Example sentences of "[adj] than [art] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These typical senses of the infinitive are summed up in the table below : The bare infinitive is therefore no less versatile than the to infinitive in being able to express a happening as real or only potential , which is not surprising given the fact that the to infinitive is composed of the preposition to + the bare infinitive . |
| 2 | It is not the means to an end conceived elsewhere : but an ‘ as if ’ , no less substantial than the as if of revolution itself . |
| 3 | ‘ It is time the slaughter of the innocents of Warrington really provoked the people of this Republic and particularly the Government into more than the by now ritual condemnation of such awful acts . ’ |
| 4 | If it is less than a hundred-per cent change , ignore it ; you are studying the wrong system or have designed the wrong experiment , he insisted . |
| 5 | What , what you have to say here , for this one , right , we restrict X to say X is less than the of zero . |
| 6 | As predicted , most passives were produced when the acted-upon was more animate than the actor and least when the actor was more animate than the acted-upon . |
| 7 | The effects of animacy and thematisation were additive : the greatest number of passives ( 96 ) occurred when the acted-upon was both thematic and more animate than the actor , and the least ( only 1 ) when the actor was thematic and more animate than the acted-upon . |