Example sentences of "[coord] more [adj] than [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only as late as 1918 was it established — by a woman doctor — that the juice of lemons is more than twice as rich in anti-scorbutic vitamins as that of the lime , for long thought to be as or more effective than lemon juice in the prevention of scurvy . |
| 2 | Even the most modern dental cements are very much weaker and more brittle than tooth substance . |
| 3 | It is rounder and more pungent than soya sauce . |
| 4 | Firstly , since free labour was cheaper and more productive than slave labour , East Indian sugar could be sold , if allowed to compete on equal terms , at a lower price than West Indian in both the British and European markets . |
| 5 | Although this procedure ( known as bonorum distractio ) was both fairer and more convenient than bonorum venditio , it had none the less been admitted only in exceptional cases under formulary procedure . |
| 6 | A rare vagrant from C Asia , larger , darker and more pigeon-like than Turtle Dove , with more heavily spotted , richer chestnut upperparts , darker underparts and blue-grey instead of white neck patch . |
| 7 | CSC is much cheaper and more flexible than video conferencing , which requires special rooms and expensive phone lines . |