Example sentences of "than [pron] [vb base] [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since then a number of people a great deal abler than ourselves have worked on the problem but , because of the sheer labour of handling the algebra they were forced either to assume that the crack tip was infinitely sharp , that is had zero radius , or else , with a finite tip radius , to use very approximate methods , or at least to map the stress system only in certain regions . |
| 2 | She alerts the reader in her introduction to what she finds offensive in these genteel concoctions of tea and adultery : … if a comic charlady obtrudes upon the action of a real novel , I will fling the novel against the wall amidst a flood of obscenities because the presence of such a character as a comic charlady tells me more than I wish to know about the way her creator sees the world . |
| 3 | Although not directly connected to the constitutional difficulties being experienced by Canada , McKenna acknowledged the indirect connection when , speaking of the growing co-operation between the four provinces , he admitted that he had " seen more co-operation during the last six months than I 've seen in the last five years that I 've been Premier " . |
| 4 | I will feel a greater feeling of personal well being … a greater feeling of personal safety … and security … than I have felt for a long , long time . |
| 5 | I feel better about it now than I have done since the accident , ’ she admitted . |
| 6 | When I awake , the sickness has gone , but the high has remained and I feel fitter than I have done in the whole of our visit . |
| 7 | Is the Leader of the House aware that , in the past four days , since we returned from the Christmas recess , I have heard more from Conservative Members about Labour party policy than I have heard on the national executive committee in 12 months ? |
| 8 | Henry Fonda was apparently heard to say of his son , ‘ That little bastard … he and some other punks have produced a movie out of nothing and have made more money from that piece of crap than I have made in a whole lifetime in Hollywood . ’ |
| 9 | I think I could probably send a return on Tuesday erm but I 'd rather wait because if I can send stuff properly done rather than you know done to the latest or or the the pre-latest system then I will . |
| 10 | ‘ We 'll certainly have more details than you have given about the roof tax ’ she said . |
| 11 | I think what we actually want is more people who are more in tune with working people and their hopes , and their dreams and their aspirations , and tha in , in parliament , in the House of Commons than we 've got at the moment and so the motion I 'm putting forward which is to propose that we actually look at the Parliamentary Panel and make sure we get a few decent shop stewards in the House of Commons , a few people who got experience of actually being on the shop floor , a few people who got experience in the last fourteen years , that the last four Conservative governments have actually tried and defend and fight for the interests of working people right down the grass root , those are the people that we actually need in the House of Commons and we shall be looking at our Parliamentary Panel and we shall be looking at it very seriously to ensure that we get those sort of people onto that Parliamentary Panel and those sort of people into the House of Commons , that 's the best way to represent working people in Britain today and that 's the sort of contribution the G M B should be making . |
| 12 | July the first more members er in , in , in local authorities than er than we 've got in the whole of our union right and we 've got twenty five per cent of our membership in , in local authorities and we 're getting hammered and we 're also getting at the same time privatization , we 're seeing local authorities being broken up and we 're seeing a creation of large numbers of employers . |
| 13 | We no more have to leave everything to hazard than we have to drown in the sea . ’ |
| 14 | I think one of the things that is necessary is that you do need quite a strong centre within government at the moment , and , as we deal with all these complicated issues , whether they are … political or intelligence issues [ such ] as … the Falklands Isles or whether it 's something highly controversial such as nuclear power or defence or even road systems , you need a much stronger centre than we have got at the moment . |
| 15 | Devolved government in the form of Scottish and Welsh assemblies and regional government will make for much more open government than we have had in the past 12 years . |
| 16 | But it has such appeal that the casinos are reporting more feverish betting activity than they 've known in a long time . |
| 17 | MANY families and groups are paying more than they need to get into the Surrey County Agricultural Show — the UK 's largest one day — on Bank Holiday Monday , May 25th . |
| 18 | They are perhaps playing a more prominent part than they have done for a long time . |
| 19 | People in late twentieth-century Britain do not necessarily do less for their relatives than they have done for the past two centuries , nor do they necessarily have a weaker sense of obligation , but they do have to work out the nature of their relationships and the patterns of support associated with them , in circumstances which are very different from the past . |
| 20 | But history has shown that those in authority should take more notice of recommended accident prevention measures than they have done in the past . |
| 21 | ‘ In a month , I could teach the Americans more than they have learned in the history of their game . ’ |
| 22 | Companies using substantial amounts of power are finding that effective buying demands close and detailed management attention , often backed by significantly more electronic metering and statistical analysis than they have used in the past — in one instance , a prospective supplier demanded to see consumption levels taken at half-hour intervals throughout the year . |
| 23 | Better designed and better tested materials than ours have met with a similar fate . |