Example sentences of "[vb base] [adj] than [verb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ There is nothing I like more than having the house filled with young people . |
| 2 | The contemporary laws of Ine , king of the western Saxons , while not unconcerned with religious matters — baptism , observance of Sunday , rights of sanctuary , Church taxes — deal more than do the Kentish with a range of civil as well as criminal matters , including aspects of agrarian economy . |
| 3 | In 1845 the " Railway Mania " began , when the plans for new lines submitted to Parliament would , if passed and carried out , have more than trebled the country 's railway mileage . |
| 4 | Police have more than trebled the reward on offer for the capture of a serial rapist . |
| 5 | Today , the oil glut and effects of war have more than halved the figure and there are few other industries able to boost export earnings . |