Example sentences of "[prep] more confidence than " in BNC.

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1 A new race of novelists may result , making it possible to refute with more confidence than hitherto B. S. Johnson 's fear that the British novel has never fulfilled the huge potential created by the irruption of modernism into the literature of the twentieth century .
2 ‘ A great deal , ’ Hari spoke with more confidence than she felt , indeed , she was trembling inside and she could only hope her nervousness did n't show .
3 ‘ Right , ’ Emily said with more confidence than she felt , ‘ please send Letty in with a tray of tea , I 'm quite thirsty . ’
4 ’ That 's all right , then , ’ I said with more confidence than I felt .
5 ‘ I do n't believe you , Luke , ’ she said with more confidence than she felt .
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