Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] than [noun sg] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Quality matters more than quantity in the time you spend together . |
| 2 | Almost six feet eight inches ( 2 metres ) tall , he seemed larger than life in most of his actions , blond , handsome , with great charisma that was much better suited to the Test arena than to the county grind ; a Test batting average of 40 compared to a career average of 31 shows this perfectly . |
| 3 | Things certainly look better than back in the late Eighties , when he went unemployed for nearly two years . |
| 4 | Bearing in mind the strength of his views on " mere specialists " , we may surely see more than coincidence in the swiftness with which this final commitment was followed by the conversion to Schopenhauer . |
| 5 | ‘ Well fashion is still faring better than advertising in the current page squeeze , but there are now less editorial pages to correspond with the fewer advertising pages being sold in magazines ’ . |
| 6 | Without time to do more than yell in protest as he set off , Sarella launched herself after him and did her utmost to keep pace . |
| 7 | As yet , Mitch was too occupied with the rope to do more than glance in their direction . |
| 8 | The shop was closed as the season was virtually over by now , and , although she did n't know what plan he had up his sleeve , she did n't expect him to do more than breeze in and out . |
| 9 | If the non-Tory intelligentsia truly wants to do more than tinker in its own backyard , it must look for a route to power that can connect Cambridge with Basildon . |
| 10 | British unemployment is rising faster than unemployment in any country in the rest of the European Community . |
| 11 | While longing and longing for their arrival , she had feared they would seem larger than life in the sedate village . |
| 12 | The work which can be done is any work a solicitor normally does other than representation in a court or tribunal . |