Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] more [adj] than [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Radium is tens of times more hazardous than plutonium and thousands of times more hazardous than tritium . |
| 2 | Radium is tens of times more hazardous than plutonium and thousands of times more hazardous than tritium . |
| 3 | • Is Freedom of Information more vital than food aid in relieving Famine ? |
| 4 | Some were even taller than Miach , and some were dark-haired and pale skinned , with eyes more silver than gold . |
| 5 | in things more telling than lipstick kisses : |
| 6 | They want to know whether today 's men are better fathers , whether men will ever open up at the breakfast table , whether male impotence is on the rise , whether men suffer from their own form of menopause , whether men will cultivate any interest in pastimes more enlightened than football and snooker . |
| 7 | Could it be — and this will shock the glossy posse at Esquire — that there are some things in life more important than fashion ? |
| 8 | Social skills are in principle more complex than perceptual-motor skills because the latter assume ( correctly ) a passive world which will react neutrally , according to the laws of physics . |
| 9 | Indeed the former corporate raider would not be drawn on any specifics , even by questioners more illustrious than Management Today . |