Example sentences of "than [adv] the [adj] [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even in the heavy rain she had to be out in clean air , running among the trees , anywhere other than inside the hot chamber of her skull . |
| 2 | That it turned out to be neither was because of Father McGiff 's discovery that there was more to Time 's perfidy than just the simple ruse of slowing him down . |
| 3 | Well something other than just to talk about other than just the normal run of road things . |
| 4 | Whitley ( 1990 : 65 ) has suggested that this is in part because of the way skill formation is more intra-organizationally than individually achieved , and thus located in the context of the overall skilling of work groups rather than just the human capital of a competitive individual . |
| 5 | In the case of local politics , should this mean more than just the local implementation of national policy ? |
| 6 | There is more to the Premier Division , of course , than just the mathematical outcome of the championship . |
| 7 | that the load is more than just the initial action of my division |
| 8 | Each case must be examined on its own facts , examining the function rather than just the formal categorisation of the requesting authority . |
| 9 | So you are very unlikely to be able to tell your story ( and , once again , telling a story is what you are doing fundamentally ) without abandoning more than once the angel-on-the-shoulder viewpoint of whatever chief characters you have chosen . |
| 10 | Up to the autumn of 1960 the underlying divergences between himself and Debré had not prevented the two of them from working together closely ; after de Gaulle 's speech in November 1960 , the policy became less collaborative and more than ever the exclusive domain of the presidency . |
| 11 | A second runway would more than double the present number of take-offs and landings . |
| 12 | Of the 383 state production plans , 148 had been unable to meet their target — more than double the previous figure of 65 . |
| 13 | The radial shields are visible , distinctly longer than wide the distal portion of the shield bulges and touches or overlaps the opposite shield , the distal ends are separated . |
| 14 | The word ‘ habitat ’ implies more than simply the physical environment of an animal . |
| 15 | Any realistic model should incorporate more elements than simply the relative importance of leading officers and councillors , otherwise a distorted and simplistic picture of power inside local authorities will emerge . |
| 16 | It follows the publication of medical research which says men who 've worked for the Atomic Energy Authority and may have been exposed to certain radioactive materials have more than twice the normal risk of developing prostate cancer . |
| 17 | The rock is excellent , climbing quality equally so , and the grade and commitment are at a more amenable level than either the Old Man of Hoy or Am Buachaille . |