Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [det] than [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The bureaucrat is assumed as a general rule to know more than the sponsor about factor costs and production processes involved in the bureau 's services . |
| 2 | However , a horse needs more than the space necessary to exercise both body and mind . |
| 3 | True , this remedy contains more than an element of ‘ big brother ’ and it may be that it does no more than turn the criminals away from the areas covered by the cameras ' eyes . |
| 4 | ROWLAND S HOWARD These Immortal Souls ' Australian exile recounts more than a decade on the musical edge … |
| 5 | Alex Miller 's team asked no questions of a drastically altered Ibrox side containing more than a smattering of Rangers ' impressive reserve strength . |
| 6 | Is the kingdom of God spoken of in the New Testament simply ‘ the moral organisation of the human race ’ , or does that conception owe more than the Liberals themselves realised to their own enlightened and optimistic view of the development of Protestant culture in their own day ? |
| 7 | Neither side had more than a couple of scoring chances in the first half , and Ecchinswell took advantage of the first of these , breaking through after dispossessing Martin Whiddett on the sideline and finding a vast opening in the Alton defence . |
| 8 | The outbreak comes less than a month after the bug struck 11 children in the intensive care unit at Guy 's Hospital , London . |
| 9 | But the exiled soldier wanted more than a place to stay : he wanted , to a Peter Pan-ish degree , everything as it had been in his childhood home . |
| 10 | The new ban came less than a year after Saudi Arabia had lifted a ban imposed during the Gulf crisis on all Jordanian imports . |
| 11 | Then too , Sun has more than a touch of the ‘ not invented here ’ syndrome . |
| 12 | The style and method of management matter less than the question of whether the headteacher can collaborate with other schools and is prepared to make adjustments and concessions in the way the school is run in order to allow better pooling of time , staff or other resources . |
| 13 | Mr Marzio also maintains that the tax law affects more than the stream of gifts to museums . |
| 14 | Sketching out the good and bad side of human nature … cartoons get a fleeting glance in daily papers … but for many there 's a more serious side … the cartoonists work raises more than a smile . |
| 15 | According to Bill Martin , economist at UBS-Phillips & Drew : ‘ The only thing the Chancellor fears more than the currency speculators are the rows of blue rinses at Blackpool next week ’ . |
| 16 | In the case of Sheffield City Council v A.D.H. Demolition Ltd the Divisional court of the queens bench made it clear , for the first time in a reported case , that ‘ premises ’ within s.1(1) of the 1968 Act covered more than a building standing on a particular piece of ground , but did include a vacant site . |
| 17 | At stake lay more than the future of the English garrison in the town which the French were besieging and blockading by land and sea . |
| 18 | Although the revolt lasted less than a month and its effects were confined to a small region , Gubec became a folk hero to the peasants . |
| 19 | The concentration of chloride in interstitial water in the unsaturated zone is a chemical record that represents recharge to the saturated zone covering more than a century . |
| 20 | But there are too few projects like Cleevedon , and too little money to help more than a handful of youngsters every year . |
| 21 | Sometimes the heel on the foot wears less than the toe and sides , so that the frog becomes raised above the ground , and the heel becomes contracted , and the pastern upright . |
| 22 | There is also initial reluctance to spare more than an hour , though experience shows that interviewees will find time for three or four more sessions . |
| 23 | A team has a mix of people who contribute in different but complementary ways thus achieving synergy , ie the team produces more than the sum of its individuals . |
| 24 | A powerful sitter may also impose a requirement that the portrait looks impressive , so that an amused spectator can look for traces of the consequent power struggle in a picture ; Queen Elizabeth I of England was as firm as the Emperor Augustus about the principle that a ruler 's actual appearance matters less than the imprint of authority . |
| 25 | And every Saab dealer is now bound to down tools and help you out without prior booking if the job takes less than an hour . |
| 26 | If the median voter 's most preferred point remains less than the reversion level , the level of spending remains unchanged at the reversion level . |
| 27 | In other academic areas it is assumed that the teacher knows more than the student , and is there to convey this knowledge , whether as a corpus or a skill . |
| 28 | The announcement ended more than a week of consultation and speculation about the scope of the mission during which the administration won UN backing for the operation and sought to involve its allies . |
| 29 | Radio signalling made more than a debut , helping toward the achievement of one of the decade 's miracles , not only the survival but with greater expectation of long life of much of the Highland lines and many more . |
| 30 | As a rough guide , if a fever persists more than a day or two in a child under 2 years then consider seeking advice . |