Example sentences of "than [adv] [art] [adv] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Start with some life goals rather than merely the more prosaic work ones . |
| 2 | In the same way , he might have looked at the conflicts between institutions , genres and styles during the 1890–1930 period ( for instance , between old-fashioned vaudeville and new syncopated styles ; or between the requirements of public dance and private listening ) , rather than just the more homogeneous synthesis established by the time it ended . |
| 3 | In the Western Isles it was estimated at about 16% in 1976 , or more than double the already high rate for the Highlands and Islands . |
| 4 | The trouble is that the problem is proving to be more intractable than even the most cynical Democrats had feared . |
| 5 | A bundle of light fibres , which together forms a cable smaller in diameter than a coaxial wire , can carry several hundred TV channels — more than even the most hardened television addict will ever require . |
| 6 | a All of these are useful but a returnable bottle system ( as with doorstep milk deliveries in the UK ) uses fewer raw materials and less energy than even the most efficient recycling scheme . |
| 7 | After a demoralising season of gallery retractions and closures , more severe than even the most pessimistic expectations of a year ago , it is gratifying to report a promising new gallery which opened in a large industrial space in West Hampstead in the middle of last month . |
| 8 | Gozzard wanted to deal with headhunters who were businessmen and businesswomen in their own right , and this was much more important than even the most sophisticated data banks . |
| 9 | Now that I 'd definitely decided to welcome the baby , I 'd have to start planning with a bit more efficiency than in the past , when , so far as one could see , I had been working vaguely on the basis that God would provide ; and why the hell He should in a case like this was probably more than even the most devout believer could have told me . |
| 10 | Although he was only eighteen months older than Carrie he was in the top class and sometimes he was taught on his own by Mr Morgan , the Minister , because he was cleverer than even the most senior boys . |
| 11 | It will have changed more than even the most outrageous thinking is likely to encompass . |
| 12 | If , as one estimate has it , there are 100 billion billion planets , this is 100 billion times greater than even the very low SGP that we postulated . |