Example sentences of "be [adj] [prep] [adj] than [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Local schools , for example , might be involved in more than an annual carol service . |
| 2 | But that 's not such a bad deal for customers because the law does n't allow any pack to be underweight by more than a small amount . |
| 3 | Since then , observed levels of legal abortion can not be responsible for more than a fifth of the decline in legitimate fertility , although its impact of illegitimate births is greater . |
| 4 | If you have any surplus seeds such as peas , beans , lupins — all nitrogen fixers — then sow them if the ground is going to be vacant for more than a few weeks . |
| 5 | The diversity of munition products is exemplified by , on the one hand , the gun and aperture sights for the American Lewis guns , high precision work ( they had to be correct to less than a thousandth part of an inch ) of which 27 , 900 were produced , and on the other hand the unpacking and assembly of the American-manufactured Mercer and Hyster Mobile Cranes , 169 of the former and 207 of the latter being dealt with in addition to 37 Elwell Parker Lift Trucks . |
| 6 | The husband who bought them to placate her may not be aware of more than the fact that they are red ( the wife too , come to think of it , if she was only signalling forgiveness ) . |
| 7 | In your sexual relations with other people , you need to be aware of more than the behavioural aspects . |
| 8 | It is also possible to see Baker as a ‘ lightning rod ’ for the president , protecting him from the ire of conservative ideologues who , by definition , would never be satisfied with less than the whole loaf . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'll be dead in less than a year . |