Example sentences of "[noun] than [art] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Iron from ferrous sulphate , for example , is more available to the horse than the iron in ferrous carbonate .
2 It is undoubtedly true that in this period when new political lordships and principalities were replacing the Carolingian empire , and Europe was recovering from external attacks , the church was far more an upholder than a hammer of kings and other rulers .
3 Nothing is more off-putting to a prospective employee than a delay in reply .
4 Ministers may claim that the final decision was influenced by some other considerations than the objections of MPs .
5 More is involved in the denial of prejudice than the rebuttal of actual criticisms , which might be made by specific others .
6 Those who argue that rape should be viewed as more a crime of violence than a crime of sex might also prefer the scope of rape to be confined in this way .
7 Sterling is even closer to its intervention level against the peseta than the escudo and market rumours of a lira devaluation mean that the Italians , the Portuguese and the Spanish pose a more immediate threat to the pound than the identity of the next British Chancellor .
8 The Kirgiz government has a more realistic vision of the future than the president of Russia .
9 The members of the School Boards were more secular in their thinking than the builders of the earlier parish schools , and although some designers used the Gothic style , it was argued that ‘ … a continuation of the semi-ecclesiastical style … would appear to be inappropriate and lacking in anything to mark the great change which is coming over the education of the country ’ .
10 Since queen and chamberlain had to work closely together ex officio , Vivian 's promotion looks more like a counterweight than a complement to Adalard 's .
11 Seething at the thought that acne-ridden new savers were getting a better deal than a man of his maturity and substance , he retired like a wounded beast to its lair to ponder the problem .
12 So when UNITA arrived in Abidjan last month , fresh from victory at Huambo , it was determined to get a much better deal than the agreement in May 1991 which supposedly ended Angola 's decade and a half of civil war .
13 For the elderly , the history of welfare provision seems to have been less a story of steady progress over the centuries than an oscillation between phases of relative generosity and meanness .
14 Come to that , she had much better legs than a man of Gav 's mental age deserved .
15 I glanced over , thinking that she had much better legs than a woman of her age deserved .
16 And yet , many will draw some sour satisfaction from the fact that the stockbroking trade , with its air of effortless mystique and superiority , is clearly no better at computers than the rest of us .
17 We find out more in both books , especially ‘ The Great Gatsby ’ , about the lover than the object of love , as this character is the more complex one and the one on whom the story is focused , as is shown in the titles of the books .
18 It will cost more to repair the burnt valve seats and valves than the saving on fuel .
19 The group in the Smoking Room that afternoon resembled rather more the Angry Brigade than the Gang of Five .
20 It is an aspect of Karajan 's work and influence that makes him more the forebear of Simon Rattle than the successor of Arthur Nikisch .
21 Lord George did not long remain in command of such a small vessel , however , and no sooner did he attain a more substantial command than the Duke of Montrose sent orders for the sons of the lairds of Auchenbowie and Balfunning to be sent to London with a view to joining Lord George .
22 It is often easier to chart the high points of labour disputes than the realities of everyday life .
23 The report concludes that London is likely to experience a longer hangover from the late 1980s boom than the rest of the country ; economists ' forecasts that new jobs in the capital during the 1990s will only grow by 48,000 ( 4.9% ) means that there will still be a lot of space available , and office tenants should be the beneficiaries .
24 However , titles taken at random from a bookshop in Lima had made it obvious to me that being a Peruvian was a more problematical condition than the simplicity of the Garcilaso/mestizo solution would allow : Peru in Crisis , Who Are We ? ,
25 Interestingly , the dementia from this disease has different characteristics than the symptoms of Alzheimer 's .
26 Nothing better illustrates the social balance in the party and the fierce independence of the local parties than the argument about the selection of working-class candidates .
27 ‘ Sweeter it is to my ears than the mewing of gulls ’ , she said . ’
28 Oswald had n't been nearer Tibet than the end of Folkestone pier !
29 Of all of the appointments which might easily be held by a resident freeholder , none was more attractive to many gentlemen than the post of collector of supply .
30 If a local authority has any matter to propose for the good of local government in general or for any particular section of local government , this should invariably be done through the appropriate local authority association , for if supported by the association it will carry much more weight than the proposal of a single local authority .
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