Example sentences of "[be] [prep] [det] than the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 And make sure your insurance company knows about any specific items , like valuable antiques , that are worth more than the insurance limit they may have set .
2 The idea is that the bidder must think that the shares in the company are worth more than the bid price , for example , because under the bidder 's control the company will be operated more efficiently , otherwise the bid would not be made .
3 Since Gladstone 's day , governments have accepted that literacy , learning and literature are worth more than the revenue from a tax on the product .
4 This is less important than in a share sale where the difficulty of the purchaser , without an express damage statement , is to show that the shares are worth less than the purchaser paid for them , as a reduction in the assets or increase in the liabilities does not necessarily reduce the price of the shares .
5 But the party conflict had always been about more than the succession .
6 Alternatively , the pursuer 's advisers may appreciate that being unable to produce better vouching , the claim can not be proven to be worth more than the Tender which is , consequently , accepted .
7 At the age of twenty-one , after some years as a clerk in a dry goods store , Marshall went to Chicago , telling his sceptical boss that he would one day own a store so big that the doors alone would be worth more than the boss 's entire business .
8 If the charter is to be worth more than the paper it is printed on we need guarantees that appropriate action will be taken to the satisfaction of the public , and in particular , the complainant .
9 If the charter is to be worth more than the paper it is printed on we need guarantees that appropriate action will be taken to the satisfaction of the public , and in particular , the complainant .
10 A radio would probably be worth more than the car itself .
11 We can expect more statements in the coming weeks and months and I am certain they will be about more than the separation of the Prince and Princess of Wales , which is not a grave legal or constitutional matter .
12 Robin Launders , Manchester United 's finance director , told ACCOUNTANCY that the company thought it appropriate to disclose the value attributed to players in the directors ' report in a similar way to the publication of information when properties were worth more than the balance sheet value .
13 If you genuinely think that the property is worth less than the asking price , then make a lower offer .
14 Since these two tend to go hand in hand , anyone whose home is worth less than the mortgage on it , would welcome a little inflation .
15 For patients , continued trust in the basis for their doctor 's decisions is worth more than the possibility of quicker access to elective surgery .
16 They will not complain if they believe that their property is worth more than the band in which it has been allocated .
17 The issue was about more than the Chairman 's statue , however .
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