Example sentences of "[adj -er] than [art] man " in BNC.
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| 31 | Addressing the Supreme Soviet during a debate on emergency price curbs , Mr Ryzhkov was far blunter than a man accustomed to the velvety circumlocutions and understatements , second nature to Western central bankers . |
| 32 | Even if her scheme permits her to make additional pension contributions to make up for missing years of service , such payments will cost her more than would be the case for a man of the same age and salary status , since the arrangements assume that a woman will live longer and therefore claim benefits for longer than a man . |
| 33 | Nobody 's little fingers are stronger than a man 's hands . |
| 34 | LOVE has proved stronger than a man 's desire to change sex . |
| 35 | Burun cursed , and Rostov saw that the straw circle had been moved back and turned sideways so that it was no wider than a man 's forearm . |
| 36 | Because of this prolonged infectious period , the woman 's contribution to the infected population is potentially much greater than the man 's . |
| 37 | A man talking sense to himself is no madder than a man talking nonsense not to himself . |