Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] [det] than the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If Howard Wilkinson is prepared to accept less than the £2 million he paid Arsenal during the summer , Clough is keen to do business . |
| 2 | As Winston Churchill put it : ‘ The French suffered more than the defence need suffer by their valiant and obstinate retention of particular positions . |
| 3 | Workers in Northumberland are among the poorest paid and twice as likely to earn less than the average for workers throughout the European Community according to a survey by the Northern Region Low Pay Unit . |
| 4 | Whether or not we accept the particular characterization offered by opponent-process theory , it seems that conditioned suppression training is likely to involve more than the formation of a CS-shock association . |
| 5 | I was unable to pay more than the $100,000 I had just forked out for his British rights , so he sold Leslie Waddington a batch too . |
| 6 | It is possible to withdraw more than the £50 daily limit , as long as you have sufficient funds , by going into any branch of The Royal Bank of Scotland . |
| 7 | It is not possible to withdraw more than the amount in the account so you avoid any risk of running up an overdraft . |
| 8 | Television dollars have in the past paid for the rising salaries but today 's bidders seem determined to pay less than the $1.45 billion CBS and ESPN bid in winning the current four-year deal for network and cable rights . |