Example sentences of "[noun] than [art] [noun sg] [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 | More is involved in the denial of prejudice than the rebuttal of actual criticisms , which might be made by specific others . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The Kirgiz government has a more realistic vision of the future than the president of Russia . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Come to that , she had much better legs than a man of Gav 's mental age deserved . |
| 13 | I glanced over , thinking that she had much better legs than a woman of her age deserved . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | It will cost more to repair the burnt valve seats and valves than the saving on fuel . |
| 17 | The group in the Smoking Room that afternoon resembled rather more the Angry Brigade than the Gang of Five . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 ? , |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | ‘ Sweeter it is to my ears than the mewing of gulls ’ , she said . ’ |
| 24 | Oswald had n't been nearer Tibet than the end of Folkestone pier ! |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Schou ( quoted in Guilcher , 1958 ) used a more refined criterion than the direction of dominant waves . |
| 28 | As a Scottish paper remarked at the time , it was not his first dismissal , ‘ Bremner has had more early baths than a miner on night-shift . ’ |
| 29 | There were few things more calculated to endear a prince to his subjects than a display of stern retribution on unjust officials . |
| 30 | Is the availability of donor organs more of a limitation on the transplant programme than the availability of resources ? |