Example sentences of "[adj] [subord] [adv] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | The dorsal arm plates , nearly square in small specimens , become broader than long in larger ones ; the arms become increasingly ridged with size . |
| 2 | As a result , economists are much more interested than before in correcting inefficiencies by reducing the costs of doing business ; pursuing efficiency through cleverer and more ambitious regulation is definitely out of fashion . |
| 3 | He became more interested than ever in this beautiful young man , Dorian Gray . |
| 4 | THE Big Apple 's the location for a special programme where inventions are even wackier than here in the UK . |
| 5 | ( BBC 1 , 7.30pm ) THE Big Apple 's the location for a special programme where inventions are even wackier than here in the UK . |
| 6 | These administrative arrangements broke down some of the barriers in co-ordinating services , but grassroots co-operation has not appeared to be necessarily easier than elsewhere in Great Britain . |
| 7 | The Northern Foods shares are lower than they should be , because the stock market has got it into its head that competition is tougher than ever in the food business . |
| 8 | It transpires that the new tenant is Pris , one of the androids Deckard is hunting ( though John does not realise this until later in the story ) The presence of Pris excites him a great deal . |
| 9 | Dear Horace , I think I may be a bit late with this as here in the antipodes , and especially being some way down a circulation list , your column takes some weeks to reach me . |
| 10 | able to get up any faster perhaps he 'll be alright on the flat I 've seen some as well in erm some way , I looked in |
| 11 | But it is totally universal as well in that it is also a simple parable , like Dead Poets Society , about the necessity to follow your instincts and not get trapped by the drive to conform . |
| 12 | The wheel , of 16 feet diameter , and most of the machinery is still intact although apparently in a poor state of repair . |
| 13 | Last year real GNP grew by 8.5% , and inflation was only 3.4% , lower than anywhere in Asia except Japan and Malaysia . |
| 14 | Testing revealed the car 's promise , but BRM 's future looked rockier than ever in 1961 . |
| 15 | She looked around for somewhere to sit , but the bed looked bigger than ever in the cramped room and his jacket lay discarded on the only chair . |
| 16 | In frightening contrast fitzAlan looked tough and completely immovable , and bigger than ever in the confined space of the alehouse . |
| 17 | The interview had left him with two clear intentions more firmly fixed than ever in his mind . |
| 18 | She thought that he looked nicer than ever in his evening dress , and sounded nicer now that he had dropped his brusque , cold manner with her again . |
| 19 | But at least she did not squint and his cast seemed more noticeable than ever in the morning , as if sleeping refreshed it . |
| 20 | The national conference which since late 1991 had been planned as the next stage in the democratization process , was on May 8 postponed until later in the year on the grounds that its preparatory commission had not completed its work . |
| 21 | The Council agreed to postpone the next full visit from the summer of 1979 until later in the year , and to release a press statement that had been agreed by the visiting party with the Polytechnic and the Teesside Education Authority . |
| 22 | Neil ‘ Map ’ Taylor of Kent : consistent as ever in his benefit year |
| 23 | These commercial matters were as much as ever in his mind . |
| 24 | And now he began to be more devout than ever in his prayers , more ardent in divine contemplations , more frequent in his vigils , more energetic in exhortations and in works worthy of imitation and more frequent in preaching ; thus becoming a pattern in word and deed of a holy life to all , Rich in the bowels of compassion , he relieved everyone who sought his assistance . |
| 25 | In general , racist jokes and asides amongst skinheads are no more numerous or self conscious than elsewhere in the broader streams of white working class speech . |
| 26 | Perhaps now that the forests and other wilderness areas have nearly vanished , these carnivorous animals burn brighter than ever in our consciousness — solitary beacons of wild nature whose continued survival has come to represent the survival of wilderness itself . |
| 27 | The application of monoclonal antibody research in medicine is more widespread than just in the treatment of cancer . |
| 28 | In Latin America the percentage of the total female population who worked , decreased during this period showing that , as in other LDCs ( with the exception of Oceania ) , the proportion of women in the labour force was smaller in 1975 than previously in 1960 . |
| 29 | That can not be compromised in any way so I shall still be as hard as ever in the ring . ’ |
| 30 | After the interval Saints were obliged to return to defence but , with Hearts as inept as ever in their build-up and finishing , Tynecastle 's smallest crowd of the season , 6,200 , were already resigned to a goalless draw . |