Example sentences of "[adj] than [art] man " in BNC.
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| 1 | And a couple is less conspicuous than a man on his own … ’ |
| 2 | ‘ What could be more manly than a man holding a woman in his arms ? ’ |
| 3 | And no-one was more delighted than the man who brought him to Central Park — scout Eric Hawley . |
| 4 | For instance , the women speakers in extract ( 2 ) are less cooperative than the men on a number of quite plausible measures . |
| 5 | Nicholas , however , proved to be significantly more cautious than the men around him . |
| 6 | One could make a case that the women 's conversation is more logical than the men 's . |
| 7 | If Australians , therefore , feel it is time to cut free from Britain constitutionally it is probably not before time — and who better to set the ball rolling than the man who provoked a diplomatic incident by daring to put his arm round the Queen during her visit last year ? |
| 8 | The voice is very important then , and people usually find a female voice more persuasive than a man 's . ’ |
| 9 | Now in life there is nothing more defenceless or ridiculous than a man with his pantaloons about his ankles , his shirt tail raised and his mind on other matters . |
| 10 | The observation schedule shown on pages 100 to 101 was used by students during a day 's observation of people in a bookshop and helped us to realize that the women shoppers were often much more purposive than the men in their bookshop behaviour . |
| 11 | I can not imagine that , as Sir Russell was granted that post , he is regarded as anything other than a man with eminently good sense . |
| 12 | One of those who wants the young Pakistani punished is none other than the man he so narrowly beat 10-15 , 6-15 , 15-4 , 15-11 , 15-10 in the final , Chris Dittmar . |
| 13 | ‘ No , it is not that , they can see that women are more militant than the men , doing more work on the picket line . |
| 14 | When the Tories briefly took control of the council , they implemented current Conservative philosophy — to sell council homes and encourage what for them represents the truest democracy , a property-owning democracy , which is less about one-man-one-vote than every man a home-owner . |