Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [verb] than [noun] of " in BNC.

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1 Most people find such diagrams much easier to understand than paragraphs of explanatory prose but the flexibility itself can lead to the difficulties illustrated in Fig. 1.22 .
2 Nevertheless , Merovingian kings with the same mother were more likely to cooperate than sons of different mothers .
3 These not only keep your feet cosy and warm , but are far more comfortable to wear than layers of socks .
4 Charity glanced at the clock as she poured and announced that she 'd missed it , Peregrine asking if it mattered a hoot anyway , the wireless these day being so hopelessly uninformative , with nothing more important to impart than news of patrol activity on the Maginot Line .
5 As early as 1974 , Shipman suggested that professional development is possibly the only legitimate indicator of the success of an innovation , although it is considerably more difficult to measure than take-up of project materials .
6 And nothing could be more marvellous to sing than parts of the church scene .
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