Example sentences of "[pron] than [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Given the very real threat of political vetting , many in the community think it is better to say nothing than risk the wrath of government . |
| 2 | I would rather abandon Eton , Winchester , Harrow and all the rest of them than sacrifice the advantage of the grammar school . ’ |
| 3 | As always with selective , individual cases , there is more to them than meets the eye . |
| 4 | Loaded symbols Giles Sutherland reviews an exhibition of Philip Braham 's landscape paintings and finds more to them than meets the eye |
| 5 | But we make common cause in attaching more significance to them than do the theories ( except perhaps for Idealism ) discussed so far . |
| 6 | ‘ Although it was an ensemble piece , ’ said Richard Lester , ‘ I felt that Michael and Rita Tushingham were the co-leads because we structured the film more around the two of them than did the play , which was a fairly even four-hander . ’ |
| 7 | They were trying more to come one place ahead of me than to win a medal . |
| 8 | Enjoying my fishing , including the enjoyment I would have derived from seeing a friend catch , is more important to me than compiling a longer list of big fish than anyone else . |
| 9 | He decided to consult Mr Dixon , his English teacher , who was also his counsellor and , therefore , knew more about him than did the other teachers . |
| 10 | I am not about to dismiss the poor as part of a force for change , but there is a great deal more to it than organizing the poor to help themselves . |
| 11 | This idea or nominal essence will vary from person to person ; goldsmiths know more properties of gold , and so have a different idea of it than does a child . |
| 12 | Monckton Milnes , a good memorialist but a forgettable poet , visited the lake in 1838 and later wrote a poem about the tragedy , taking a more honour ably sentimental line towards it than had the morbid locals : |
| 13 | And I 'd rather you eat it than make a mess of it eh ? |
| 14 | But there is more to it than meets the eye . |
| 15 | This is an interesting question and there is probably more to it than meets the eye . |
| 16 | There may well be more to it than meets the eye . |
| 17 | There 's more to it than meets the eye ! |
| 18 | Silas went on , ‘ You must also realise that standing in for Stella has more to it than turning a sausage on the barbecue . |
| 19 | Frequently we find God requiring more of us than confessing the ; sin to him . |
| 20 | I have so much more important concerns on my mind that I am hardly fit for anything , or to wish for anything than to receive the last releasing stroke . |