Example sentences of "[adj] than [adv] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had to sleep with it closed because if I left it open the cat would jump in and more likely than not land from ten feet on to my face — a nasty way to wake up . |
| 2 | This was exacerbated by the general unruliness of society , which was perhaps more deep-seated than further south , and although the emergence of the Neville and Percy families to a position of dominance in the region provided some barrier to external threats , their mutual rivalry was detrimental to local order and a potential threat to the economy of the area . |
| 3 | Marxman join the ranks of the likes of Hiphoprisy and Consolidated , bands who are bangingly right-on to the hip-ho beat at a time ( as we are constantly being reminded — YAAAAAAAAAAAAAWN ! ) when to be anything other than either defeatist or mindless is utterly unfashionable . |
| 4 | There are no specific rules as to when damaged property should be inspected ( other than when Loss Adjusters are appointed ) . |
| 5 | that we should not have been asked to comment on … the way the curriculum would be affected by these materials and how the school itself would be looking at its way of using them , other than perhaps information skills where we could help them with commercial publications to give them some ideas . |
| 6 | Gamma scintigraphy has been shown to be more sensitive than either radiography or the standard acid reflux test in the detection of gastro-oesophageal reflux , with a sensitivity of 85.5% , compared with 69.5% with the standard acid reflux test and 27.5% with radiography . |