Example sentences of "[verb] [det] than the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A powerful sitter may also impose a requirement that the portrait looks impressive , so that an amused spectator can look for traces of the consequent power struggle in a picture ; Queen Elizabeth I of England was as firm as the Emperor Augustus about the principle that a ruler 's actual appearance matters less than the imprint of authority . |
| 2 | The fact that a baby is weaned early , according to this argument , matters less than the reason for this decision : whether it reflects a cultural norm , or stems from the mother 's revulsion at physical intimacy , or expresses an urge to hurry the child towards independence . |
| 3 | They were convinced that equal allowances , financed out of general taxation so that the rich contributed more than the poor , should be given in all income groups because the responsibility of motherhood and the value of the child were the same whatever the status of the parents . |
| 4 | If we are to study the genetics of quantitative characters we should aim to know less than the exact genotype responsible for each phenotype . |
| 5 | However , a horse needs more than the space necessary to exercise both body and mind . |
| 6 | However , the preservation of a rape survivor 's anonymity needs more than the exclusion of the name . |
| 7 | Always be willing to ask questions of the material and demand to know more than the text is willing to divulge about people , places and events . |
| 8 | The bureaucrat is assumed as a general rule to know more than the sponsor about factor costs and production processes involved in the bureau 's services . |
| 9 | It was easy enough to demand racial equality , fair distribution of the wealth of the world , or equal rights for women : none of those would happen tomorrow , and none of them involved more than the most superficial cosmetic surgery to make yourself credible . |
| 10 | The following are our special letter services which you should use when you want more than the ordinary letter post . |
| 11 | The following are our special letter services , which you should use when you want more than the ordinary post . |
| 12 | Feminism is a given — but I want more than the political outline . |
| 13 | Though yeah they wo n't trust more than the once . |
| 14 | The reader is invited to study this closely , since it illustrates more than the possible treatment of a pencil . |
| 15 | The girl comes to see that she has less than the boy , and has been castrated already . |
| 16 | In just the same way , the Lord 's prayer trusts that God will provide our daily bread ; He is n't asked to provide more than the basics . |
| 17 | Even with Sackville 's favour Bowyer failed to secure more than the reversion in 1597 to the clerkship of the parliaments , the successful candidate averring that he was unfit ‘ by reason of a great imperfection he hath in his speech ’ . |
| 18 | It seems to me that unless you can convince yourself that a grouping of companies adds more than the sum of its parts , there is no raison d'etre for the company at all . |
| 19 | He hopes to show that , although we can not know quite what the former say we can , nevertheless we can still know more than the latter allow . |
| 20 | I was trained as a scientist , and there are times when science matters more than the individual . |
| 21 | The quality of care given during the visits matters more than the actual time spent with them . |
| 22 | When one is ill it 's the knowledge that somebody cared enough to come and see one that matters more than the flowers and the lemon barley water . |
| 23 | In the area of booking contracts a form of damages has developed which may enable the guest to obtain more than the value of the contract . |
| 24 | It is always almost impossible for a single practitioner to obtain more than the other firms in the area are obtaining and you do not want to be in a position of being undersold because your colleagues in other firms have an unrealistic view about what should be charged . |
| 25 | This sponge superficially resembles a living bath sponge more than the other sponges in this book , being bun-shaped , with a minutely pitted external surface . |
| 26 | Many industrial buying decisions involve more than the buyer and in some cases the technical specifier , production personnel and finance personnel are involved . |
| 27 | Thank God her college was n't yet fashionable enough to attract more than the odd one or two . |
| 28 | If Howard Wilkinson is prepared to accept less than the £2 million he paid Arsenal during the summer , Clough is keen to do business . |
| 29 | Lear drew more than the short straw on the Birds of Europe . |
| 30 | Every disease presents its own peculiar problems which fascinate and challenge investigators , but tuberculosis has more than the usual range of difficulties . |