Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] than a [noun] of " in BNC.

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31 But I do n't feel as if , I mean it 's it 's not the most pleasant thing in the world but it 's certainly fucking sa it 's safer than a lot of their more easier to put on and take off than and fucking safer and more effective than a lot of their contraception devices .
32 The small yellow tablets coated in sugar and containing nothing more stimulating than a couple of stiff cups of coffee became the most bitter pill that Bud Johnson ever swallowed .
33 Tempo 30 zones need not therefore consist of anything more complex than a set of signs , an arrangement which pays lip-service to safety improvement yet costs little money .
34 In this , nothing is more important than a core of energetic teachers with an interest and commitment to such related trends as those of RBL , study skills , information handling and integrated thematic approaches .
35 I find that his vitality , his sort of erm sense of rightness is incredibly interesting and much more rewarding than a lot of things that are going on on the Continent .
36 There is nothing more depressing than a collection of so-called first editions and rare items displaying faded spines , mull bursting through cracked hinges , scarred leather inadequately treated with greasy polish , mending tape of various hues round the spine , head and tail bands hanging forlornly and , perhaps worst of all , a badly lettered brown paper cover holding the whole thing together .
37 What can be more beautiful than a reminder of favourite places when you 're far away ?
38 Ermold 's final section covering the reception of the Danes at Ingelheim was written within hardly more than a year of the event , and with an explicit purpose : every detail was calculated to please Louis and Judith in 827 .
39 Now , with hardly more than a month of 1920 remaining , they were being honoured with the presence of the JNF 's top secretary , who would make the final arrangements , tie up the loose ends , perhaps name the day .
40 Hm. 's furniture is very much more practical than a lot of the traditional stuff that 's sold in the shops at vast expense is n't it ?
41 As seen in Chapter Six , both of these schemes cut serious injuries by a half , much more impressive than a reduction of one tenth in all injuries .
42 Leaving white wines unfiltered is certainly far more revolutionary than a bit of oak .
43 The celebrated cases make the point that in spite of its ill-deserved reputation , Glasgow is actually more peaceful than a lot of other places I could think of … unless , of course , you were an innocent wee serving lassie in 1862 .
44 This is a world where document management and revision tracking are probably more important than the finer points of typography , the ability to pull information out of the corporate data base more vital than a range of typefaces and sizes .
45 Whether he thought it would be more unnerving than a show of rage or whether he imagined he owed me civil consideration , I was uncertain .
46 Lucy would find nothing more disgusting than a tumbler of sweet sherry with her dinner .
47 Thus , the policing of a community by means of a consensus is always easier and therefore more desirable than a policy of coercion , which relies simply on greater strength .
48 Complete reimbursement is obviously more attractive than a contribution of a fixed amount .
49 He who has yawned and smirked at every politician in the land — surely he could manage something more original than a couple of funny faces ?
50 But Christine only smiled , more enigmatic than a gallery of Mona Lisas .
51 Quicker than Sterland — but he was also quicker than a lot of defenders in those days .
52 These figures suggest that slightly fewer than a quarter of our most influential church musicians are professionals , in the sense that they derive the major part of their income from music .
53 Carrington was carrying what appeared to be a portable radio : Grant had a black metallic box slightly larger than a sheet of foolscap paper and less than three inches thick .
54 Office rents have soared in London over the past couple of years but political factors are also significant as government departments make up more than a quarter of moves .
55 In the 1970s money just was not available to smarten up more than a handful of Provincial stations .
56 Nearly 6 out of 10 of our sample take exercise regularly ; slightly more than a quarter of them smoke cigarettes .
57 The radial shields are small , slightly less than a quarter of the disk diameter in length , triangular to irregularly rectangular in shape .
58 Gold made up less than a quarter of the Company 's exports from West Africa ; its charter recognized recent changes in trading patterns by laying down that the Company was to provide slaves for the English colonies in the Caribbean , and then giving it a monopoly of the trade .
59 But I tend to think he is probably fitter than a lot of the other players .
60 The radial shields are rounded triangular to teardrop shaped , slightly greater than a quarter of the disk diameter in length , distally contiguous except for a row of granules which runs along the suture .
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