Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] than [adv] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Buffaloes more than twice the size of today 's must have been formidable beasts , and pigs the size of rhinoceroses , with metre-long tusks , had little to fear , even from such predators as the now-extinct sabre-toothed members of the lion family which roamed the area . |
| 2 | Now , more often than not , solvent-cleaning systems are sold as a package to customers rather than just the solvents themselves . |
| 3 | We should recall here how alive the Chicago School was to this link , even if they saw people 's careers and mobility as largely products of their own actions rather than also the products of companies and other institutions . |
| 4 | As for the Jews of the biblical period , they of course knew of Yavan , which designated all the Greeks rather than specifically the Ionians . |
| 5 | They are largely illiterate , often unemployed , have families more than twice the size of their non-gypsy neighbours ' and live in cement slums without running water . |
| 6 | Those arguing for more fundamental change , tackling the causes rather than merely the symptoms of social distress , utilize categories embracing wider sections of society , extending from the still limited concept of the ‘ bottom third ’ to wider notions of the ‘ public ’ and ‘ citizens ’ . |