Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] than [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's a very positive way of letting out pent-up aggression and far less dangerous than slashing someone across the face with your stick — and I 've got the scars to prove it . ’ |
| 2 | Work is a good deal less boring than doing nothing at all . ’ |
| 3 | The company may already have a mainframe computer with a data processing department and the manager might suggest that some potentially suitable software packages be evaluated and that obtaining a ready-made package should be considerably less expensive than writing one from scratch . |
| 4 | Giving credit for extended periods is always more risky than giving it for shorter periods . |
| 5 | This is obviously far more satisfactory than leaving it to a widely dispersed class of persons each of whom may lack the skill , interest and financial resources required if he is to take action on his own . |
| 6 | Chasing prey through the tree-tops is much more hazardous than pursuing them along the ground , as this raccoon-hunting puma is discovering ( below ) . |
| 7 | What could be more arrogant than to deny it to them ? ’ |
| 8 | Far better to let them grow up safe than expose them by making himself conspicuous . |