Issues , Food and Hygiene — Controls are becoming stricter than ever in the public interest , whether for water or foods . |
| 20 | Some people worry that feeding the birds is somehow unnatural , but gardens are No more unnatural than much of the British landscape , and the birds which visit our gardens are merely demonstrating the natural behaviour of flocking to exploit the sudden abundance of a source of food , whether it 's a heavy infestation of caterpillars or seeds and nuts put out on the lawn . |
| 21 | But he was there waiting and looked more handsome than ever in a grey suit with a white shirt . |
| 22 | The swine looked even more attractive than ever in a black open-necked polo shirt and black jeans . |