Example sentences of "much [adj] [noun sg] than [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The requirement that the victim might suffer harassment , alarm or distress is a much lower threshold than the violence or possibility of violence that is the touchstone of the other offences under Part I of the Act . |
| 2 | Yes , the Kingdom is a much broader concept than the Church . |
| 3 | It is found mainly in timbers less than fifty years old and is a much larger insect than the furniture beetle . |
| 4 | In order to implement its duties , the JAC relied upon local committees , each of which had a much larger membership than the parent body : ten nominees from the LCC education department , two headteachers , four employers , four workers , and ten persons nominated by the central JAC for their interest in adolescent welfare . |
| 5 | This was a much larger cut than the government had planned , larger indeed than the announced cuts that had caused so much controversy in 1976 . |
| 6 | It was the second time in a fortnight the Glens had gone down to Portadown , but Saturday 's was a much brighter performance than the 3– |
| 7 | By November 1912 only fifty-one constituencies in Great Britain were without candidates , a much better position than the position at dissolution in either 1909 or 1910 ; few of these fifty-one constituencies were winnable , but in any case most of them had candidates by the end of 1913 . |
| 8 | The Vendor has a much better idea than the Purchaser of the Business . |
| 9 | So when UNITA arrived in Abidjan last month , fresh from victory at Huambo , it was determined to get a much better deal than the agreement in May 1991 which supposedly ended Angola 's decade and a half of civil war . |
| 10 | A highly specialised knowledge of tax law , for instance , may stand you in much better stead than an MBA , when MBAs are becoming increasingly common . |
| 11 | Secondly , it almost goes without saying that in real life people will not be presented at the point of sale with a neat , comparative ranking of ( say ) five different credit options , with one end of the scale of choice giving much better value than the other . |
| 12 | But so much seemed to have changed … and Joe would make a much better ally than an enemy , if only he could accept the situation as it stood . |
| 13 | A much closer contest than the scoreline suggests was effectively settled during two crucial first half minutes when Sheron , City 's unheralded striker , made two crucial interventions — one in each goalmouth . |
| 14 | Alf Clark of the Modern Sequence Dance Club said that the stage took up too much room in the hall which was created for a much smaller population than the village now has . |
| 15 | The report is , therefore , directed at a much smaller target than the novel . |
| 16 | Much safer bet than an artist ! ’ |
| 17 | As a woodwork teacher for many years I consider this design to be dangerous because power drills run at a much higher speed than a brace and consequently the feed is too fast for accurate control . |
| 18 | Here is a beast of impeccable breeding , and with reputation all-important in the used car market , you ca n't get a much higher image than the BeeEm . |
| 19 | Once again , however , the volunteer with powerful friends to reinforce his claims for advancement was in a much stronger position than a volunteer without influence . |
| 20 | The line joining OF has a much flatter slope than the line joining OD . |
| 21 | Moreover , an older lady should need a companion for a much longer period than a girl on the catch for a husband . |
| 22 | This is a very personal book which covers a much wider field than the title suggests . |
| 23 | An ongoing survey would be much more flexible , permitting more rapid introduction of new measures and much wider content than the Census . |
| 24 | The House of Commons , particularly , but also the House of Lords , is often thought of as a club and the exchange of views and striking of bargains which goes on outside the chamber can be and frequently is of much greater significance than the public posturing which goes on within it . |
| 25 | It occupies a long trench caused by a geological fault and is over a thousand feet deep , a much greater depth than the sea into which it debouches . |
| 26 | And though the Major was a man of very much greater intelligence than the headmaster , it was in this case , for once in his life , Mr Crumwallis who was in the right . |
| 27 | Jamie Marston , the youngest competitor , struggled hard to make headway in a leaking canoe borrowed from the host club while Peter Weeks showed much greater confidence than a year ago when he was the youngest sailor . |
| 28 | The long-term effect on the student and his/her ability to obtain information , is , however , of much greater interest than the measurement of short-term skills with regard to the use of specific bibliographic tools . |
| 29 | Although they are employed to a much greater extent than the rest of the percussion , it must be realized that their effectiveness largely depends on a sparing use of them . |
| 30 | It is reasonable to acknowledge that women and men within one community do share a historical and cultural experience to a much greater extent than the miner and the public schoolboy . |