Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [adj] than [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To men who lived on what they could pick up from articles and reviews , the ultimate weapon implied more than lack of a showcase : it implied starvation … |
| 2 | Communicating effectively in business means more than familiarity with the language . |
| 3 | But that megawatt smile indicates more than contentment with her soaring career and bank balance . |
| 4 | Quality matters more than quantity in the time you spend together . |
| 5 | As the Gospel narrative unfolds we are quickly made aware that the good news signifies more than rescue from divine wrath . |
| 6 | Neither of them showed any inclination to do other than sit outside the café in the sunshine , and Oliver had shifted the conversation far away from the Durances and murder . |
| 7 | As yet , Mitch was too occupied with the rope to do more than glance in their direction . |
| 8 | If the book does less than justice to large , complex organisms one can argue that sub specie aeternitatis the authors may have got it about right ! |
| 9 | Without time to do more than yell in protest as he set off , Sarella launched herself after him and did her utmost to keep pace . |
| 10 | Only occasionally did this local sentiment prove stronger than loyalty to the nation , as in 1489 when the levy of taxation for the distant Breton War led to a Yorkshire rising , in which the earl of Northumberland was murdered , and in 1497 when the Cornishmen rebelled against the payment of a subsidy for war with Scotland ( 73 , pp.14 , 15 ) . |