Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] than a [noun sg] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Therefore spreads are usually less risky than a position in a single futures contract . |
| 2 | A word processor is much better than a typewriter in letting you enter and edit your text more easily ; print it out as required with much more flexibility ; save it on disc for future work ; and transfer it through an IT link ( see , for instance , below , under communications ) to a colleague elsewhere . |
| 3 | Not much worse than a tumble in the hunting field . ’ |
| 4 | it is more private than a hearing in the civil courts — the press and public are not entitled to be present |
| 5 | The will and ability to stand is one of the most basic manifestations of the life-force , almost more basic than an interest in food and water . |
| 6 | Medication Imipramine ( a tricyclic antidepressant , Tofranil ) is the only drug that has been shown to be significantly more effective than a placebo in reducing wetting frequency . |
| 7 | In a work of art this is a powerful coup because it compels us to think about why we know this woman must be black , and as an act of protest it is far richer and more powerful than an instruction in how to feel . |
| 8 | It might even be possible to create a ‘ place in the sun ’ , where car parking has been placed underground because a place in the sun for townsfolk is more important than a place in the sun for cars ( e ) . |
| 9 | Coming from a country where the use of the appropriate word is more important than a gesture in daily life , both choreographers have resolved that words must be replaced by gestures within the choreographic design . |
| 10 | In addition , all that is required is a chemical room-temperature mechanism which involves nothing more complicated than an experiment in a high school science lab . |
| 11 | One chair at the bottom of the table was empty , and as I came in Dr Barton , with hardly more than a nod in my direction , indicated the chair and said sternly , ‘ You may sit , Doctor Masters , while we ask you a few questions . ’ |
| 12 | It was hardly more than a flicker in the eyes , but suddenly Ruth felt she glimpsed Adam again , her own brother , looking out at her desperately . |
| 13 | The thought was scarcely born before James Lambert himself appeared , hardly more than a shadow in the dusk , but unmistakable as he walked past the pile of kegs . |
| 14 | The person doing it does have scientific training , and the MD is more difficult than a PhD in that the supervisor does not take part in the examination . |
| 15 | On a glorious day like this , who could wish for anything more delightful than a walk in the park and a chance to share the secrets of Rainbow 's heart ? |
| 16 | Zuwaya found that those elements in their image which depended on solidarity among kinsmen — on the massing of cousins , on the exclusion of women — had rather more than an echo in the words of their head of state . |
| 17 | Most Secretaries of State only manage to tap the helm , giving Defence policy little more than a change in emphasis during their time in office . |
| 18 | Seven days a week he works on the new ski lodge in the woodlands overlooking the valley , his private quarters little more than a sleeping-bag in a back room behind the new reception area . |
| 19 | Free-spending Mexicans are now rarer than a tamale in Lapland . |
| 20 | The theological implications of such a recognition were profound , and required far more than a change in regulations . |
| 21 | The Enlightenment , then , is far more than a revolution in theories of knowledge ( epistemology ) or even new methods in science and critical philosophy . |
| 22 | To Rumi the tears are far more than a guide in the spiritual quest ; they are the very water of life . |
| 23 | An ‘ albatross ’ , three shots below par , was one of the rarest phenomena in golf , even rarer than a hole in one . |
| 24 | ‘ An albatross , as I was saying , is one of the rarest phenomena in golf , even rarer than a hole in one which of course we have also seen today . |
| 25 | This little rose was seldom more than a foot in height and bore deep purple hips , ‘ inclining to black when ripe ’ . |
| 26 | The initial , almost instantaneous , elongation produced by the application of the tensile stress is inversely proportional to the rigidity or modulus of the material , i.e. an elastomer with a low modulus stretches considerably more than a material in the glassy state with a high modulus . |