Example sentences of "[prep] a [noun] [adj] than [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She helped the teachers , was kind to the younger girls , respectful to the older ones and friendly to the two daughters of a Rajput textile millionaire who , as the school 's sole representatives of a race other than Anglo-Saxon , were not sought-after companions . |
| 2 | The research has drawn attention to the many ways of creating worthwhile opportunities for talk and collaboration , for learning in a group and as a group other than structuring tasks for cooperative working . |
| 3 | Lewis reached his third Test fifty before edging a flowery drive , and Salisbury recovered from an excruciating blow on the box from Waqar to bang him through the covers and generally give the impression that he might soon be worth a sport higher than No. 9 in the order . |
| 4 | When you set fire to it , it burns and explodes immediately , with a noise louder than thunder . |
| 5 | We 've even growled at the horse , and threatened it with a fate worse than death , but to no avail ! |
| 6 | Her boast was that she had been dancing at every RAF and American air force station within a 30-mile radius , and that she would n't look at any male with a rank lower than Squadron Leader or the American equivalent . |
| 7 | In 1957 there were just 140 lifers in prison ; thirty years later , in 1987 the number had grown to over 2,200 , of whom about one in five had received their life sentence for an offence other than murder . |
| 8 | When a discretionary life sentence is passed , for an offence other than murder because of the danger to the public from the convicted person , there is no undue difficulty in ascertaining the determinate sentence which would otherwise be appropriate according to the judges ' tariff . |
| 9 | Would n't speak to me for six months , but then his natural goodness of heart , as well perhaps as his gradual realization that I might have been right , that perhaps I had saved him from a fate worse than death , made it impossible for him to keep it up . |
| 10 | Nigel 's wife was obviously such a monster , too , that it had to be any good woman 's Christian duty to save him from a fate worse than death , or at the very least to give him a little light relief . |
| 11 | He dominated the conversation , holding the Hackett and Townshend women spellbound as he told of how he had broken up a white-slave ring in Dublin , and how he had rescued an innocent young girl from a fate worse than death . |
| 12 | ‘ He saved me from a fate worse than death , and it was all over so quick I never did get the chance to thank him properly . ’ |
| 13 | The heroine has escaped and alerted the police , who at the last minute burst in and save our hero from a fate worse than death . |
| 14 | ‘ Or do I just get rescued from a fate worse than death ? ’ |
| 15 | " Have this one and save him from a fate worse than death . " |
| 16 | It certainly was n't because he was trying to save her from a Fate Worse than Death . |
| 17 | ‘ The first was for saving you from a fate worse than death with Doreen — but what was the second reason ? ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Because you are so beautiful , ’ he said very softly , from a mouth redder than wine . |
| 19 | If you withdraw money using your card in a currency other than sterling , your account , will be debited in sterling and the conversion into sterling will be at a rate of exchange decided or authorised by the Bank . |
| 20 | Bonds issued and/or traded in the UK in a currency other than sterling are known as eurobonds . |
| 21 | UK corporates might find it attractive at times to borrow in a currency other than sterling ( most commonly US dollars ) through such a programme and fully hedge the proceeds into sterling , hence creating a synthetic SCP . |
| 22 | ( 2 ) Students with a theological degree without Greek or , in exceptional cases , students with a good degree in a subject other than theology who have read widely and deeply in theology , who wish to learn New Testament Greek . |
| 23 | If you prefer to take a degree in a subject other than law , this is perfectly acceptable , but qualification will take longer . |
| 24 | The Institute does not require that potential students shall have achieved any special competence in a language other than English , but would underline that such knowledge can be an important additional aid to extra profitability . |
| 25 | Those whose parents are literate in a language other than English may have observed writing in their own first language , for which there may be a different writing system . |
| 26 | delivery and assessment in a language other than English |
| 27 | Many people in Britain feel at a disadvantage when called upon to conduct business in a language other than English . |
| 28 | DELIVERY AND ASSESSMENT OF NATIONAL CERTIFICATE MODULES IN A LANGUAGE OTHER THAN ENGLISH |
| 29 | During 1990 SCOTVEC received a number of requests regarding the possibility of certification of National Certificate Modules where students are taught and assessed in a language other than English . |
| 30 | We are also able to certificate any module where the training and assessment has been carried out in a language other than English . |