Example sentences of "[prep] more [noun sg] than [pron] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Place and spirit of place is the inspiration of more poetry than we nowadays like to admit ; and to do that poetry justice , the critic needs to turn himself into a tourist . |
| 2 | The acquisition of more power than anyone else in the world . |
| 3 | Over these last nine years , I have had opportunities to participate in the exercise of more power than I ever imagined I would have . |
| 4 | Men with more sense than we ever had . |
| 5 | And as to this present situation one of us is going to tire eventually , ’ Maggie pointed out tartly with more bravery than she really felt . |
| 6 | The day began like any other , except that the bells of St James 's Church seemed to peal with more exhilaration than they ever did on a Sunday , and Sarah pictured the ringers jumping up and down for joy at the ends of their stout ropes . |
| 7 | Kendall ( 1975 , p. 70 ) notes that ‘ the competitive , politically-oriented nature of French unionism , the undeveloped character of collective bargaining ’ endows the national confederations with more power than they otherwise might possess . |
| 8 | Most of the passengers went off to don coats against what appeared to be a cold wind outside , but Filmer climbed down from the door of the dome-car end of the dining car without more protection than his carefully casual shirt and aristocratic tweed jacket . |