Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] than [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Less concentrated than this author 's other books , this text contains much insight . |
| 2 | A donatio mortis causa of land is neither more nor less anomalous than any other . |
| 3 | In the longer term , of course , this would not necessarily have been true , simply because the loyalty , and the ability , of Gloucester 's successors were an unknown quantity , but it is significant that the terms of the Cumberland grants were less generous than those north of the border . |
| 4 | In the longer term , of course , this would not necessarily have been true , simply because the loyalty , and the ability , of Gloucester 's successors were an unknown quantity , but it is significant that the terms of the Cumberland grants were less generous than those north of the border . |
| 5 | Because a source less abundant and less generous than this river had dried up ? |
| 6 | But in a scientific context matters become far less straightforward than this example suggests . |
| 7 | Iran is much larger than any country of Western Europe ; its territory today covers about 636,000 square miles , about the same area as Soviet Union , Turkey , Iraq , Pakistan and Afghanistan . |
| 8 | None is necessarily better than any other , although the decimal numbering system described above is probably the easiest to use . |
| 9 | One design may be very much better than another design from which it is only slightly different . |
| 10 | ‘ Our S.B.O. was much better than this man . ’ |
| 11 | Days in advance the bogs had been walked and snipe shot for that famed Snipe Pudding of Mrs Geary 's — a pudding more gently extraordinary than any game pie . |
| 12 | Moreover , although a great cult may have brought in more than enough wealth to compensate for the damage caused by those fleeing from the king 's anger , that wealth could still attract the attention of would-be thieves . |
| 13 | Garter snakes could almost have been made for the purpose , being undemanding in their housing and dietary requirements , harmless and relatively simple to breed in captivity … certainly less problematic than any lizard . |
| 14 | He said that men should act with dignity even in the face of death , that no one was better off than any other . |
| 15 | Born in Romania ( and thus sharing part of Leonard 's eastern European background ) , transferred by his parents to Canada in the harsh years of the early century , he represents , perhaps more than any other , not the genteel ‘ English ’ background common to many of his fellow-workers , but a rough , raw Canadian view that is intensely patriotic , proletarian , passionate and pure . |
| 16 | This last element , perhaps more than any other , is crucial for understanding why Marx and Engels attached so much more importance to the work of Morgan than they did to the work of the other evolutionist anthropologists whom they read . |
| 17 | It was this aspect of Althusserian theory , perhaps more than any other , that led many orthodox Marxists to consider that Althusser was not really a Marxist at all . |
| 18 | TRADITIONAL MUSIC , perhaps more than any other , is a music of intimacy , its strength lies in its informality — that marvellous drop-of-a-hat feeling where a session can occur as if by spontaneous combustion — whereupon stylistic and generational gaps are forgotten , consigned to the four winds , as tunes and songs from other times draw both practitioner and casual listener alike into their seductive glow . |
| 19 | And in religious communities , perhaps more than any other , the experiences and perceptions of the insider will contrast with those of the outsider . |
| 20 | This is the background to the event which perhaps more than any other has fuelled the arguments that the Soviet Union has ‘ expansionist ’ designs on Latin America which can only be countered by US strength . |
| 21 | More than this , he appears to have served on numerous committees dealing with a wide range of bills : in this way , perhaps more than any other , he may be considered to have , as he put it , ‘ done my country some good , whereunto we are all called ’ . |
| 22 | Much worse than that girl had said . |
| 23 | Soviet strategy had in fact been much more reactive and rather less successful than this picture tended to suggest . |
| 24 | Yes , but still I mean it is much longer than this journey . |
| 25 | We shall shortly see that pragmatism is less radical than this description makes it seem , for it recognizes reasons of strategy why statutes should generally be enforced in accordance with their plain and intended meaning and why past judicial decisions should normally be respected in present cases . |
| 26 | Alterations to these surfaces were less expensive than any modification of the walls and had less impact on the overall appearance of the church . |
| 27 | The ground is literally parched and every blade of grass is yellow as sulphur , but independent of this the land in the interior is less rich and the fen of the country less fertile than any country I have ever traveled [ sic ] . |
| 28 | The deal is startlingly altruistic , and the racetrack owners are always generous with their political contributions ; but Arizona 's Republican governor , Fife Symington , thinks there is already more than enough gambling in his state . |
| 29 | would , together with any shares already held by the person or persons by or on whose behalf the advertisement is being issued , carry not less than that percentage of those voting rights . ’ |
| 30 | ( 5 ) If the partial offer could result in not less than 30 per cent but not more than 50 per cent of the voting rights being obtained , the offer must state the precise number of shares offered for and may not be declared unconditional as to acceptances unless acceptances are received for not less than that number ( Rule 36.4 ) . |