Example sentences of "[det] [adj] than [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is the peak of German romanticism : less florid than Mendelssohn ; less diversionary than Brahms ; fewer notes than Wagner . |
| 2 | At times the loneliness of her position has brought her to the edge of despair , so much so that she has made a number of suicide attempts , some more half-hearted than others . |
| 3 | This is the peak of German romanticism : less florid than Mendelssohn ; less diversionary than Brahms ; fewer notes than Wagner . |
| 4 | THE PROJECT : MORE DEMANDING THAN PUNISHMENT |
| 5 | We found that the Blacks had more unemployed than Asians and Whites , and of those who were employed Whites had less in semi- and unskilled jobs . |
| 6 | It is also full of questions ( some more explicit than others ) and middle-stage answers . |
| 7 | DISCIPLINE : MORE APPROPRIATE THAN PUNISHMENT |
| 8 | Requiring 190 to complete their clean sweep , they lost Haynes first ball , bowled off stump by Meyrick Pringle who , along with Tertius Bosch , proceeded unsuccessfully to claim for nine lbw decisions against Simmons and Lara in the first eight overs , some more authentic than others . |
| 9 | Each country has its own definitions , some more comprehensive than others . |
| 10 | It should also encompass an intent to have anal intercourse or commit an act of gross indecency since such conduct ‘ would be regarded by many as more serious than abduction for the purposes of sexual intercourse . ’ |
| 11 | This is not for us less honourable than administration : indeed it is more exacting for it is simple to give orders , but |
| 12 | Real concrete problems , such as the fact that Germany is the biggest trading nation in Europe , 50% more populous than France or Britain , that she holds half of the Soviet Union 's debt and has lent more money in government-guaranteed credit to Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union , can not be made to disappear with words . |
| 13 | Nevertheless one can hardly hope to discuss knowledge in a language any less metaphorical than Descartes ' ( I have myself a few paragraphs back analogized not only to seeing but to ‘ glimpsing ’ and being ‘ illuminated ’ by a ‘ flash ’ , not only to clarity but to drawing a ‘ clear line ’ ) . |
| 14 | Surprisingly , readers of the highbrow press found their papers scarcely any more useful than readers of the lowbrow press . |
| 15 | Hottest is the Dragon — or 68349 , specifically designed for use with handheld communicators running the software being developed by General Magic Inc , and claimed to be 25% more powerful than AT&T Co 's Hobbit , which also runs the General Magic software , and other devices being built into communicators . |
| 16 | Each is confronted with different problems , some more intractable than others ; each is in a different economic position . |
| 17 | There are a number of additional provisions , some more complex than others , allowing tenders to be made against contracts which , though made on the market , have not yet been registered by LCH ; and providing for unusual contracts under which delivery has to be initiated by the buyer . |
| 18 | A variety of disposal methods are used , some more effective than others . |
| 19 | THE EVALUATION : MORE EFFECTIVE THAN PUNISHMENT |
| 20 | Any features of a social situation which we pick out and identify as the terms of a contradiction may already be the result of a collection of further factors , some more important than others . |
| 21 | Is respect for sexual choice any more important than respect for another 's property rights ? |
| 22 | It could be argued that the weights reflect the decision-makers ' theory of investment desirability , but what theory could rate NPV 333 per cent more important than process yield and ten times as important as basic R&D ? |
| 23 | Is flexibility any more important than decisiveness ? |
| 24 | However , there have been significant developments to strengthen the accountability of administrative agencies to society 's representatives , some more revolutionary than others . |
| 25 | They do not come any more accurate than Derek Underwood , but his batting and fielding weigh against him . |
| 26 | Although dispersals have been made from every library on the list at the end of this book — and , as has been remarked , the list could have been extended to twice its size or more by further random sampling — it is obvious that the dissolutions took place for different reasons , some less culpable than others . |
| 27 | This sentence makes a number of claims , some more overt than others . |
| 28 | It is currently about 20 per cent more expensive than peat composts . |
| 29 | It is 40 per cent more expensive than coal , and there is an abundance of alternative energy sources . |
| 30 | Those more experienced than Marie in practising acts of intimidation and violence could have told her that it is of ten a mistake to delay , to let your victims talk to you . |