Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] than [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now there is more to this passage than either the story that it heralds , poignant and memorable though that is , or the condescending tone of the last sentence , for the innocence Davin embodies brings to Stephen as a brute fact from the real world the missing half of a truth which Stephen has known but so far been unable to admit even to himself , and which will go on mattering to Joyce for many years . |
| 2 | Our main 1979 survey was designed largely to throw light on this relationship between people 's knowledge about credit and how they make actual shopping decisions — the first major study to explore this in this country , and more searching in this respect than even the valuable American studies carried out recently for the National Commission on Consumer Finance and the Federal Reserve Board . |
| 3 | The description of the Count as Alfonso 's " friend " suggests that there was more to this incident than simply the curbing of an unruly vassal . |
| 4 | The rock is excellent , climbing quality equally so , and the grade and commitment are at a more amenable level than either the Old Man of Hoy or Am Buachaille . |
| 5 | We 've talked a lot about the Gardener Centre , but of course the university is a much bigger place than just the Gardener Centre . |
| 6 | It 'll be a bigger bone than a bigger bone than ever the poll tax was . |
| 7 | General practitioners have had to bear a much heavier load than even the most pessimistic were expecting . |
| 8 | To give an example : a leak in the roof of one 's garden shed would probably be seen as less in need of urgent action than exactly the same defect in the roof of one 's home or car . |
| 9 | Jesus was and is the new Adam : not the unfallen Adam of innocent humanity restored , but the first of a redeemed and resurrected humanity — a greater and more gloriously human humanity than ever the first Adam knew . |
| 10 | When it comes to the separation of powers and the system of checks and balances that the constitution asserted , it is also clear that the bureaucracy was given a much more equal share than either the Diet or the Judiciary . |
| 11 | So that the split may well have been that er he was gon na to do a lot more work than perhaps the er civil engineering design group . |
| 12 | In an ideal world I would have far more bogwood than even the extended budget allows , but I expect this could be remedied over the ensuring months . |
| 13 | a All of these are useful but a returnable bottle system ( as with doorstep milk deliveries in the UK ) uses fewer raw materials and less energy than even the most efficient recycling scheme . |
| 14 | ‘ You have told me , at least , ’ he said , musing , ‘ that there were more people knew Aldhelm would be coming down that path than just the few of us , as it began . |
| 15 | As the right hon. Gentleman is now keen to look at a longer period than just the last year , he will also be interested to know that between 1981 and 1991 the British economy grew faster than the German economy , the French economy , the Italian economy or the economy of any other country in Europe . |
| 16 | Even though open systems may be able to meet requirements at a lower cost than perhaps the traditional proprietary systems , if you 've already paid for the traditional proprietary system , clearly there is no saving to be made by throwing it away and replacing it with the equivalent functionality on new technology . |
| 17 | This is in miniature the classic blueprint detective story , and it can give more pleasure by virtue of its clues coming closer to the final revelation than sometimes the full-length affair does . |
| 18 | They also want the chance to use their minds and energies in a wider sphere than just the home . |
| 19 | In practice direct grant schools , the perpetuation of the public school system and the vested interests of sections of teachers as well as that complex animal , parental wishes , worked to maintain the status quo ante bellum to a much greater extent than even the most lukewarm of reformers could have wished . |
| 20 | In this case , the O 2s AO has a much lower energy than either the O 2p z AO or the symmetric combination of H 1s AOs , and is more closely held to the oxygen core than the O 2p z AO . |