Example sentences of "and [adj] than [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These findings do not confirm fears of an overall increase in the number of old people looked after in institutions , and the proportion of 4.7% remains commendably low by international standards ( and lower than the national average of 5.1% in 1971 ) . |
| 2 | Then he changed into a selection of dry clothes she 'd found in Marlin 's wardrobe , though Gentle was both taller and leaner than the absent lender . |
| 3 | Heres , for example ( in , " the greedy clutches of your heir " ) , denotes something perhaps rather less cosy and familial than the English word " heir " ; in many contexts it suggests nothing more than a legal designate with a contractual , post-obituary option on some hapless benefactor 's goods and chattels.5 Pietas is a notoriously difficult word to render , " piety " being the last recourse of the weary translator ; it involves " integrity " , " probity " , " purity " , " fidelity " , " devotion " , " decency " — a complex of related moral attributes which Romans sought and recognised in the upright man . |
| 4 | Although smaller and lighter than the 7.62 Self Loading Rifles which we had used in the Territorial Army , its strength lay in its high velocity rounds and accuracy . |
| 5 | yet the gear change itself is quicker and lighter than the long throw , rubbery device that spoils the Vauxhall . |
| 6 | With iron gords , or hoops as the rich people called them , and with clashes and tensions no less thrilling and dangerous than the real thing , we competitively raced until we dropped . |
| 7 | That 's an amazing 1,639,369 EXTRA copies over the three days — more than the whole circulation of the Daily Express and bigger than the combined sale of the Daily Star and Today . |
| 8 | This time they were a sickly blue-yellow and bigger than the last invasion , when they were red |
| 9 | So capable of making a kiss into something far more intimate and passionate than a simple meeting of mouths and bodies … |
| 10 | In the latter case , small , metal discs slightly larger and thicker than a large coin , hold pictures , drawings , etc onto the board and in that way avoid the need for drawing pins . |
| 11 | Any diagnostic system that is quicker and cheaper than the present system would be of use . |
| 12 | The curved tooth cuts faster and smoother than the usual block-shaped TCT tooth . |
| 13 | His approach to personality , by way of descriptive set-pieces , robust dialogue and direct explanation , may seem to be less subtle and complex than the post-Freudian attitude of C. S. Forester and Patrick O'Brian . |
| 14 | Thus their range of batch options is much more comprehensive and distinctive than the broad category we have used . |
| 15 | The passive is certainly more impersonal and factual than the active construction but nevertheless one feels that an analysis such as that of Palmer and Higgenbotham , which equates He was seen to walk away and He was seen to be walking away as both having the reporting " see that " meaning , loses sight of a slight but real semantic distinction . |
| 16 | Despite the grand titles of ‘ freedom ’ , ‘ democracy ’ and ‘ socialism ’ , Soviet-style communism inaugurated a ‘ reign of terror ’ far more widespread and horrific than the French Revolution . |
| 17 | Inclusion criteria were the classical clinical findings of acute pancreatitis ( abdominal pain and tenderness , nausea , and vomiting ) and more than a twofold increase in urinary amylase activity ( in 34 patients the increase was more than threefold ) . |
| 18 | Finally he lowered the papers on to the desk and whistled through his teeth in astonishment , and more than a little dismay . |
| 19 | Joanne and the other members of the team of teachers working with the intake year embarked on the new curriculum with a good deal of enthusiasm and more than a little apprehension . |
| 20 | One or two of the instructions are ambiguous , some of the parts do not fit together as they are supposed to and more than a little initiative is required to complete the project . |
| 21 | It was uncanny and more than a little unnerving to watch : the perfect hunter at work . |
| 22 | After two months of solid work and more than a little imagination , John and Jenny have created a marvellous centrepiece for their home . |
| 23 | THERE IS a paranoiac frisson , and more than a little insight , to be had from the thought that we humans are not really in control of our own fates , and that someone or something is using us . |
| 24 | All the competitors agreed that they had a challenging game and more than the usual number of wet balls and soggy bunkers ! ! |
| 25 | It was the notion of literariness that made Russian Formalism scientific and systematic , and more than an eclectic set of insights into the workings of literature . |
| 26 | It is cheaper and faster than a daisy-wheel printer . |
| 27 | He looked even paler and weaker than the last time I had seen him . |
| 28 | France , however , has gone some way to showing that a judicious space programme — based on modest goals and less than the highest technology of the era — need not be excessively costly . |
| 29 | He looked anxious , more white-faced and sober than the last time Athelstan had seen him . |
| 30 | It was totally dark , blacker and denser than the darkest night — even after dawn should have come — as the thick cloud of ash hung over them , cutting off the light from the sun . |