Example sentences of "[to-vb] the [noun] than " in BNC.
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| 1 | He says the variable pattern of snowfall does more to affect the figures than anything else . |
| 2 | The proof of the pudding as we all know is in the eating , and I thought where better to sample the pudding than at RAF Uxbridge . |
| 3 | So , then , I decided it was better to see the finish than not to finish at all . ’ |
| 4 | LONDON soccer fans pay more to see the game than anyone else in the country . |
| 5 | But Mr. Thornton forcefully submits that no more is required to sustain the plea than that the court before whom the defendant had previously been charged should have decided his guilt , whether by the court , where it is the tribunal of fact , announcing its decision to that effect , by the return of a guilty verdict by the jury or by the ‘ acceptance ’ of a plea of guilty . |
| 6 | It could be true , of course , and there was more to support the idea than Zohra knew . |
| 7 | Mr. Routley added : ‘ We believe that a charitable trust dedicated to conserving railways is better equipped to revive the WHR than a county council . |
| 8 | For almost all European States with vulnerable land frontiers it was easier and safer to neglect the navy than the army . |
| 9 | And Neva 's heart began to fail her ; she thought , " That knight is far more worthy to find the keys than I am . " |
| 10 | Indeed , experimenters have found — not surprisingly — that a hungry chimpanzee is more likely to find the solution than a satiated one . |
| 11 | In this situation it is obviously easier to find the fish than understand what the feature is that keeps them coming back to that swim . |
| 12 | Obviously , water sources need to be protected — although sometimes it will be cheaper to purify the water than to clean the filth that pollutes it . |
| 13 | Big Arnie Schwarzenegger would probably prefer to tackle the Penguin than the army of infant terrors he faces in Kindergarten Cop . |
| 14 | Given the impenetrable darkness surrounding the opinion polls , who better to rouse the rabble than the host of Blind Date ? |
| 15 | It was nothing to him , of course — orders were orders — yet it had occurred to him several times that it would have been far simpler to evacuate the Shepherds than go through with all this nonsense . |
| 16 | For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness . ’ |
| 17 | In terms of what they were doing , they were crude , heavy-handed models , more likely to destroy the brain than control it ; systems of blocks and stimulae that set off whole chains of unwanted chemical and electrical responses . |
| 18 | Those who knew Hebrew took significantly less time to sort the pack than those who did not in the condition that required symbols having the same name to be put together . |
| 19 | Coventry decided that it would cost more to contest the claim than pay it ; so Clarkson will get £74 for the party 's four tickets and travelling expenses . |
| 20 | ‘ If I go to church I feel that I go more to escape the chores than for any other reason ! ’ she said aloud . |
| 21 | It was , she discovered , easier to look the part than to feel it . |
| 22 | Unfortunately , it is more difficult to trace the Chauncys than the Blencowes , not least because they were less accomplished people . |
| 23 | THERE is no greater expert on what it takes to win the Championship than Aston Villa captain Kevin Richardson . |
| 24 | Some surveyors may find such a loss of direct involvement personally unacceptable , particularly if not trained for the new role , but the growth rate of a firm is probably dictated more by the partners ' ability to manage the organisation than by their own capacity for surveying work . |
| 25 | My reply to that is that the quiet passage of a canoe going with the current is less likely to disturb the otter than a walker tramping along the bank of the river . |
| 26 | The court did not simply substitute its own view because Congress had assigned the task primarily to the agency which , because of its greater experience , placed it in a better position to resolve the matter than the Court . |
| 27 | It will nearly always be easier subsequently to reach agreement to extend the partnership than to persuade an elderly partner to stand down voluntarily before the contractual date : hence the relative unpopularity of agreements which simply permit a partner at his option to retire upon reaching a certain age . |
| 28 | If they stay they must deliver an emasculated version of their own educational vision , and in such a position it is easier to deny the ideals than to stay open , day after day , to the disappointment and the sense of inauthenticity . |
| 29 | In a move more likely to divide the party than unite it , he hinted that the traditional socialist commitment to across-the-board state benefits might be ditched . ’ |
| 30 | It also published its statement on nutrition which , after reappearing in various forms , has probably done more to confuse the public than any other single pronouncement in the whole heart-disease field . |