Example sentences of "than [adv] [prep] a [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | After all that toil and trouble , the outcome was the same as it is more often than not in a constituency of the Republic — the same , that is to say , as if not a single vote had been transferred : the candidates elected were those who , on the showing of the very first count , had the greatest number of first-preference votes . |
| 2 | General Manager Rogerson added : ‘ We are running more trains than ever with a maximum of 26 per day in the height of our season . |
| 3 | The use of continuing care beds for elderly people is being more closely scrutinised than ever as a result of the changing NHS culture . |
| 4 | More patients are being treated in more specialities and with more up-to-date methods than ever before a reflection of the hard work and high levels of professionalism of the staff who serve the people of Darlington and Teesdale . ’ |
| 5 | In many instances this does not matter at all , because the full screen , ungridded printout will serve more than adequately as a reminder of the actual design which is stored in the Me \ directory computer memory . |