Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [det] [det] than [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Zambian broadcasters found themselves a long way down the civil service hierarchy and were accordingly poorly paid , some earning the meagre salary of a junior clerk ; certain technical studio operators received little more than messengers did . |
| 2 | Western governments generally expressed sympathy for the Lithuanian cause and concern at Soviet military pressure and the economic blockade , and Prunskiene was received everywhere by heads of government , but these governments did little more than call for restraint by both sides and for negotiations . |
| 3 | A The best way to sex L. caeruleus is by the amount of black in the anal fin — males have much more than females and young females have hardly any at all . |
| 4 | Households are similarly rationed in the goods market , i.e. , on account of ( a ) their failure to sell labour services and ( b ) the unwillingness of firms to produce any more than Y. By way of contrast , firms are in continuous neoclassical equilibrium and are not subject to quantity rationing in either the goods market or the labour market . |
| 5 | Seven supplements , 136 pages and a rolling roster of high profile commentators aggressively signal the ST 's intention to represent ‘ every shade of opinion ’ even if , given the paper 's overall ideological complexion , some of the captured names suggest little more than tokenism . |
| 6 | Inns provided much more than accommodation , for they were the venues for feasts and banquets , cultural and social activities , business ventures and political affairs . |
| 7 | And victory never looked in doubt as he dominated throughout , making the fences seem little more than matchsticks . |
| 8 | The self-centred and materialistic climate of the decade corrodes ideals and concerns about social justice , narrowing perspectives to the point where conversations comprise little more than house prices or retiling the bathroom . |