Example sentences of "[prep] [det] than [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ‘ individualism ’ at issue here is , of course , enmeshed in bourgeois categories ; but , in its own way , it seems no more ‘ crippled ’ for that than the different but equally ‘ bourgeois ’ individualism of a Schoenberg . |
| 2 | Hooper said : ‘ I 've got more of a hopeful feel about this than the Auxerre game . |
| 3 | Hooper said : ‘ I 've got more of a hopeful feel about this than the Auxerre game . |
| 4 | Apologies too for being more boring about this than an Arsenal v Wimbledon game . |
| 5 | ‘ I think they can make a much more plausible case for this than the invasion of Grenada [ in 1983 ] or the Dominican Republic in the Sixties , ’ said an American university law professor , Mr Robert Goldman . |
| 6 | After more than a century of classical architecture , the mainstream of which became plainer and duller towards the end of the Georges , it is no wonder that the second Sir Robert wanted to go ‘ Tudor ’ . |
| 7 | ‘ Well , I 'm hardly going to get back into bed with him after more than a whole year . |
| 8 | The prime minister , Ro Jai Bong , submitted his resignation on May 22nd after more than a week of public roasting . |
| 9 | In September he returned , after more than a year , to visit Henry Poole at Shurton Court , and to renew his friendship with Tom Poole , now master of the Castle Street house since the death of his father in July . |
| 10 | But after more than a decade , and scores of contacts with the press . |
| 11 | They reembarked and returned to the UK after more than a month at sea . |
| 12 | After more than a decade of Sikh terrorism in which 25,000 people have died , Punjab is peaceful again . |
| 13 | Digital Equipment Corp systems management provider Raxco Inc , Rockville , Maryland , and UK-based UIS Ltd , Epsom , Berkshire are to merge after more than a year of negotiations . |
| 14 | After more than a decade of restoration work , Peter Paul Rubens 's renowned triptych ‘ The Raising of the Cross ’ ( 1609–10 ) is back on view in Antwerp cathedral . |
| 15 | After more than a decade of concern over different aspects of the bail process , steps were taken to reduce the number of defendants remanded in custody by introducing a statutory presumption in favour of bail ( section 4 of the Act ) , and by seeking to structure the decision-making process so that magistrates would give effect to it . |
| 16 | In July I was readmitted a second time , having finally obtained recognition of my French doctorate after more than a year . |
| 17 | After more than a year of " the war to end wars " Wilson was still pressing the need for the accumulation of a strike fund of such a size that when the war was over , the union " would be able to put up such a fight that their opponents would never be able to withstand " . |
| 18 | Turkish diplomats say they 're hopeful the couple will be freed unharmed after more than a week in captivity . |
| 19 | After more than a century of relative obscurity , Gordon 's A Treatise on the Epidemic Puerperal Fever of Aberdeen ( 1795 ) was recognized for what it is , a masterpiece of early epidemiology based on astute clinical observation and written with exceptional clarity . |
| 20 | After more than a decade of decline , the numbers have been rising since 1985 . |
| 21 | Consequently , there was some shock but no great surprise when on 11 March it was announced that Taurus — after more than a decade of planning and more than £400m in development costs — was to be scrapped . |
| 22 | After more than a week of evidence , twenty seven year old Daniel Ahearn changed his plea on charges of assault and robbery and attempted extortion . |
| 23 | Stephen Pinnock and Lawrence Foster were under the protection of the British United Nations forces in Vitez , Bosnia , today , after more than a week in detention . |
| 24 | Rocked by an interminable succession of scandals , shamed by its inability to stop the inexorable rise of unemployment to a record three million , and increasingly alienated from ordinary people after more than a decade in power , the Socialist Party was no longer simply ailing ; it was moribund . |
| 25 | Rocked by an interminable succession of scandals , shamed by its inability to stop the inexorable rise of unemployment to a record three million , and increasingly alienated from ordinary people after more than a decade in power , the Socialist Party was no longer simply ailing ; it was moribund . |
| 26 | ‘ Honestly , ’ Charles was saying , after more than an hour of beleaguered explanation , or semi-explanation , ‘ I did n't think you 'd take it like this , old thing , I thought you 'd — well , I thought you 'd be relieved , to tell you the truth . |
| 27 | After more than an hour of deliberation at a North London hotel the tribunal ruled that Chelsea would have to pay Swindon 75,000 pounds and an extra 2,000 for every appearance Hoddle makes up to a maximum of fifty . |
| 28 | After less than a month with Tito 's partisans , Brig Fitzroy MacLean was brought out to write the ‘ blockbuster ’ report in which he claimed that Tito was the most important force , holding down 14 German divisions . |
| 29 | MOST MOVING DEMISE : Coronation Street 's Ted Sullivan , who died of a brain tumour after less than a year 's marriage to Rita Fairclough . |
| 30 | The Mechelen striker , who is owned by his club president and leased out to the Belgian team , was on his way home last night after less than a week on Tyneside . |