Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [adj] than a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So a thirty year old service might be entirely different than a person with ten years service deferring his pension . |
| 2 | Why should a boat be less social than a caravan , for heaven 's sake ? |
| 3 | That prospect may be less depressing than a future dominated by the BJP , but it leaves little room for optimism . |
| 4 | A drop in voltage can be more serious than a power cut . |
| 5 | Little can be more disreputable than a Government who hang on to their jobs while pursuing policies that guarantee that thousands of other people will lose theirs . |
| 6 | Equally a group with a wider range of talents in its midst tends to be more effective than a group with a narrow range of talents . |
| 7 | They can also be seen in the popularity in France of the idea of attacks on British commerce as a means of forcing the traditional enemy to her knees , the belief that a guerre de course of this kind , avoiding large-scale engagements and making extensive use of privateers , would be more effective than a strategy which aimed at securing effective control of the seas . |
| 8 | The Language Master is likely to be more successful than a wall-chart , because the child hears the word as well as seeing it . |
| 9 | Moreover , it is the doctor-counsellor as much as anyone else who needs to ask these questions , for often spending time considering these aspects of ill-health might be more helpful than a prescription for drugs . |
| 10 | Now that winter 's coming on , what would be more appropriate than a programme about low temperatures ? |
| 11 | However , when subjects had to decide whether the target sentence followed appropriately from the context , a sentence context should be more difficult than a word context since it presents the subject with a more complex piece of information . |
| 12 | erm Magistrates only send people to prison because they feel the circumstances of the case justify it and erm I think in the public mind erm the criticism is more often the reverse , that Magistrates are too soft , and I 've heard Lord Hailsham say more than once that if we do pay a price for the lay magistrate system it is leniency because what happens , and the difference between the lay magistrate system and the stipendiary system or the Crown Court system is that Magistrates do sit in threes , and what that tends to do is lead to compromises in sentence because discussion between three people irons out extreme views and you do tend to end up with a very well considered compromise view , which probably does tend to be more lenient than a sentence imposed by any one person who might himself take a very serious view of the circumstances . |
| 13 | What could possibly be more romantic than a wedding on a tropical island ? |
| 14 | We can infer from these studies that horses reared with other horses in a free and enriched environment ( like a large paddock which offers variety and interest ) , if given the extra stimulation of owners who continually expand their mental horizons , will be more intelligent than a horse that never leaves its paddock or continually lives in a stable or yard . |
| 15 | As Daniel Rogers warned in 1642 , ‘ No prison can be more irksome than a son or daughter 's house ’ . |
| 16 | Whether he thought it would be more unnerving than a show of rage or whether he imagined he owed me civil consideration , I was uncertain . |
| 17 | ‘ What could be more manly than a man holding a woman in his arms ? ’ |
| 18 | Most people would n't — what can be more tantalising than a secret mentioned then withheld ? |
| 19 | What can be more beautiful than a reminder of favourite places when you 're far away ? |
| 20 | Convector heaters are also very useful , and can sometimes be more convenient than a radiator . |
| 21 | Clearly , in modern times a volunteer army is likely to be more isolated than a conscript army , and any process of ‘ professionalization ’ is likely to remove the norms and values of soldiers further from their civilian origins . |