Example sentences of "[noun] than an [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The press was more a paper soldier than an anti-war , anti-government crusade . ’ |
| 2 | For the elderly , the history of welfare provision seems to have been less a story of steady progress over the centuries than an oscillation between phases of relative generosity and meanness . |
| 3 | A group of 114 Irish patients with primary adenocarcinoma of the large bowel had significantly lower serum cholesterol concentrations than an age and sex matched group drawn from the general population . |
| 4 | Agape is much more a decision and an investment than an emotion or a feeling . |
| 5 | MATURITY IS : Recognising that real love is much more an action than an emotion . |
| 6 | Clearly , there is more to being an informed citizen than an understanding of fixed shared values . |
| 7 | When an echo from a distant object finally arrives back at the bat , it will be an " older " echo than an echo that is simultaneously arriving back from a near object . |
| 8 | In the over-60s this can have a better effect than an apple a day at keeping doctors away . |
| 9 | For the latter lot , only ‘ The Hair Pillow ’ , illuminated by singer Craig Wedren 's glorious , bizarre falsetto , sticks close enough to convention to be more a pleasure than an endurance test . |
| 10 | It could be that a record of achievement which has been validated by the business community will carry greater credibility with business people inside and outside Sheffield than an examination award from one of the national examination boards . |
| 11 | Chamoun himself was less of a Francophile than an Anglophile and his contempt for Nasser bore a strange similarity to the equally irrational hatred expressed for the Egyptian leader by Eden 's Suez adventure would be successful in deposing Nasser . |
| 12 | However , to avoid irrelevant uncertainties that might result from relying on assumptions about particular situations , we offer in ( 5 ) examples that actually meet the unnecessarily strict requirement of inclusion on the type level , but which we might reasonably claim as sentences that could be used by ordinary speakers in the right circumstances : ( 5 ) ( a ) some of the Buddhists were sheltered in Islamic mosques ( b ) the carnivorous leopard has much larger teeth than an antelope ( c ) after the barren desert , Kano is like a garden 7.2 It will be immediately evident that the distinction between restrictive and non-restrictive does not concern any difference of intensional structure in the narrow sense , either in the relations involved , or in the nature of the elements related . |
| 13 | There is little enthusiasm among voters for a coalition government and more would prefer another general election than an arrangement between either the Conservatives or Labour and one of the minor parties . |
| 14 | The Black-and-Ambers ' All Black date in three weeks has been looking more of a death sentence than an opportunity to breathe new live into an ailing club . |
| 15 | It is more of a liability than an amenity . |
| 16 | Speculation that its soldiers would attack the town of Pailin on the Thai border has died down , as it became clear that to hold Pailin would be more of a liability than an asset . |
| 17 | Soviet influence , moreover , was overwhelmingly concentrated among the poorest and least important countries in terms of population and GNP , whose support was often more of a liability than an asset ; the world 's major military and industrial powers , by contrast , were all allied or aligned with the United States . |
| 18 | Although he was one of her most enthusiastic supporters , Mrs Thatcher often found he was more of a liability than an asset . |
| 19 | The atmosphere was more like the Budget than an announcement on social security . |
| 20 | Although the practical significance of missio should not be minimized , this restriction makes it much less powerful a protection than an action in rem . |
| 21 | Talk of the Rector and his unruly family , of her wild Harry 's doings at Oxford , of the poor hunting season it had been , all flowed between her and Aunt Emily and when she rose to go , and Alexandra held out her hand in farewell , Mrs Burrows stalked past her to the door as if she had no more real existence than an armchair . |
| 22 | Some in the profession believe that with unemployment or underemployment among Scottish architects , overseas work could become more of a necessity than an option as time goes on . |
| 23 | If , as often happens , you decide that you would really rather be a writer than an art person , re-read the paragraphs under the heading Writing , about getting started in the writing side of the business . |
| 24 | There is a rabbit saying , " In the warren , more stories than passageS " ; and a rabbit can no more refuse to tell a story than an Irishman can refuse to fight . |
| 25 | At the weekend , after a day spent watching the company rehearse , the former professional ballet dancer described its performance as having ‘ more to do with the pelvic thrust than an arabesque ’ . |
| 26 | ‘ Swan Lake has more to do with pelvic thrust than an arabesque , ’ he wrote . |
| 27 | Such a tax is seen as having lower disincentive effects than an income tax because it relates to past effort ; i.e. there is no disincentive effect to work for additional income that is to be consumed . |
| 28 | Jobs : The rate at which smaller firms are shedding jobs has increased , after declining in the last five surveys , with a balance of 20pc more manufacturers reporting a fall than an increase . |
| 29 | It was a movement in a way as dextrous as John Millington on a good day , speaking of razor-sharp reactions , more like an athlete than an actor . |
| 30 | For much more was at stake than an individual 's choice of where she wanted to spend her life . |