Example sentences of "[adv] than [art] normal [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although , as I soon found out , the Russians themselves were models of inefficiency and poor organization , they nevertheless believed that anything that went wrong was a deliberate act of sabotage rather than the normal sort of mistake which occurs in every large organization . |
| 2 | Where I think we have tried to do something interesting is in this idea of giving the student a , a whole year 's experience in the school to help them become professionalised , rather than the normal practice , the traditional practice of school practice , which meant going twelve , sixteen weeks into perhaps two bytes , into a school , and this does mean the student can get integrated with the school community and take part in the extramural life of the school , get involved in games and school plays and school outings in a way that 's not possible if they 're in and out on that short basis . |
| 3 | IN HIS unorthodox pilgrimage there has been more than a normal share of ill-will , resentment and litigation . |
| 4 | When I realized that Hilda 's was more than a normal crush , I should have stopped it I suppose . |
| 5 | A tiger with extra-sharp teeth can kill prey more efficiently than a normal tiger ; hence it has more offspring ; hence it passes on , vertically , more copies of the gene that makes sharp teeth . |
| 6 | Miners began to return to work on Oct. 26 after the NUM had accepted De Beers ' offer of wage increases ranging from 16.5 to 18 per cent ; the De Beers offer was backdated two months earlier than the normal settlement date of July 1 and the company also conceded June 16 , " Soweto Day " , as a public holiday . |