Example sentences of "[adv] be [adj] than [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This new level about which the price oscillates during these years of exceptionally great demand , will obviously be higher than before . |
| 2 | It may nevertheless be better than even a reasonable harmonium or American organ . |
| 3 | The abolition of the distinction would not occur because historical social psychologists would be uninterested in theoretical issues , but because theory could not be other than historically applicable . |
| 4 | Those three operations then are the measure of modern medical practice : cancers which might have developed from an enlarged prostate , some rogue polyps and a spinal tumour , any one of which could have proved fatal , were all pre-empted by discovery and cure ; and I can not be other than deeply grateful for this additional lease of life . |
| 5 | The greatest mass a white dwarf can have is 1–44 times the Sun 's mass ; neutron stars can not be heavier than about two solar masses . |
| 6 | Nay , all things considered , I shall welcome the move to the abbey , she thought — it could not be worse than here ! |
| 7 | It is hoped that this will not be later than approximately 8 April by which time they are wanted back here to get on with parachute training . |
| 8 | Although such rescue excavation work can not be more than piecemeal , as sites become available , results already obtained have provided useful information on conditions of urban life , in the types of buildings where people lived , on the desertion of houses within towns and around them , and on the distribution of trades within the towns . |
| 9 | In particular , because directness and safety are often traded-off by individual cyclists , safe routes must not be more than about ten per cent longer than less-safe , but direct , alternatives . |
| 10 | ( It is important that the cooker should not be more than half filled ) . |
| 11 | For each belief whose justification we attempt there will always be a further belief upon whose justification that of the first depends , and since this regress is infinite no belief will ever be more than conditionally justified . |
| 12 | But has it really been tougher than before ? |
| 13 | Knowing where we are in the way in which we are tricked into believing that erm our churches now are weaker than when they were founded and probably most of you , many of you have heard my children 's prayer . |
| 14 | We decided to start the later group walk at Aberangell , because a mixed group of people will inevitably be slower than just two reasonably fit men and a dog . |
| 15 | Officials maintain that living standards here are higher than elsewhere in the former superpower , but rationing exists for cereals , sugar , butter , flour , petrol and other basic goods . |
| 16 | Wherever I 'm going , it ca n't be worse than here … |
| 17 | And this was out of a you know er I mean they were only what Oh could n't be more than about six eight people working in the Well not actually fitters but er you know , they were involved within the shop sort of thing . |
| 18 | it would n't be more than about twenty minutes before the lan the peasants would 've thought well maybe |
| 19 | ‘ It could n't be warmer than there and you 've got chairs and the coffee machine . |
| 20 | To be fair , none of the players here is less than extremely competent , but there are moments when the piano tone appears monochrome or lacking in warmth . |
| 21 | You 'll find there are more than just sausages . ’ |
| 22 | She hastened to reassure him that she would never be less than totally reliable in her dealings with S. Kettering . |
| 23 | Now it has gone back towards the middle and as of this moment , drug abuse worldwide is worse than ever . ’ |
| 24 | Religion therefore is more than just a personal affair and its influence in society is more than the sum of its influences on individuals . |