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 .
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