Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] than [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Little Virgo ! ’ he bit out , but there was more triumph in the exclamation than accusation . |
| 2 | We must look even further from the croft than fishing , however , to find the root cause of the crofting problem . |
| 3 | Grouping is a more variable segmentation of the text than metre . |
| 4 | Intraepithelial lymphocytes rarely expressd CD25 , although when found this was more common in the crypt than surface epithelium . |
| 5 | In Western societies like Britain awareness of the possible or actual dangers of RE is more to the fore than appreciation of its potential assets . |
| 6 | Fortunately , his colleagues are n't so averse to a spot of enunciation : if Verve have got a nerve and Adorable have the babble than Suede have a warming way with words that 's more matter-of-fact than mad as a hatter . |
| 7 | Its effect was remembered well into the nineteenth century in Birmingham ; at that later time the campaigners against apprenticeship in the West Indies reproduced and distributed a magazine plate of a Jamaican treadmill on which apprentices were employed , in the conviction that pictorial representations have a far more powerful influence on the mind than letter press descriptions ' . |
| 8 | Although those in the control sample in Ipswich appear more likely to be in receipt of home help than those in the action sample ( perhaps in compensation for their lack of Home Support Project help ) the mean number of home help hours received by those who were getting any was higher in the action than control sample ( 3.8 hours per week compared with 2.4 hours in the control group ) . |
| 9 | Costs increased for all clients in the year following their referral to the psychogeriatric service but they increased more steeply in the action than control samples . |
| 10 | When dealing with a telephone enquiry it is essential that all the necessary information is at the fingertips of the receptionist as nothing is more irritating on the telephone than hesitancy through lack of knowledge or being asked to hang on whilst information is being looked up — and always have alternatives to offer if the first choice is not available . |
| 11 | The landscape seems to belong to some bare planet closer to the sun than earth , and the passions of its people match that glaring heat . |
| 12 | Because it is closer to the Sun than Earth , Venus probably contained less water than Earth . |
| 13 | Clarke is a burly man who tends to grab the ball and go — more suited to the wing than midfield . |
| 14 | Nothing could be vaguer or more likely to lead to a greater increase in the powers and competences of the Community than wording of this kind . |
| 15 | Knowsley Council social services chairman Councillor Derek Long said proposals to axe the Halewood community mental health centre was more like cruelty in the community than care in the community . |
| 16 | MOST of those who read Glenys Roberts 's moan ( March 15 ) and who know Monaco felt , I suspect , more sorrow for the author than disdain for the place . |
| 17 | I think it 's nearer to the truth than Christianity . |
| 18 | Success in moderation was no doubt better for the character than failure but too much of it and he would lose his cutting edge . |
| 19 | I think Tracy did a better job of conveying her experiences of the race than Skip . |
| 20 | Green realized he was better with the pencil than writing but made his excuse ‘ were his information for the satisfaction of an individual only , he would prefer the former as a vehicle for information , but to give to the public a numerous series of explanations all cloathed in bodily forms ; besides time and other minor considerations , it is necessary to consult the copper smith , the printer , and the paper merchant . ’ |
| 21 | Criminality is no more the fault of the offender than illness is the fault of the invalid , and both require treatment not blame . |
| 22 | better for the workforce than bromide in their |
| 23 | For example , catalytic converter equipped petrol cars contribute 30–35 per cent more carbon dioxide — gas causing much of the greenhouse effect — to the environment than diesel cars . |
| 24 | ( It seems more like buckets of thin paint dropped from the sky than lightning . ) |
| 25 | Missing from the letter , however , was any mention of the reform efforts of the previous eighteen months — a record which one recent historian has fairly characterized as " a more significant advance on the past than Labour 's creditable six-year record in post-war Britain " . |
| 26 | Another issue is whether brother — sister incest should remain criminal where both parties are aged 18 or over : when sentencing , the courts treat this as a much less serious form of the offence than father — daughter incest , and a majority of the CLRC accepted that brother — sister incest should cease to be an offence when both parties are aged 21 or over . |
| 27 | Tax rises would be even more humiliating for the Government than devaluation of the pound . |
| 28 | As had been noted , however , growth in the world market was a more important cause of the success than improvement in British competitive performance . |
| 29 | Er was on a smaller scale of course and more done with the hand than machine . |
| 30 | Luck playing a somewhat greater part in the matter than judgement , the bullet struck him in the calf , tore through the muscles there and exited , spattering the wall behind with blood and pink tissue . |