Example sentences of "more [adj] than the [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After much fretting and threats of legal action , the RFU had little choice but to back down — and endorse a strip that is if anything , more garish than the last effort . |
| 2 | Nothing can be more exciting than the first time that you are given some flowers , and particularly red roses . |
| 3 | Now , does n't that sound a whole lot more exciting than the next Prodigy video ? |
| 4 | For example , the first syllable of ‘ poetic ’ is more prominent than the first syllable of ‘ pathetic ’ . |
| 5 | They were , if that was possible , even more ferocious than the first time he had kissed her . |
| 6 | Magwitch seemed quieter and more likeable than the last time I had seen him . |
| 7 | This table of the Nations in Genesis 10 can hardly be more ancient than the seventh century B.C. Not much later Ezechiel or one of his disciples included Yavan in the lamentation for Tyre ( 27.13–19 ) . |
| 8 | Active and vital service seemed more important than the first pip . |
| 9 | Was I making a monster more evil than the first creature ? |
| 10 | I do n't think I was any more beautiful than the next teenager . |
| 11 | It was as if there was a wave of water and the wave turned a wheel and the wheel turned a cog and the cog turned a piston and the piston punched out a wave , bigger and more overwhelming than the first wave , turning a bigger wheel , a bigger cog , a bigger piston and then finally a wave that seemed enough to swallow everything in its path . |
| 12 | This represents a more positive attitude towards culture than the previous three positions , although it is more critical than the second position listed here . |
| 13 | ‘ This is going to be more difficult than the first match , but I feel we 're ready for it . ’ |
| 14 | She did n't know ; all she knew was that she adored him more than before and she wanted him more desperately , therefore inevitably she was going to be more hurt than the first time . |