Example sentences of "[vb past] [adj] than the [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He preferred the slow , peaceful life of the Devon countryside to the frenetic bustle of the metropolis : playing for Exeter seemed better than the likelihood of being very small fish in the big Arsenal pool . |
| 2 | What has happened is a swings-and-roundabouts operation , whereby last year pensioners received more than the cost of living that they had incurred , whereas this year they will receive less . |
| 3 | We conclude that the CL100 gene and its mouse homologue represent a new subclass of mammalian PTPase in that they show no significant similarity to any human PTPase yet discovered other than the presence of the highly conserved active-site sequence . |
| 4 | With these decisions Darwin became more than the protégé of Lyell . |
| 5 | Some then went off to the latrines behind the back of the hall , which Charlie thought smelled worse than the middle of Whitechapel Road on a steaming summer 's day . |
| 6 | But it never seemed right ; she would kiss him , for not very long , at the end of each meeting , and he could hold her , feel his arms around her narrow back , his body briefly against hers , but he could feel her tense if his hands went lower than the small of her back , and when he tried to kiss her more deeply , or hold her tighter , she would break away , shaking her head . |
| 7 | This meant more than the elimination of exploitation , which had already been achieved in the Stalinist period : it meant the elimination of the oppression of man by man , which could be achieved only by the working class itself and not by a bureaucracy on its behalf . |
| 8 | Now , Harry was certain , Cornelius meant more than the length of time a middle-aged man should give himself to recover from influenza . |
| 9 | At stake lay more than the future of the English garrison in the town which the French were besieging and blockading by land and sea . |
| 10 | As a friend with three children at public school put it , ‘ My last term 's bills totalled more than the price of the wife 's new care ’ . |
| 11 | It 's difficult to escape the conclusion that a great many of those questioned spoke less than the truth in their answers . |
| 12 | Now , after some shrewd scavving and a touch of inventive accountancy , she had more than the price of the pudding . |
| 13 | And to say as much — to think as much — was to admit religion , to admit that life held more than the grave at the end of it , to admit that there was a spirit which transcended the poor imperfect flesh . |