Example sentences of "[adv] than [pron] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Gabriel would never understand nor Charley offer an explanation except to say , ‘ Better than sex , Gaby , better than anything except creation . |
2 | This is usually alongside a lawyer from the children 's panel , rather than one with experience in criminal cases . |
3 | The Latin pauper means a person of modest means rather than someone without food , roof , or clothing ; Ovid defined him as ‘ a man who knows how many sheep he owns ’ . |
4 | Ask your Redken stylist about the possibility of using TRUST or Vector Plus on large perm rods to give volume and control rather than lots of curl . |
5 | Perhaps lack of guilt , rather than lots of wine and foie gras , accounts for most of the difference . |
6 | longer than someone in love . |
7 | He , more than anybody in sport , personified cool : he boxed with the most consummate self-assurance , drifting around the ring almost somnambulistically , often dispensing with his guard and rapidly discharging clusters of punches . |
8 | She wanted to do it more than anything in life . |
9 | Now , you could be one of the people that drink harmed quicker than maybe , say or maybe I 'm ta injured quicker than you with drink . |
10 | It 's easy with these roots — easier than anything except lettuce . |