Example sentences of "[adv] than [adj] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Obviously some models will move further than others , and the average roll is 7 , so you have to do slightly better than average to hit your target . |
| 2 | Though not strictly competitive , the selection of schools inevitably involves comparisons according to a range of formal and informal criteria , and since funds have until recently always been less than sufficient to serve all deserving cases , an element of competition is inescapable . |
| 3 | It is in this future that perhaps partnerships can be seen for what they are , a new kind of relationship in which power is shared rather than used to fight others . |
| 4 | Zurich is an essential part of one of the regions inviting exploration , north Switzerland , which tourists are inclined to pass through with no more than an approving nod , rather than lingering to find out . |
| 5 | In some ways he was a throw-back to another era when golfers swung the golf club rather than tried to hit the ball with as much power as they could command . |
| 6 | In the late twentieth century artists working in performance pose difficulties for the critic , though some observers find it refreshing rather than troublesome to consider work beyond the easel picture and the individual sculpture . |
| 7 | When recounting this incident in his published memoirs Lehmann added , ‘ But in later years these demonstrations became painful rather than exhilarating to take part in . ’ |
| 8 | Now France was regarded with suspicion but not feared , and her Emperor forced to seek co-operation rather than able to impose his will . |
| 9 | Indeed , in the final I had the strange sensation of feeling privileged to be running with him rather than determined to try to beat him . |
| 10 | Nothing could be more enslaving and therefore less worthy of the human mind than to have it chained to the mechanics of the patterns of the language rather than free to dwell on the message conveyed through the language . |
| 11 | small number of sentences number that they come out understanding and that 's rather mysterious So to explain just in general terms , you 're interested in describing language in such a way that it 's the kindest thing that 's easy to learn , rather than hard to learn . |
| 12 | But on this particular morning it was taking him longer than usual to kindle the cheeky spark that had always singled him out from the rest . |
| 13 | She put on her prettiest night dress , and took longer than usual to brush her hair ; she put a dab of perfume behind her ears — on her neck — between her breasts . |
| 14 | It was taking longer than usual to fade — she could still hear the bells . |
| 15 | This means that other people have to wait longer than necessary to see a doctor ; if we could charge non-attenders , as dentists do , it would help . |
| 16 | If a covenant goes further than necessary to protect the value of the transferred business , it is conceptually very difficult to see how there will be scope for exemption under Article 85(3) . |
| 17 | It would not be granted if the court felt it went further than necessary to meet the complaint . |
| 18 | It is hoped that this will be the sort of figure which will deter those exhibition event organisers , who in the past have been more than content to pay top players such as Seles a six figure appearance fee and cover any fine which they may have incurred . |
| 19 | ‘ Under different circumstances , I would have been more than keen to join a club of their stature , ’ he said . |
| 20 | The Prince was more than keen to help ; as a result of that approach he convened a meeting , known as the Windsor Conference , which is still widely regarded as one of the most significant advances ever made in race relations . |
| 21 | And , indeed , she was more than anxious to do what she could to help look after the twins . |
| 22 | Still buzzing from the morning , I was more than delighted to sunbathe in the sand and pine-needles . |
| 23 | Charlotte Campbell was more than delighted to have received a reply to her letter for the position of children 's nanny which she had seen advertised in The Times . |
| 24 | He knew if he had only played ball , she would have been more than pleased to accommodate him , as she probably thought of it , when his attentions were not engaged elsewhere . |
| 25 | He asked me out , and I was more than pleased to accept . |
| 26 | In the meantime she was more than welcome to share the facilities of the Holiday Inn — room service and swimming pool and sauna . |
| 27 | She really was more than half-minded to take them downstairs again and post them through the hole in the mahogany skirting board of the dining-room where they could lie in wait for crumbs of bread and cheese and apple peels that she would be careful to drop … |
| 28 | NAM 's Public Relations Officer , Howard Heeley , said that while the Museum were sorry to see the Mk 4 go , it was more than pleasing to know that it was intended to fly it again . |
| 29 | But he was a big man and for some reason I had an unhealthy picture of him being more than able to do something unspeakable to Tonka toys . |
| 30 | This regime should have been more than adequate to demonstrate any significant short-term effects of reduced sleep . |