Example sentences of "more [adj] than the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Nothing can be more exciting than the first time that you are given some flowers , and particularly red roses . |
2 | For example , the first syllable of ‘ poetic ’ is more prominent than the first syllable of ‘ pathetic ’ . |
3 | They were , if that was possible , even more ferocious than the first time he had kissed her . |
4 | Active and vital service seemed more important than the first pip . |
5 | Was I making a monster more evil than the first creature ? |
6 | 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 . |
7 | ‘ This is going to be more difficult than the first match , but I feel we 're ready for it . ’ |
8 | 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 . |