Example sentences of "[noun] than [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ And that one ‘ undred was only because the grahnd sloped like the north face of Iverest of ‘ e ‘ ad only to tap the ball and it got up faster speed than any fielder . ’ |
| 2 | Possibly , you might be right , I think we 've got a bit more character in the side erm I think we 've got a better all round side than this time last year , to be honest . |
| 3 | It was a mark of the respect Jimmy gained here that , when we ran an article about him in the Spring of 1977 in our Palace Programme , it evoked a larger response from our fans than any other in that series . |
| 4 | She claims proudly that one news agency had more requests for that photograph than any other that year . |
| 5 | His jockey , Peter Scudamore , has ridden more winners than any rider in history , but has never won the Gold Cup . |
| 6 | Aquinas , St Thomas ( 1225–1274 ) A medieval theologian whose thought ( Thomism ) has been more profoundly influential upon Christian ( particularly Roman Catholic ) thinking than any other . |
| 7 | If we consider the mathematics of combinations we must come to the conclusion that the pattern making activity of the mind is far better designed for conceptual thinking than any computer . |
| 8 | But until now the Spanish title has always eluded them , more because the Opel range did not have an outright winning car than any shortcoming on Meeke 's part . |
| 9 | One particular weather condition has more effect on bream fishing than any other ; wind . |
| 10 | But captain Patton is more concerned about the result than any controversy about foreigners . |
| 11 | For it was certain , Leith considered , that with the evidence Naylor Massingham had of seeing Travis in bed at her flat , and again seeing her with Travis in that hotel dining-room , he was going to want more from Travis than any declaration of , ‘ Leith is n't my girlfriend , so do n't sack her ’ . |
| 12 | President Clinton is less popular in the polls at this point in his term than any president since such records were kept . |
| 13 | Hotel queen Leona Helmsley drew bigger crowds than some Broadway plays , and the periodic trials of corrupt city officials get better viewing ratings than some television sit-coms . |
| 14 | In the castle , while baby Alan grew out of his six-week colic , there was an added sharpness to Marion Aluinn 's tongue , for she realised she had a more serious rival than any lass ; Lachlan 's rediscovered love of fighting . |
| 15 | He expected good behaviour and his rather grim glance in her direction did more to motivate her into action than any coaxing . |
| 16 | Close association with a member of the other sex , as in marriage , allows a wider range of response and action than either partner could have on their own . |
| 17 | If the students of Lincoln were right in thinking that he was not a good administrator , this church had less administration than any church in the land . |
| 18 | This is much more effective at muting impacts than any breast shield and though it is not allowed in competition proper , it removes much of the risk from pre-competition training . |
| 19 | Mayne personally , together with the patrols which he led with such skill and dash , almost certainly destroyed , during some fourteen months of constant raids from desert bases deep behind enemy lines , more aircraft than any fighter ace on either side in World War II . |
| 20 | There 's more bloody letters here for Steven than any bugger else 's . |
| 21 | Services to giving his only son more grief than any mortal should have to bear . |
| 22 | And one of our number commented : ‘ The courtesy of dons to younger people taught me more about manners than any nagging at School ’ . |
| 23 | An' you should know that this city 'as got a bigger mouth than any reporter from any newspaper . |
| 24 | By the end of the war the factory had produced more shells than any other of its size , and at 25 per cent less cost , while the output of ammunition boxes had more than quadrupled . |
| 25 | This species is the main alternative to spruce in much of the Uplands but has a much reduced capacity to take up sulphur compounds than any forest when assessed on the basis of weight per unit area . |
| 26 | There is no evidence to show that a particular typeface is generally more legible for pupils with visual impairments than any other ; it is the layout and contrast that require attention . |
| 27 | It claims for all women a far greater potential in terms of powers and skills than any woman has ever demonstrated . |
| 28 | But Patterson was knocked down more times than any heavy-weight champ — with Joe Louis in second place . |
| 29 | The greater abundance of mare basalts on the maria , their smaller ages than most highland rocks , the possibility of deriving the highland type rocks and the mare basalts from a common source material in the mantle , and many other compositional relationships , are glossed over in an unsatisfactory manner . |
| 30 | Schemes for environmentally friendly energy production were the main losers in the budget , receiving less funding than this year . |