Example sentences of "[pron] than [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was obvious that the air raid siren had never been much more to them than a bore . |
| 2 | To those observers looking on it seemed hard to believe that the average IQ of the room 's inhabitants was 149 , and that they had more honours between them than a collection of top class civil servants — and to think that they had been reduced to such a pitiful state as this . |
| 3 | Their pay and conditions are miserable and there are far more of them than the army can usefully employ . |
| 4 | Because their reading skills are poor too , many reports end up in the waste bin — which is a better place for them than the filing cabinet . |
| 5 | In fact , the individual migrants who participate in this urban migration manage to generate income which is more attractive to them than the income they would have earned by remaining in the rural areas . |
| 6 | Apparently the herdsman is coming back tomorrow , and he 's probably gentler with them than the relief milker , and when the cows get used to their new surroundings the milk yield will return to normal . |
| 7 | And Melanie had spied on them through a keyhole , and would never get closer to them than the keyhole in the door behind which they lived . |
| 8 | Poverty is a more pressing problem for them than the greenhouse effect . |
| 9 | Leslie Goldberg , a consultant spoke of civil servants in the US Defense Department who took their own personal computers into the office ‘ because it was easier to use them than the department 's system . ’ |
| 10 | Our survey shows that highbrow readers rated their papers no more useful for them than the lowbrow papers were for their readers ( Table 6.11 ) . |
| 11 | He meant no more to me than a painting or a sculpture . |
| 12 | At the time West Ham was little more to me than a name , most directly associated with a football team that had a reputation for style and steadfast support in spite of limited success on the field . |
| 13 | Miss Evans said , ‘ You might say he 's been more like a father to me than a brother . ’ |
| 14 | Good idea wo n't be a bad idea mm , what I thought was the tough steak has turned out to be the , the one that 's not I cut the steaks about a bit , one was a bit fattier than the other the one that I had I thought would be dead tough , is tender it 's int it ? they look more like a sirloin steak to me than a rump , even though it went under the name of rump it looked like you can only tell the shape of it ca n't , oh God |
| 15 | ‘ Wish that I did have the courage to kiss you , querida , ’ he rasped , ‘ but I have standards and a level of decency to live up to and they are more important to me than a moment of weakness to prove that I am immune to you . ’ |
| 16 | Of course , I 'm an old lady now and sometimes , you know , the past seems more real to me than the present . " |
| 17 | Years before , Nietzsche had written : " the past is dearer to me than the present ; but I believe in a better future " . |
| 18 | Well , I think it 's more likely to be me than the dog ! |
| 19 | He added : ‘ The kids would prefer to have me than the house and I ca n't afford to play for time . ’ |
| 20 | Certainly no impression from visits to primary schools in Africa has been borne more strongly on me than the importance of providing opportunities for the professional growth and survival of teachers in schools . |
| 21 | Then I got my time and felt even better — the time was more important to me than the medal . |
| 22 | Certainly colour is still of more importance to me than the picture in many cases . |
| 23 | ‘ My virginity is more important to me than an hour or two of easily forgotten pleasure , ’ she broke in . |
| 24 | She was little more to me than an embodiment of kindness . |
| 25 | ‘ The truth is that I fought what I felt for you for as long as I could , and even after we made love I told myself that I wanted you , desperately , but that you meant nothing more to me than an object of desire . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Chelsea Bridge , ’ Plummer murmured , more to himself than the caller . |
| 27 | T. Behrens gives the impression that he has more to say about himself than the progress of this mad love — to which he did not stand all that close at the time , brother as he was — has allowed him to come up with . |
| 28 | The mistake that many students make is to consider the product , in this case an A level essay , more important in itself than the process which produced it . |
| 29 | Anybody who 's anybody knows that a pair of brand new trainers — bright laces undone , tongues out , displaying that all important brand name — says more about you than a wallet full of gold credit cards ’ , you know it 's time to leave the country and live on a desert island in your bare feet or search the loft for your ex-issue Diadora Borg Elite or Stan Smiths . |
| 30 | From the sound of it , she 's more like a relative to you than a servant . ’ |