Example sentences of "[be] [adj] than [adv] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | The CBI points out that UK corporate taxes , at more than 4% of GDP in 1989 , are more than double the amount of state aid to industry . |
2 | She thought she could in the end be legitimized , be more than just the girl who had married the first man who came along in order to get away from home : daughter of a mother who 'd shacked up with her own mother 's boyfriend at that own mother 's unconscious behest — and had thereby had her life negated forever . |
3 | But as Duke he was to be more than just the Count of Poitou . |
4 | Trading profits in the communications division were more than double the figure for the first half year thanks to the cost control programme . |
5 | Prior to World War I , infant mortality rates in the workhouses were more than double the rate for the entire population . |
6 | In addition , the ITVA has some criteria of its own , being stricter than either the Act or the Code in its judgement of the admissibility of some statements of apparent fact or of ‘ knocking ’ copy . |
7 | It has to pick its way through the minefield of NT and Unix and estimate whether COSE is bigger than just the desktop . |
8 | It has to pick its way through the minefield of NT and Unix and estimate whether COSE is bigger than just the desktop . |
9 | Thus , the benefit for a pensioner couple over 80 will rise from £88.45 a week to £96.15 a week — an increase of 8.7 per cent. , which is more than double the increase in the retail prices index . |
10 | If one is more than double the other , we should not fit a straight line . |
11 | But in this book there is more than just the history of the WM & CR . |
12 | There is much evidence to suggest that reading is more than just the recognition of individual characters . |
13 | It is more than just the onset of literal night ; it is a night of the normal senses , allowing other means of knowing to arise . |
14 | Pearson 's agent comments : ‘ Pugwash is more than just the signature tune , and it 's not just the accordion . |
15 | Yet the presentation of the book , and Lowry 's text , often speak of a fascination with the Princess that is more than simply the fascination one can derive from the exercise of deconstructing an image . |
16 | Also , it is more than likely the case , however , that how a society designs manners for close personal and social relationships can not be totally separated from its understanding of the ‘ proper ’ treatment of its enemies . |
17 | Now it 's feared that there 's more than just the family fortunes at stake . |