Example sentences of "[art] [adj] than [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For this is the Tetley Bitterworld of BIVOUAC , slightly inbred young Middle Englanders who would much rather plod their way to the top than dance with Nirvana , learns KEITH ‘ Plodcore ’ CAMERON . |
| 2 | The ex-Manchester United star admitted : ‘ I 'd rather quit at the top than drop to a lower level . |
| 3 | Deng appears to be no more successful than Mao in solving the successful than Mao in solving the succession problem . |
| 4 | Entries must be on the back of a postcard or envelope no bigger than 5in × 6in . |
| 5 | Write your answers on the back of a postcard or envelope no bigger than 5in × 6in — please include your boot size , the size of jacket , fleece or T-shirt you 'd like , and your size for waterproof pants — and send it to Outdoor Action Adidas Competition , . |
| 6 | Entries must be on the back of a postcard or envelope no bigger than 5in × 6in . |
| 7 | Entries must be on a postcard or the back of an envelope no bigger than 5in × 6in . |
| 8 | Write your answers on the back of a postcard or envelope no bigger than 5″ × ″ and send it to , . |
| 9 | The tiny lady in purple looking after the money , 78 years old and no bigger than twopennorth of copper , was Jess Wilson who turned out to have been a British clay pigeon champion many years ago . |
| 10 | They are no bigger than grains of rice . |
| 11 | Those who for whatsoever reason have no roof over their heads are no better than deer to be hunted down . ’ |
| 12 | She thought he was a hard man because he had spoken of the sturdy beggars as no better than wolves to be strung up on trees as a warning to others ; he certainly had not helped her to escape out of pity . |
| 13 | Prohibition of drugs , they say , works no better than prohibition of alcohol did in the United States . |
| 14 | He 'd have to say yes , because he 's sorry for us , I heard him tell Richard we were no better than waifs of the storm , and we should ruin the upholstery , and be taking advantage of his kindness . " |
| 15 | Position them no closer than 12mm from the edge of the boards , and drive the nails so they just dimple the surface of the board but do n't cut it |
| 16 | With a more than halving of losses in the second quarter to $48.7m ( 1992 : $100.2m loss ) , the worldwide underwriting deficit at the mid year was down by $106.2m from $235.2m ( representing 12.3% of premiums ) to $129.0m ( 6.1% of premiums ) , a reduction due largely to a substantial improvement in the UK result . |
| 17 | So the ‘ quantity ’ of services provided ( measured , for example , by the number of workers employed in providing them ) rose no faster than output as a whole . |
| 18 | The exercise of her bent for administration , and her own newly acquired peace of mind , sent Charity , no less than Clarissa to bed happy . |
| 19 | But such a misguided view fails to take into account first the " fusing " of the many experienced crews that served in the Force , and the pooling of operational expertise that followed the hard-won tactical procedures , and last but no means least the steady improvement of the boffinery devices that were tried and tested on the job by no less than Bennett in person . |
| 20 | Perhaps the year in which the Byrd discography reaches its centenary should also be the year in which the record-collector , no less than subscribers to The Byrd Edition , can proudly survey a well-filled shelf and say , ‘ This is the full measure of William Byrd . ’ |
| 21 | It was also carried on in some few villages : fulling mills operated at East Hendred , near Wantage , Brimpton and Colthorp , as well as one at Bagnor owned by no less than Jack of Newbury himself . |
| 22 | The purist will point out that every aircraft accident results from human error of some kind ; even the most complex technical failure has its origin in the work of a designer , manufacturer or maintenance engineer somewhere , and so-called ‘ acts of God ’ such as structural failure in extreme turbulence beyond the limits of airworthiness criteria are no more than failures of airworthiness engineers to assess the limits correctly . |
| 23 | In fact , contrary to what has sometimes been said about his modesty , he enjoyed talking about his work , even when it was no more than work in progress . |
| 24 | But evidence really amounts to no more than expression of the opinion by a particular practitioner of what he thinks that he would have done if he had been paid hypothetically without the benefit of hindsight the position of the defendant , with a little while the evidence of the witness is due , what in the matter of law the solicitor 's duty was in the particular circumstances of the case , I should have thought , being a solicitor the very question which the functions , to decide . |
| 25 | The insurgents in London in 1381 called for Fordham 's death , but in the event he suffered no more than damage to his house and wine-cellar . |
| 26 | Indeed , many of the changes that alter the balance in power in Parliament are no more than changes between voting and non-voting , or vice versa . |
| 27 | This suggestion is , unfortunately , no more than speculation at this stage . |
| 28 | Often the timbers were no more than columns of sort of dampish dust because they had n't been able to breathe in this kind of brick envelope . |
| 29 | This is a prize that should be treated with contempt , for , like most Japanese gifts to museums and other ‘ cultural ’ interventions , it is no more than camouflage for their commercial and industrial rapacity , and at its worst is an anaesthetic that renders the recipient quite helpless to protest . |
| 30 | Outside his own domain ( the Ile-de-France ) the king often had no more than powers of general protection . |