Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] than [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | THERE ARE MORE OF THEM THAN EVER , AND THEY 'RE BECOMING NASTIER AND SMARTER . |
| 2 | ‘ Azerbaijan is the Texas of mud volcanoes : they are bigger , more active and there are more of them than anywhere else in the world — and they are clearly associated with oil and gas generation . ’ |
| 3 | Secondly , we 've just heard that more of you than ever before are buying Hairflair so a big THANK YOU to you all ! |
| 4 | All through that October and November , in my claustrophobic college room or in my dark-curtained hotel apartment , I grew to desire more of him than just his presence at my side as we wrote . |
| 5 | None of this means that nationalism is not very prominent in world politics today , or that there is less of it than there once was . |
| 6 | In a number of ways also armies became more conscious of themselves than ever before as entities clearly distinguished from civilian society . |
| 7 | Secondly , there is ‘ a need to be more giving ’ of oneself than normally in a psychotherapeutic or counselling relationship . |
| 8 | I had an easier position with the Kirov , because the orchestra started to do much more with me than before , we worked like the Japanese after the Second World War to restore their economy ! ’ |
| 9 | On the other hand , when you resurfaced , there were the memories and the truths still ; they had not gone away , and the only difference was that one was now less equipped to deal with them than before . |
| 10 | They had all been drinking , but she felt safer with them than alone . |
| 11 | ‘ He 's probably more madly in love with you than ever , now . ’ |
| 12 | The only person there was Gran , and she was asleep , but it would be better to be with her than downstairs in the kitchen , alone . |
| 13 | If she held his hand , she thought , surely he could run faster with her than quite alone . |
| 14 | He was a congenial colleague to A. E. Housman [ q.v. ] , and in 1936 , the year of Housman 's death , brought out a brief memoir which , though mainly concerned with Housman 's scholarship , throws more light upon him than almost any of the studies by literary persons . |
| 15 | She might , heaven forbid , allow herself to fall for him , and suffer the fate of the last three nurses whom he had rejected , according to Victoria , after they had expected more from him than just mild flirtation . |
| 16 | " A very worthy calling , " he said , his heart sinking , for she seemed to be moving further away from him than ever . |
| 17 | She felt further away from him than ever . |
| 18 | If only she could have done so — but Con seemed to be further away from her than ever . |
| 19 | It was a " social provision " in the most obvious sense that many more gained from it than ever directly drew dividends . |
| 20 | The full implications of this are best indicated if we observe that far more is involved in it than merely the uniqueness of the revelation in Jesus , solely the issue whether there is genuine access to knowledge of God in any other place . |
| 21 | Surely not , because we feel that we are listening to a true story of a real person , and if we grant this , then feelings connected with relieving distress are more likely to arise in us than purely poetic emotions . |
| 22 | I 've got more time for him than either our lot or the Americans , ’ he added bitterly . |
| 23 | Andy Macdonald has more going for him than merely the fact that he stands 6ft 8in . |
| 24 | I have more respect for her than ever and feel a great sadness that she could only explore these things once the marriage was over . |
| 25 | And I actually found that it was , it was better to actually talk to them than just send them |
| 26 | That 's much more important to me than just having someone recognise my style . |
| 27 | You were always something more to me than just my big brother . |
| 28 | During this month I led the life for which I had always yearned hunting big game on my own in the wilds of Africa ; but now I realized that this expedition had meant more to me than just the excitement of hunting . |
| 29 | Alyssia took a deep breath to steady her nerves , and then said unsteadily , ‘ Nicole is more to you than just a friend , is n't she ? |
| 30 | Is there a man out there with more to him than just the change in his pockets ? |