Example sentences of "[det] than [adj] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 's much better at this than belly-dancing in the desert , covered in clay . |
| 2 | Meanwhile the Nazgûl himself goes even more than usual beyond the boundaries of even ‘ romantic ’ humanity : he looks like a man , and carries a sword , but it is a ‘ pale ’ or insubstantial one ; he bursts the Gate not only by Grond but by a projection of fear and dread , ‘ words of power and terror to rend both heart and stone ’ , which work like ‘ searing lightning ’ . |
| 3 | It is quite obvious that if all of you are going for the same niche in the marketplace , as is happening increasingly at present , then it will be a highly competitive situation where you will have to rely even more than usual on the superiority of your own skills or technology to bring you through . |
| 4 | ‘ No more than usual in a prison this size , ’ the Governor answered without looking at the other man . |
| 5 | It is not easy to engage in discussion with someone who regards other opinions as no more than symptomatic of the way a bourgeois intellectual thinks under late capitalism . |
| 6 | Never more than competent as a draughtsman himself , Kempe was adept at selecting and training young designers and craftsmen to carry out schemes under his direction . |
| 7 | More than 1,500 people died in civilian air crashes throughout the world , little more than average for the decade . |
| 8 | When we want to calculate the orbits of Voyager satellites in the space programme Newtonian mechanics is more than accurate for the purpose . |
| 9 | At this point the marginal pound he or she earns from an hour 's work is just more than equal to the value of that hour in watching TV or pottering in the garden . |
| 10 | It 's about designing a chassis that 's more than equal to the demands of high-performance driving . |
| 11 | They will be more than equal in every department . |
| 12 | Although laterally we were little more than abreast of the squadron we were already six or seven hundred feet above them . |
| 13 | She was seized and held in a crushing embrace before she could do more than tense at the look on his face . |
| 14 | This is more than adequate for an SLR unit . |
| 15 | ‘ A pretty unwelcome one , as you made more than plain on the phone , so why should I bother making an effort to please you ? ’ |
| 16 | We were very , very angry and more than ready for a fight . |
| 17 | Laughable in an altogether more tragic sense are No Man , who now have the dubious claim to fame of featuring three ex-members of Japan ( Steve Jansen , Richard Barbieri and Mick Kam ) in their backing band , though to the uninitiated they come across as three craggy muso casualties looking more than ready for the knacker 's yard . |
| 18 | The crew were more than complimentary about the way Kylie has played the young siren . |
| 19 | Remember , before you approach the council , that they may be more than interested in the quantities of water necessary to run your ponds … you may end up with the officials knocking at your door . |
| 20 | I cant remember who they played last night , but I think the win will mean they will be more than happy with a point . |
| 21 | Certainly the Poole Advertiser are more than happy with the way in which the system has fitted in with their original working methods . |
| 22 | I have learnt enough about the Alexander Technique to realize that I have much more to learn , and that noticeable change can be a slow process , but I am more than happy with the benefits that I have received so far . |
| 23 | Our existing tenants are more than happy with the service they receive and we are confident that new tenants will be just as pleased . |
| 24 | ‘ We are more than happy with the decision , ’ said FA spokesman David Bloomfield . |
| 25 | We have made that clear from the start , and we have also made clear that we are more than happy with the results . |
| 26 | There was slight muddying of some tones , and the bass end could be made so heavy that it wiped out the rest of the mix , but with some careful EQ'ing during mixdown I ended up with a result which would be more than acceptable as a demo tape . |
| 27 | In common with several top players , Lendl is less than enamoured of the delays in promulgating a set of rules for the Tour which meet the desires of the competitors . |
| 28 | But in the same interview Mr Dole , as is his way , was a little less than helpful to the president . |
| 29 | Respondents are less than convinced by the Government 's assertion that unemployment is not linked to a breakdown of law and order — 75 per cent disagree with the statement ‘ unemployment has nothing to do with crime ’ . |
| 30 | To the extent that the schoolboy is less than certain of the answers that occur to him , can we allow that he still believes them ? |