Example sentences of "[prep] more [noun] than [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In whatever sense it is to be recognized as an objective fact that I am now responding in awareness of more factors than before , my reaction will likewise be objectively better than before . |
| 2 | Counselling sensitivity and insight can often be of more value than strictly medical knowledge . |
| 3 | for physics there is only one true measurement from any one position , and it can be more accurate than ever before ; writing and painting communicate look and feel from a viewpoint with more sophistication than ever before ; with a Cubist vision which constructs reality from the different facets exposed from different angles one is better orientated than ever before . |
| 4 | She cradled the phone with more force than strictly necessary , just as Jack Lawrence strolled past in his black leather gear . |
| 5 | ‘ No sooner is the dish empty than it is filled again — and with more food than before ! ’ |
| 6 | Announcing the changes in a Commons written answer , Lord James said that planned spending on legal aid would still rise by 40 per cent over the next three years , in spite of the changes , with more people than ever being granted legal aid . |
| 7 | A new race of novelists may result , making it possible to refute with more confidence than hitherto B. S. Johnson 's fear that the British novel has never fulfilled the huge potential created by the irruption of modernism into the literature of the twentieth century . |
| 8 | We do not yet know the implications for job numbers of the reorganisation , but as stated in the AEA Times Bulletin there may be a need to plan for more reductions than previously anticipated . |
| 9 | From the point of view of problem solving , I find the cube has led me to formulate many problem-solving techniques in more generality than previously and to develop a general scheme for all problems of this sort . |
| 10 | Mr Langdale added : ‘ He is quite clearly a ruined man — ruined in more senses than just one . |
| 11 | This example was worth discussing in more detail than most because the Argille scagliose type of " catastrophic " deposit is now recognised in many parts of the world , from California to Formosa . |
| 12 | Now what we have to do however is look at it in more in more detail than just simply the age of people . |
| 13 | After ten minutes , I lifted the shafts in a temper and pushed off in more pain than ever , singing , ‘ I just do n't trust you any more , Lord . |
| 14 | This is true in more ways than simply obtaining an Equity card . |
| 15 | The latter is less efficient in producing a water supply , leading to more consumption than otherwise , but it may be a relatively efficient way of ensuring an equal chance of access to it . |
| 16 | We are giving more public support to more students than ever before . |
| 17 | She added that the festival had been attended by more people than ever before , and that by celebrating it in a smaller town , away from the more sophisticated attractions of Bogotá , the festival had a more genuine , grassroots character . |