Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] than a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And a couple is less conspicuous than a man on his own … ’ |
| 2 | So a thirty year old service might be entirely different than a person with ten years service deferring his pension . |
| 3 | Therefore spreads are usually less risky than a position in a single futures contract . |
| 4 | It was a time when strikes were being blamed for most of the country 's ills , and Lord Hodson said : ‘ The injury and suffering caused by strike action is very often widespread as well as devastating and a threat to strike would be expected to be certainly no less serious than a threat of violence . ’ |
| 5 | A reverberant place such as a church , empty hall or tiled kitchen is less easy than a room with some sound-absorbent furnishings , such as heavy curtains and thick carpet . |
| 6 | Her papoose — not much bigger than a child of ten or twelve , so insubstantial had Sycorax become — was slid into the shaft feet first , so that Sycorax 's head was nearest to the surface of the ground , slightly tilted so that she would face upwards in death , her mouth near the earth and the living who walked on it . |
| 7 | They are less welcome than a troop of ticket inspectors . |
| 8 | What if the arguments conjured up to justify a war were false , or a king 's motives reflected factors ( naked ambition , for instance ) less worthy than a seeking after justice ? |
| 9 | The casual visitor to Dall 's crowded study might miss seeing a hyper-sensitive barometer sitting on the shelf , not much larger than a can of beans . |
| 10 | By the late 1960s , the new social patterns , technologies and musical styles had been substantially assimilated into a reorganized music-industrial system : a transnational oligopoly of vast entertainment corporations , supplied to some extent by ‘ independent ’ producers ; serviced by mass audience radio and TV channels ( with some ‘ minority ’ shows and channels ) , by a symbiotically pliant music press and by related leisure-products businesses ; and directing itself at a series of separate audiences whose distinctness is less subcultural than a creature of market researchers ' consumer profiles . |
| 11 | Also I did n't have much money , and barn owls are much cheaper than a lot of birds of prey . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | A demand by such an authority under an ultra vires regulation is no more or no less unlawful than a demand under a valid regulation which does not apply to the situation in which the demand is made . |
| 14 | In contrast with some of the other areas discussed , these are much less tax-driven than a matter of commercial advantage . |
| 15 | In a unique trial comparing a non-elemental tube fed diet with steroids , Lochs et al suggested that a peptide based diet was less effective than a combination of methylprednisolone and sulfasalazine in treating active Crohn 's disease . |
| 16 | and I was better qualified than a lot of guys in my class and yet they left college and got a job right away ! |
| 17 | In my view Labour 's stunning defeat requires of it much more than a commitment to PR and a pre-electoral arrangement with the Liberal Democrats . |
| 18 | But Lij Yasu 's partiality for Islam was apparently more than a question of convenience . |
| 19 | Eleven years on , this continues , though now there is perhaps more than a tinge of pity for my ‘ lonely ’ existence . |
| 20 | Without question , a gazelle in a herd is much safer than a gazelle by itself . |
| 21 | It is much worse than a judge at Cruft 's checking over the points of a Pomeranian or Pekinese , and you are more likely to be bitten . |
| 22 | Not much worse than a tumble in the hunting field . ’ |
| 23 | The match proceeded at a pace not much sharper than a cast of world veterans had produced earlier — including United 's own Bobby Charlton , who popped home a goal to show his heirs how to do it . |
| 24 | As the structure is not a single crystal , the sizes found vary from somewhat greater than a crystallite to diameters of a few millimetres . |
| 25 | First he handed over a bundle of Russian paper money that was little bigger than a wad of visiting cards , and some coins jangled . |
| 26 | Police sources said the use of bombs little heavier than a packet of butter could herald a new tactic aimed at beating the roadblocks that have been set up in London for the first time . |
| 27 | About ⅛″ is a suitable size for a close-mesh net , not larger than a quarter of an inch in the case of a home-made , drilled plate where the holes can be spaced more widely apart . |
| 28 | The other has no chequebook facilities , but provided the balance is not less than a minimum of £10,000 , interest will be paid on the full amount . |
| 29 | As Father Johnson approached the altar , the man for whose soul he prayed was writing a letter , not more than a couple of miles away . |
| 30 | All I can say at the moment is not less than about six hours , not more than a couple of days . " |