Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] [adv] [adv] than " in BNC.
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| 1 | Used to the my whole down there than it was hanging up the , really I mean |
| 2 | And last night she said : ‘ I am old , and by now this is something for my family really rather than for me . |
| 3 | All business is taken , so that particular , those particular items that you 've referred to I am already seeking to schedule that business for tomorrow , but I do n't want to preempt the situation and chance my arm any further than what it is , because I could end up falling on my face and I want to try and avoid that . |
| 4 | Hon. Members should submit their subjects to my office not later than 10 pm on Tuesday 10 December . |
| 5 | The classic response to this situation is to take from the rich and to give to the poor on the grounds that the poor spend their money much faster than the rich . |
| 6 | They take the stranger to their heart less easily than the familiar friend . |
| 7 | While publishing Dawson on ‘ Religion and the Totalitarian State ’ , he selected for notice in the 1934 Criterion a book highlighting persecution of European Jews ; he wrote to Pound speaking of his offence at Pound 's antisemitic remarks ; with regard to the Vichy government in 1941 he wrote in The Christian News-Letter of his ‘ greatest anxiety ’ at news ‘ that ‘ Jews have been given a special status , based on the laws of Nuremberg , which makes their condition little better than that of bondsmen . ’ |
| 8 | She may know that her tears will relieve her tension more effectively than shouting back or pretending not to notice , or they may be tears of anger rather than the vulnerability so despised by her colleagues . |
| 9 | An elderly parent living alone invariably has problems to cope with , though , in some area of life , and ideally the people to help them should be members of their own family ; people who know their character and understand their needs , those they do not have to make an effort to relate to and trust , and who can move around freely in their homes , to sort through the various ‘ pockets ’ of their anxiety more easily than any stranger can do . |
| 10 | Then let me assure you that couples who come here — married or otherwise — get their exercise outdoors rather than in bed . ’ |
| 11 | But even if the old partnership of Christian Democrats , Socialists and Liberals gets a working majority , the serious opposition parties have made their point more effectively than at any time since 1948 . |
| 12 | These terminological changes are not made merely for the sake of variety but because I believe the substitute terms convey their meaning more pointedly than Marx 's originals . |
| 13 | English Language is the study of the English language as it is today as well as of the history of its development over more than a thousand years . |
| 14 | Some countries monitor its use more strictly than others , which is why jaundiced Trading Standards Officers sometimes call it the ‘ Cover Everything ’ mark . |
| 15 | But she 'd bite her tongue off sooner than ask him for any favours . |
| 16 | That was the way we became his followers , the way we got saved , it 's the way we continue , it 's the way and it 's the only re the only method by which we will ever stand before him and he will usher us into his presence to stand eternity with him , through his grace and as we see others , not in a sense of condemnation , not in a sense of self righteousness or pointing the finger , as we see others we can say with that man of old who , as he watched the , the man being dragged , to the , to the gallows , there but for the grace of God , goes I , goes me and there but for God 's grace , think of that most , that worse condition that you know , think of that person who has messed their life up more than any body else and er , who has made a total wreck of it , there but for the grace of God is you and there 's me , oh thank God for his grace . |
| 17 | Local authorities increased their spending much faster than inflation , which meant that business rates had increased faster than inflation . |
| 18 | However , our oppponents fail to recognise that we have a great amount to learn from those in business who have developed techniques to ensure that large organisations improve their efficiency and deliver their objective more effectively than was the case . |
| 19 | It seems she saw her father five or six times a year and her grandfather less often than that , though the old man used to send her substantial cash presents at Christmas and on her birthday . ’ |
| 20 | Initially , I think that girls would have been more afraid and bewildered when first landing on the island and would have accepted their situation less easily than the boys as girls are usually more attached to their backgrounds and less willing for change ( of this sort ) than boys . |
| 21 | It collects its food on a curtain of baleen or whalebone in its mouth and after a single meal may well have transferred to its stomach no less than 2 tons of tiny shrimps , each no more than 3 inches long . |
| 22 | She had already known , half consciously , that she liked her grandmother better than she liked her mother , and loved her mother more fiercely than she loved her grandmother . |
| 23 | Asked what was in the fresh package , she said repeatedly : ‘ We are looking at a whole range of options which will help unemployed people , in particular long-term unemployed , to keep in touch with the workplace , keep their skills updated and use their time more productively than some of the rules and regulations currently allow . ’ |
| 24 | Small black holes therefore have higher temperatures and radiate their energy more rapidly than larger black holes . |
| 25 | I was of course , delighted , and as I could recall her face more clearly than anyone else 's , except perhaps Richard 's , I was able to comply . |
| 26 | By using body weight through the mastfoot a good sailor will waterstart and sail his board more efficiently than a bad one . |
| 27 | As the man who first hired Penn for Vogue magazine and who encouraged him to create the colour still-life that launched his career as a photographer in 1943 , Liberman is also one who knows the artist and his work perhaps better than anyone . |
| 28 | He moved more heavily and slowly so that often they had to pause to allow him to keep up , and they rested for his sake more often than they would otherwise have done . |
| 29 | I can hear the two of them on the narrow stair outside , Summerchild placing his feet with ostentatious care on each step , bending his head rather further than is strictly necessary under the low ceiling , while Serafin demonstrates his effortless familiarity with such picturesque difficulties . |
| 30 | The feel of Chris 's body in his arms and the taste of her lips had gone to his head more powerfully than any wine . |