Example sentences of "[noun sg] than [art] [noun] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nothing is more off-putting to a prospective employee than a delay in reply . |
| 2 | Those who argue that rape should be viewed as more a crime of violence than a crime of sex might also prefer the scope of rape to be confined in this way . |
| 3 | We find out more in both books , especially ‘ The Great Gatsby ’ , about the lover than the object of love , as this character is the more complex one and the one on whom the story is focused , as is shown in the titles of the books . |
| 4 | Silhouetted against the lightening sky , it seemed more majestic than ever ; more a part of nature 's raw force than the work of man . |
| 5 | Didier Pironi , who was one of the brightest ones , had said , ‘ Driving is more a state of mind than the use of intelligence . |
| 6 | Would this not indicate a greater love of dogma than a love of man ? |
| 7 | Thirty five today , there would be no better birthday present than the sort of start he has made each time he won here — a 66 in 1980 and a 68 in 1983 . |
| 8 | Yet there is more to the dilemmas of media tradition and ideology than the question of control . |
| 9 | We are softly up the stairs and into our room with less noise than a pair of cat burglars . |
| 10 | Few things can be more guaranteed to create a negative response than the sight of husband and wife sparring in public . |
| 11 | This is a much lower threshold of liability than the notion of violence that underlay the common law concept . |
| 12 | Although the practical significance of missio should not be minimized , this restriction makes it much less powerful a protection than an action in rem . |
| 13 | Workers in the nuclear industry could face up to double the risk of contracting leukaemia than the rest of society according to a report published today . |
| 14 | For instance , it has been suggested that the prejudiced themes exist at a psychologically deeper level than the denial of prejudice . |
| 15 | The Spirit of Jesus has come within him , and provides a higher law than the law of sin and death . |
| 16 | However the cases are not identical , for registration is more obviously a procedural act than the means of manifestation of consent . |
| 17 | It is a far more important issue than the discussions over qualification periods for overseas players . |
| 18 | I must explain that I do not like combined heater stats ; in general I find that the heater part packs up within a year , as , regrettably do modern heaters , and I would rather throw away a £5 heater than a £10 plus heater stat . |
| 19 | For some , the spur to going abroad seems more of a push from frustration at bureaucratic regulations at home than a pull from market opportunity . |
| 20 | Given the choice , most of us would rather eat a choccy bar than a stick of celery , but good eating habits will pay dividends . |
| 21 | DRINKING is no newer a theme than the quest for truth or the pursuit of friendship , but the startling originality of Stephen Amidon 's Thirst at least lends it a fresh sheen . |
| 22 | No part of the British Isles holds greater interest for the geologist than the coastline of Country Antrim from Larne to Portrush . |
| 23 | He makes it clear that he believes ‘ that there are higher civilizations and lower ones ’ ; the notion of Empire is ‘ not necessarily an ignoble one ’ when it is founded on ‘ the notion of extending law , justice , humanity and civilization — with no other interest than glory , and no other motive than a sense of vocation ’ . |
| 24 | Where anything resembling an analytic survey was attempted the outcome is prone to reveal more about the background and interests of the author than the matter in hand , describing the aristocracy and gentry in detail while displaying markedly less understanding of the composition and characteristics of the lower orders . |
| 25 | For example , I think it will be agreed that the Newtonian concept of mass has a more precise meaning than the concept of democracy , say . |
| 26 | Such desire for the other may be less the result of a desublimation of repressed desire than a consequence of desire itself being structured by social repression generally : thus the other may be cathected as ( an ) other beyond repression . |
| 27 | Induction , on the other hand , seems more like a form of inference than a form of knowledge . |
| 28 | Blur tussle with ‘ Maggie May ’ and Suede , whose current B-sides show them to be a better band than the extremes of hype surrounding them might have encouraged you to believe , cover ‘ Brass In Pocket ’ . |
| 29 | But the real job ( rather than the ideal version articulated by younger men ) is , as we shall see , much less about the application of science and technology to the measurement and control of pollution than the use of negotiating and bargaining skills to secure compliance . |
| 30 | A leading physicist , Professor Freeman Dyson , has put forward the possibility that the depletion of oxygen in the oceans presents an even more serious threat to the global ecology than the build-up of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere . |