Example sentences of "[noun] [vb -s] [adj] than " in BNC.
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| 1 | Money counts more than Monet in the 1990s . |
| 2 | It is claimed that a fifth of road fatalities say 1,150 deaths a year can be attributed to ’ drunk ’ driving : a driver has more than the permitted level of alcohol in his blood . |
| 3 | ‘ For Tavernier , the cinema counts more than anything . |
| 4 | He was incorrect to say that we have fewer national holidays than any other European country — the Netherlands has fewer than us . |
| 5 | Work out the contributions according to the normal earnings period ( for example , weekly or monthly ) , even if the first payment covers less than that period . |
| 6 | The modern surveyor involved in administering building contracts needs more than just a working knowledge of its terms — he needs a detailed legal appreciation . |
| 7 | Such a framework has more than a passing similarity with the career structure observed by Howard Parker in his study of young delinquents in Liverpool . |
| 8 | The challenge of AIDS involves more than individual sexual behaviour : it represents an opportunity to work through our commonest societal fears–and taboos , to reach new understanding and evolve compassionate action . |
| 9 | The key to our success is the recognition by users and their families that we avoid notions of coercion and forcible treatment , that psychiatric practice involves more than ensuring compliance with medication . |
| 10 | The Middle-earth of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings is full of chaotic half-glimpsed independent lives , ears in the forest , fell voices on the wind , enemy powers older than Sauron and unconnected with him . |
| 11 | But Leviathan contains more than this , for political philosophy is just one part of an ambitious and systematic three-part account of the Elements of Philosophy . |
| 12 | Low interest rates have reduced the return on what 's left of the pension funds , and the pensioners say their future looks bleaker than ever . |
| 13 | While much of the UK is looking gloomily at the dark clouds of a major recession , it seems poetic justice that for at least some of Belfast 's population , the future looks better than it has for many years . |
| 14 | However , a horse needs more than the space necessary to exercise both body and mind . |
| 15 | Membership of the United Nations has more than quadrupled since 1945 , greatly complicating international negotiations , while a fundamental conflict of interest between developed and less developed states introduced a North-South dimension to global politics . |
| 16 | True , this remedy contains more than an element of ‘ big brother ’ and it may be that it does no more than turn the criminals away from the areas covered by the cameras ' eyes . |
| 17 | Total loans for house buying has more than quadrupled from about £9.1 billion to £43 billion , with the number of mortgages increasing by 62 p.c. from 6.5m to about 10m . |
| 18 | The proportion of men aged 70 and over in the labour force has more than halved from 11 per cent to 5 per cent in the same time period . |
| 19 | As far as speed limits lower than the ‘ normal urban ’ 50 km/h ( 30 mph ) limit are concerned , this is subject to the consent of the Secretary of State which is ‘ in practice rarely given . ’ |
| 20 | Having seen the various statistics covering police forces throughout England , I find that the Liverpool Police Force costs more than any other … |
| 21 | ROWLAND S HOWARD These Immortal Souls ' Australian exile recounts more than a decade on the musical edge … |
| 22 | Its principle is simply that light travels faster than sound . |
| 23 | The effect takes more than 10ms to develop and can last for up to a few seconds . |
| 24 | But proving the necessity of crime requires more than showing that some things that were formerly criminal are now important parts of healthy social life ( even if we were to accept that we can objectively determine what constitutes healthy social life ) . |
| 25 | Since aluminium expands more than steel the steel bolts had worked loose . |
| 26 | From his universal nickname — Tenko — it will be surmised that Dennis demands more than a few laps of the pitch prior to a session in the pub . |
| 27 | What they definitely do indicate are the extremes of weight problems ; where your weight falls higher than the amount given under the large-frame weight for your height , or lower than that given for the small-frame weight for your height , then you have problems . |
| 28 | Poor old Jekub deserves more than this . |
| 29 | Surely the nobility of his words speaks louder than the guns of vengeance . |
| 30 | Beating crime means more than more police , according to the Gloucestershire force . |