Example sentences of "[adj] than [adv] [prep] [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The interview had left him with two clear intentions more firmly fixed than ever in his mind . |
| 2 | She thought that he looked nicer than ever in his evening dress , and sounded nicer now that he had dropped his brusque , cold manner with her again . |
| 3 | Perhaps now that the forests and other wilderness areas have nearly vanished , these carnivorous animals burn brighter than ever in our consciousness — solitary beacons of wild nature whose continued survival has come to represent the survival of wilderness itself . |
| 4 | Her season began unpromisingly with an attack of shingles which kept her out of action for a couple of weeks but she recovered quickly and so completely that in addition to compiling her formidable record on the golf course , she was able to cope more than adequately with her school exams . |
| 5 | It was bound to worry her , as he was still a patient and I felt she had more than enough on her plate already without my adding anything . |
| 6 | As Fabia saw it then , if she did n't want her sister to heap coals of fire on her head when she got back — and Cara had more than enough on her plate at the moment — then she was going to have to be really pushy and go and ring Ven Gajdusek 's doorbell . |
| 7 | LEIGH 'S LOVE : At 43 , actress Twiggy is more beautiful than ever for her husband Picture:BRIAN MOODY/Scope |
| 8 | Stiff and inelegant , she followed him , more anxious than ever in her life to please . |
| 9 | His face was flushed and his waistcoat seemed perceptibly tighter than ever across his paunch . |
| 10 | More handsome than ever in his morning suit , his black hair gleaming with a brilliant sheen , and his eyes , his once dark and brooding eyes , now alight with the glow of love in them , Marc came swiftly to her side . |