Example sentences of "than his [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His critique of the alternative is more convincing than his defence of the status quo . |
| 2 | In terms of setting up his particular theoretical perspective , Bourdieu 's reactions to structuralism have been more crucial than his response to action theories . |
| 3 | Botham may find himself having to bowl rather more than his contract anticipated , and with nearly half the team aged 35 or more they will need a fit physio-therapist . |
| 4 | His face was small and his head no bigger than his Adam 's apple . |
| 5 | As he prodded around all the dreamy romantic feelings she experienced when he kissed her disappeared and all she could think of was when would he stop , and could n't he please just hold her again , very close , with the firm bulge of his body against her , far more erotic through several layers of clothes than his scratching , poking finger . |
| 6 | This Sir William 's uncle was a genial and uncomplicated individual of middle years , lacking his late brother 's energy and drive but considerably easier to deal with than his nephew , indeed seeming to find most of life much to his taste . |
| 7 | Only now did the Tsar discover that the Bulgar was none other than his nephew , Prince Milosh Voinovitch . |
| 8 | Fortunately his words were usually more ferocious than his actions , and , although he had Eisenhower 's full confidence , the President played a restraining role in foreign affairs . |
| 9 | And I think it 's this , rather than his homosexuality , which largely explains Proust 's extremely negative view of love . |
| 10 | Elisha was a gentler person than his master and proved to be a wise adviser to the kings of Israel , with the result that the danger from the Syrians was outwitted and avoided . |
| 11 | It was a complete caricature of Schleiermacher when Hegel remarked that on this account a dog must be more religious than his master , because even more completely dependent . |
| 12 | This retaliatory silence was apparently even harder to take than his outcries had been . |
| 13 | This was more frightening than his frown . |
| 14 | One may guess at the Spaniard 's dismay when Moctezuma passed him some lumps of greenstone enjoining him to hand them to none other than his prince . |
| 15 | But in 1795 came another demand , so the promise/contract was broken , for he was spending £45,000 a year more than his income . |
| 16 | It is to be hoped that Gluck 's judgments on wine are better than his knowledge of English poetry . |
| 17 | Gordon 's erudition , based on the use of primary sources , extended to Europe , and his acquaintance with minor Protestant groups , such as the Mennonites , Collegiants , Anabaptists , and Familists , was hardly less intimate than his knowledge of tiny English sects , such as the Traskites and the Muggletonians . |
| 18 | Even in the first century A.D. the author of the Periplus maris Erythraei can not find a better accomplishment for a king of Ethiopia — to counterbalance his notorious greed for money — than his knowledge of Greek . |
| 19 | This may be preferable to the opposite mistake ( where someone 's understanding is far stronger than his faith ) , but a better way is to develop both faith and understanding together . |
| 20 | It was he who pronounced in open court that a husband was entitled to beat his wife so long as the rod he used was no thicker than his thumb . |
| 21 | He yearned to reach London , was no less anxious than his uncle and his brother to reach the capital — and yet he had the curious feeling that time was not on his side . |
| 22 | In particular he found opportunity to complain about Childebert 's policies towards the Visigoths , with whom he cultivated more cordial relations than his uncle felt was proper . |
| 23 | In many ways , the framework developed in this and the following chapters is consistent with Paasi 's definition of a region rather than his usage of place . |
| 24 | But his nature was stronger than his conscience , his instinct more powerful than his reason . |
| 25 | The debuting vocalist therefore spent the entire set stooping to sing through a microphone a foot shorter than his requirement , hardly a sure-fire confidence booster . |
| 26 | And the video recording he watched yesterday morning revealed to him rather fewer weaknesses than his critics had discerned . |
| 27 | And the video recording he watched yesterday morning revealed to him rather fewer weaknesses than his critics had discerned . |
| 28 | Yet in the years before 1938 Eden was obviously closer than his critics to public sentiment . |
| 29 | They ought to suggest also that he thought more deeply than his critics have ever recognised about just those issues he is commonly alleged to ignore : the processes of temptation , the complex nature of good and evil , the relationship between reality and our fallible perception of it . |
| 30 | More remarkable than his treatment of the mistress as recipient or subject-matter of the sonnets is Shakespeare 's treatment of the man who fills that role in the first 126 poems . |