Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv] [adv] than " in BNC.
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| 1 | As Zinyama and Whitlow ( 1986 ) have pointed out , erosion problems are likely to increase in the Communal Lands , where a population growth of 3.6 per cent per year means that the population will double in less than 20 years . |
| 2 | Again , it would adapt much faster than a legal body . |
| 3 | For example sulphur troxide dinitrogen tetroxide diiodine hexachloride Alternatively , where a binary compound contains an element which may exist in more than one oxidation state , the oxidation number is indicated . |
| 4 | Both solids and liquids may exist in more than one phase . |
| 5 | But if widowhood is such a double shock for many women , why do widows survive much longer than widowers ? |
| 6 | We fought for them to come to the Assembly , where they could speak their minds and meet the Africans they never meet , and together listen to the Almighty Who might know better even than they what is best for the country . |
| 7 | An advantage of this system is that work can commence much earlier than in the traditional system because much of the design work will take place at the same time as the actual construction . |
| 8 | At least you 'll know exactly rather than sort of saying well |
| 9 | Policy is for politicians , but if a tax proposal is administratively unworkable , then we should let them know sooner rather than later . |
| 10 | He said : ‘ What is happening in Great Britain should perhaps show Mrs Thatcher and Chancellor Lawson that they should act more quickly than anticipated in terms of bringing the currency into the EMS . ’ |
| 11 | Pierre Beregovoy , the Finance Minister , told a business meeting : ‘ What is happening in Great Britain should perhaps show Mrs Thatcher and Chancellor Lawson that they should act more quickly than anticipated in terms of bringing the currency into the EMS . ’ |
| 12 | Now he knows I am here he may be more careful , or he may act more quickly than he had planned . ’ |
| 13 | He had been immersed in the clean up work for nearly a month and he wanted to be with friends who restore and collect aircraft and who could empathise more fully than most with him about the size of the task and who also might offer some constructive ideas ‘ At first I was in shock , it was too much to comprehend ’ , shared Kermit . |
| 14 | The climate is crucial , because a reactor compartment exposed to dry air will rust more slowly than one buried in soil or sunk at sea . |
| 15 | If anything we will specialise more rather than become more generalised . |
| 16 | Like her , the General had prayed and hoped for the violet 's return , and now it had come and it would surely blossom more gloriously than ever before . |
| 17 | The user has the option of selecting the number of pixels gap that the anchor points will jump across rather than fitting round but , apart from that , the Macintosh looks after it all . |
| 18 | Yeah , well I do n't know there more than seventy two are n't they ? |
| 19 | For many tasks they will need no longer than two or three minutes , and frequently as little as 30 seconds . |
| 20 | A council decision to crackdown on late-night drinking means that some will remain open later than others , depending on their zone . |
| 21 | The deals will bring in more than £2 million and that will help Smith keep other players at the club . |
| 22 | TICKET sales to the public and to corporate sponsors will bring in more than £6.5 million when Europe meet the US in the most lucrative Ryder Cup match yet at The Belfry on 24-26 September this year . |
| 23 | TICKET sales to the public and to corporate sponsors will bring in more than £6.5 million when Europe meet the US in the most lucrative Ryder Cup match yet at The Belfry on 24-26 September this year . |
| 24 | On a more phenomenological level , if we wanted some visual analogue to the associationist view of mental life we could not do much better than think of one of those ‘ psychedelic ’ slide-shows popular in the late 1960s , in which lights were projected through oil , producing coloured globs which met , merged and repelled in a series of kaleidoscopic patterns . |
| 25 | ‘ I do n't need it but I 'll do much better than that . |
| 26 | Mr G Douglas Vaisey also suggests that others should start setting the comps : ‘ I 'm sure we [ we ? ] can do much better than Katie Mallett . ’ |
| 27 | By 1939 Europe could meet her own needs of agricultural products only in olive oil and wine ; in 1880 she could still do much better than this . |
| 28 | Even if a business was very efficient , he said , it was difficult to generate gross margins of more than 28% , whereas an efficient company in the fast-growing network market could do much better than that . |
| 29 | For them to develop properly they need guidance and a good example , and you ca n't do much better than have somebody like Fergie in your setup — somebody who has done and seen it all . ’ |
| 30 | Despite all their expectations ( and ample campaign funds ) they did not do much better than the GCP in 1954 . |