Example sentences of "than the prospect of " in BNC.
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| 1 | It will take more than the prospect of weight savings to prompt them to abandon this safe method . |
| 2 | Possibly more terrifying than the prospect of being run through with poisoned weapons , gassed by noxious organic exhalations from embalmed bodies , or turning black with anthrax , is the very real prospect of an object disintegrating in ( or falling from ) one 's hands . |
| 3 | What worried him far more than the prospect of change , was the fact that he shied away from it , as a man set in his ways , and that was something he had never considered himself to be . |
| 4 | Therefore merely the thought of exchanging gifts with the people she holds in mutual contempt was more awful than the prospect of being without her sons on Christmas Day . |
| 5 | Had Peter implied , or worse even , said , that Anna had rushed impetuously to take a job in a supermarket because anything was better than the prospect of an unchanged status quo ? |
| 6 | There were many good reasons for adopting the latter course as Claudius badly needed to be certain of the loyalty of his army , and there was no better opportunity for obtaining this than the prospect of a great victory . |
| 7 | However , there was nothing to stimulate Branson 's interest more than the prospect of a good contract race against a rival company — Chrysalis , Polydor or CBS . |
| 8 | It offers nothing less than the prospect of giving substance to the idea of ‘ an academic community ’ , unknown since the medieval foundation of the university . |
| 9 | And ‘ dinner ’ sounded an awful lot more enticing than the prospect of another hamburger from the greasy little café down the road . |
| 10 | Beryl needed firm handling but losing father and brother inside four days must mean something more than the prospect of a secure income . |