Example sentences of "[vb past] [adj -er] than [pos pn] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Manchester scored higher than its share of North Side units merited in terms of general and investor loan activity but , unlike Allegheny West and Central North Side , was amongst the more deprived neighbourhoods and showed a lesser tendency to revitalise by 1980 . |
| 2 | This proved stronger than her irritation at the surprise in the young doctor 's face . |
| 3 | Time and again their commitment to doing a good job proved stronger than their commitment to looking good and it was out of this honesty that many of the insights ( if such they be ) in this book arose . |
| 4 | My right leg remained shorter than my left by about half an inch . |
| 5 | The numbers of Malays and Burghers in the force remained greater than their strength in the population as a whole , but to a much lesser extent than earlier . |