Example sentences of "in the [noun] [adv] [adv] than " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the earth is thought of as a billiard ball , then the water upon its face is like hammered gold leaf , adhering to some imperfections in the ball more tightly than to others , and in yet others not adhering at all . |
| 2 | ‘ There was another row at Newmarket last year when Sheikh Mohammed bought In The Groove privately rather than at a Tattersalls auction . ’ |
| 3 | Heat from the projector will dry up ink in the pens more quickly than with preparation on the film beforehand . |
| 4 | We , also , have to be able to goto Blackburn and come away with a result if we expect to advance in the Cup any further than the 4th round . |
| 5 | He says this one comes from Brazil , South America and the flowers are not immediately remarkable , but what 's special out it is it has the most wonderful smell of red wine — actually it perhaps smells of red wine that 's been in the carpet overnight rather than Chateau Lafitte . |
| 6 | In one sense , this can be read as the Eastern District 's response to the Ashby Committee 's vote of confidence in the WEA little more than three years before . |
| 7 | The undeniable fact is that chlorine is building up in the atmosphere much faster than it can be coped with . |
| 8 | Unlike the other actors — they 'd been in the business much longer than I had — I had no idea what work I could get . |
| 9 | The young man lying there was short of stature , blond , and though he had been in the ground much longer than Erceldoun the body , though swollen and green-tinged , had hardly begun to decompose . |
| 10 | Franchising is growing fast — and an increasing number of companies are expected to franchise their operations in the years ahead rather than expand in traditional ways . |