Example sentences of "[prep] [be] [verb] than [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Words which appear early in the lists were remembered more easily as the subjects had more opportunity to rehearse these after being read than the rest of the words in the list . |
| 2 | Again , an understanding of encoded texts — the way in which a sender selects and combines signs — is of great importance to the public relations practitioner : a press release written specially for the tabloid sector , for example , may have more chance of being published than a blanket release designed to interest the serious press as well . |
| 3 | The bones of a small rodent species eaten by a small owl are more likely to be broken than the bones of the same rodent species eaten by a larger owl , even though in both cases the rodent may have been swallowed whole . |
| 4 | Its advantage is that it allows a far deeper and richer assessment to be made than the pen and paper exercise . |
| 5 | This is more an opportunity to be grabbed than a threat to the survival of Japanese factories abroad . |
| 6 | ‘ You might as well argue that a man who knows that he is mad is less to be feared than a man who believes that he is sane . |