Example sentences of "[prep] a [adj] [noun sg] than [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The cry by 1901 was for educated men ‘ of good social standing ’ to become ministers : ‘ Such men … are more needed now than before Board Schools provided hearers whose improved education demands preaching of a higher order than formerly . ’ |
| 2 | It was also said that both masters neglected to wear their gowns , that the gardens were overgrown , and that , though there were still about 150 boys at the School , yet " they were of a lower class than formerly " . |
| 3 | Yet in a curious way ‘ the Arabs seem even less of a real presence than before ’ . |
| 4 | 1 It is much more effective to carry out media relations activities within the framework of a detailed plan than simply to publicise events as they happen and haphazardly respond to media enquiries . |
| 5 | It made him look more like a ruthless pirate than ever . |
| 6 | The Trunchbull , her face more like a boiled ham than ever , was standing before the class quivering with fury . |
| 7 | In Dresden , long known for a softer line than elsewhere , the Mayor , Wolfgang Berghofer , announced after talks with 20 church and New Forum opposition activists that he was willing to discuss their nine-point proposal , and release anyone arrested who was not accused of violence within 24 hours . |
| 8 | ‘ Would n't it be better to love like that for a little while than never to know what it is like ? ’ she asked herself silently . |
| 9 | A national project allows astronomers of that country to take major decisions in building and using the satellite ; and national pride makes it more likely that politicians will produce the money for a national project than simply to join in someone else 's satellite . |
| 10 | Clearly , consultation is essential , with a wider group than yet involved ( including for example EATWOT , the association of Third World theologians ) . |
| 11 | The association of ideas made fondness for Gentle sound like another disease , but he did n't comment on it , merely made arrangements to pick up Klein the following evening and put down the phone , plunged into a deeper trough than ever . |
| 12 | This control , according to Willis , is manifested in the fact that the men organize production in a greater measure than ever before . |
| 13 | They also want the chance to use their minds and energies in a wider sphere than just the home . |
| 14 | Provided the necessary resources to maintain an active programme of exhibitions are made available , the Library is now in a better position than ever before to project itself to the public at large through the use of instructive and stimulating displays . |
| 15 | After all , er , the idea of death being the end of everything , is n't particularly gratifying to people , but er , the idea of an afterlife is , is very much more appealing , because it means death is n't the end , it 's just a kind of transition from one state to another , and it 's nice to think that er , there could be an afterlife , particularly if you can look forward to it , erm , in a , in a better place than here . |
| 16 | I hope that these reflections upon the justifications for the enforcement of contracts place the difficulties experienced by teachers of contract law in a clearer perspective than before . |
| 17 | Service industries are now in a worse predicament than ever , because it is no longer possible to register even a business name in Britain . |
| 18 | This nearly always results in drifting further back without much gain of height and ending up in a worse situation than before . |
| 19 | In each case , however , corporate Japan 's response was a positive one , with companies restructuring their operations and emerging from the difficulties in a stronger position than before . |
| 20 | Local groups , joined in a network , together and with St William 's and its agents , should be not only validators of priorities ; they should also become centres of influence and information in local communities , in a stronger position than ever before to influence institutional government . |
| 21 | In this important respect , the Institute 's exams are in a stronger position than ever before , following the agreement of the firms with the largest numbers of students to provide nominees to examining positions on a planned basis ; and smaller firms have expressed support as well . |
| 22 | The community broadcasters are in a stronger position than ever before to establish credibility at a nationwide level . |
| 23 | Heath , ‘ the grocer ’ , showed the Tories in a truer light than Home had done , as an increasingly ‘ middle class ’ ( as opposed to aristocratic ) party . |
| 24 | When the mare basins were excavated the fragmentary material beneath them must have been compressed to a higher density than before . |
| 25 | The pattern of labour in an advanced economy means that many jobs and roles now require specialized education and training to a higher level than before , though this co-exists with ‘ de-skilling ’ in other jobs . |
| 26 | One Scottish observer noted that " both parties are angry to a higher degree than ever I saw them even in the Exclusion time " . |
| 27 | I think that that will ensure two things : first , greater equality of action across the Community ; and , secondly , to a greater degree than ever before that every nation that signs up to a directive considers in detail the implications and costs of that directive before it becomes law . |
| 28 | In any case , mass transport in a protein biolayer is distorted to a greater extent than generally appreciated , and will be further affected where intact tissue , whole cells or organelle based biolayers are used . |
| 29 | To clarify this situation , all futures trades ( investment and trading ) conducted after 26 July 1990 by pension funds and authorized unit trusts were exempted from taxation ; and this has encouraged these institutions to participate in futures markets to a greater extent than previously . |
| 30 | The mouthparts vary in form to a greater extent than almost any other organs , the variation being correlated with the method of feeding and other uses to which they may be subjected . |