Example sentences of "much [adj] than a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is a very compact plane , not much bigger than a smoothing plane , weighing in at 1.6kg . |
| 2 | Each drawer , not much larger than a small matchbox , held the body of a wasp which had been through the Factory . |
| 3 | But , even allowing for the conditions , Luxton and David Pears were never much better than a lumbering link . |
| 4 | If you 're going away , wear clear or pale nail varnish — it will look much better than a dark colour with a tan . |
| 5 | Well , the studies that I 've been involved in , the computer has performed certainly as well as a consultant , and at times much better than a junior doctor in the particular situation that I 'm talking about . |
| 6 | Legalised exports of waste from rich countries to poorer ones are much better than a black market . |
| 7 | Now we 've got a company secretary he is er , an F C I S Chartered Institute Secretaries that 's much better than a chartered accountant , they 're no damn good as secretaries , right ! |
| 8 | The organizational separateness and distinctiveness of the state makes it much more than a mere mirror of , or passive receptacle for , the demands of society . |
| 9 | Today likewise Piraeus ' importance makes it much more than a mere annex of Athens and it has its own political traditions , regularly voting communist . |
| 10 | You will need the smaller 2″ diameter template supplied with Warhammer — the catapult is much smaller than a regular stone thrower so the template is smaller too . |
| 11 | The Germans had no idea who she was and the villagers from whom she had been begging food had not betrayed her ; she was allowed to go without suffering anything much worse than a slapped face and an hour 's sarcastic , sneering interrogation . |
| 12 | At the same time both syllabus and materials would emphasise that the primary curriculum is seen as something much wider than a mere list of topics to be covered in class . |