Example sentences of "[adv] than the first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To which the best answer is : a lot better than the first person in any queue organised by Mr Kaufman . |
| 2 | I dared not even glance at " Happy " , but to add insult to injury I gave the order " About turn ! " and they repeated the gazelle-like jump even better than the first time . |
| 3 | The scientists — from the IBM Almaden Research Centre — say the storage capabilities of the new photorefractive polymers were on the order of 100 times better than the first polymer films , which IBM developed two years ago . |
| 4 | When its petrol tank exploded a few minutes later , the flames from the blazing car , the house and the cainca lit the dawn sky more brilliantly than the first rays of the rising sun . |
| 5 | Obviously , it is easier for them to develop in the Second Division rather than the First Division . ’ |
| 6 | Then he reached the first green of the tournament proper — rather than the first green of the practice rounds . |
| 7 | Such conventions are common in English education where students are taught to use impersonal and passive forms rather than the first person . |
| 8 | Yet she reached the station where she got out without having progressed any further than the first page . |
| 9 | And harder than the first weeks are the first days . |
| 10 | And harder than the first months are the first weeks . |
| 11 | Otherwise under section 46(2) the accused should be brought before a magistrate as soon as is practicable and in any event , not later than the first sitting after he has been charged . |
| 12 | The more normal condition is that it will only be available to those shareholders of the target who have accepted both the share offer and the cash alternative not later than the first closing date . |
| 13 | It was , he contended , the first manifestation of the child 's sexuality ; its roots lay a good deal earlier than the first birthday and the very experience of the " oral " relationship of early feeding provided the basis of relationships — for many people long after infancy . |
| 14 | Strega turned the second lap at 475mph , six miles per hour faster than the first lap and six miles per hours slower than Rare Bear 's 1991 winning speed . |