Example sentences of "than [adj] [noun] [verb] [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Junker resistance to the abolition of serfdom , their mistrust of the new powers of industry and their blank incomprehension when faced with the idea that their estates could be run more profitably on other than feudal lines set them on a course that was to have a profound impact on German history . |
| 2 | Of this person she could form no idea other than that Hugh believed him to be the owner of whatever was in the sack and that he was in some way connected with the outlaws ' Camp . |
| 3 | It took the jury at Nottingham Crown Court less than three hours to convict them after a two-week trial . |
| 4 | In other words , the proposed research should enable us to discover whether the dark figure of crime is even larger than self-report studies reveal it to be . |
| 5 | Likewise , Wemyss had few kind things to say about Salisbury , and on more than one occasion denounced him as a ‘ socialist ’ for enacting measures like free education in rural districts and the Workmen 's Compensation Act . |
| 6 | In Escape from Childhood ( 1974 ) , John Holt notes that children are , in fact , capable of a great deal more than modern society allows them to be . |
| 7 | It took a hundred firefighters more than four hours to bring it under control . |
| 8 | Its grounds were small for so large a house , no more than two shrubberies dividing it from its neighbours , and at the rear a stretch of lawn with trees ran down to a fence . |
| 9 | This motion condemns rise in unemployment caused by the incompetent handling of the Tory government 's economic policies and I ask for support of the T U C campaigns for the unemployed , but I would beg really that when we do campaign , the T U C gives us more than two days to notify us of rallies and meetings . |