Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] than [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That was a case in which the house had a path running to the steps which went up to the road , the house being at a lower level than the road , and the plaintiff met with an accident on those steps … |
| 2 | It was on a lower level than the rest of the works and was lit by windows which ran the length of the wall facing the doorway . |
| 3 | The aisle is roofed at a lower level than the nave and the triforia have the function of masking the lean-to roofs which cover these vaults . |
| 4 | Pots will be attractive here and the pool acts as a real focal point , set within a brick circle at a slightly lower level than the patio . |
| 5 | In Case 1 we saw how the Nuer linked legitimacy to the payment of bridecattle ; in Case 2 Nayar legitimacy was established by the child 's mother being of the proper social age , a " mother " and not a " child " , with the added proviso that the presumed genitor must not be of lower caste than the mother . |
| 6 | If it is still stable at temperatures in excess of 100 K above T g , the temperature dependence has an exponential form where according to the Eyring rate theory ΔH is the activation enthalpy of viscous flow and is a more representative parameter than the energy . |
| 7 | Where it 's two males , male applicant and a male interviewer , and the prospective employee has a less prestigious accent than the interviewer , so it 's quite likely that the prospective employee would shift his accent towards a more that of the employer , due to his relative need of approval so much more than vice versa . |
| 8 | Contraband was discovered in interesting concealments such as a spare piston assembly in the engineroom of a Dutch ship ( found by Bob , our chief engineer , of course ) , and a spare drilling core at the bottom of the hold of a Spanish ship contained products more akin to a Spanish distillery than the bed of the North Sea . |
| 9 | The offspring will probably be selected to want a greater quantity of parental investment than the parent because again , a little bit extra for the offspring probably means more than what to its reproductive success , than it er would mean to the reproductive erm , success of , of the mother , as far as the offsprings are concerned . |
| 10 | Oswald had n't been nearer Tibet than the end of Folkestone pier ! |
| 11 | From the outset , Nigeria and Iran sought quota improvements and in the late 1980s there arose some aggrieved discussion of the UAE 's insistence on setting its own unilateral quota ( 1.5 million as against the 0.948 set by the Vienna conference in 1987 ) and vehement debate with both Iraq and Iran , neither of which was willing to accept a lower quota than the other 's . |
| 12 | No sooner had he freed the platform of the Collector 's superfluous presence than the Doctor sprang into his place and held up his hand for silence . |
| 13 | If approval is not granted , Stewart Gallimore , principal officer at North Yorkshire SSD , fears that magistrates may be tempted to impose a tougher sentence than the offence warrants — so young women will lost out yet again . |
| 14 | The life of a river has nothing to show more resonant of changeless change than the life cycle of the mayfly , a genus known even in the dry language of science as Ephemera . |
| 15 | He said I should have more adequate protection than a burglar alarm . |
| 16 | ‘ There is no issue more crucial at this election than the defence of the unity of our United Kingdom , ’ he said . |
| 17 | It is more of a social club than a riding school . |
| 18 | It was more like a medieval monastery than a home , thought Sarella , but , despite that , there was something rather magnificent about it . |
| 19 | Silhouetted against the lightening sky , it seemed more majestic than ever ; more a part of nature 's raw force than the work of man . |
| 20 | Clearly , there is more to being an informed citizen than an understanding of fixed shared values . |
| 21 | In fact The Crack is a much more interesting climb than the name would suggest . |
| 22 | However , they were made of lesser wood than the door . |
| 23 | What better forum for conspicuous consumption than the locker-room or the golf club car-park ? |
| 24 | The weapon has a shorter range than the Repeater Hand Gun but it has the advantage that it can also be used in hand-to-hand fighting . |
| 25 | Such a right would give a monopoly in the program , thus protecting the underlying ideas more effectively than copyright , but the right would last for a shorter period than a patent , say 5 or 7 years maximum . |
| 26 | ‘ that you being the holder of a trade licence issued under section 16 , Vehicles ( Excise ) Act 1971 ‘ Has a slightly different meaning than the offence where the driver is required to be identified . |
| 27 | You will also need scissors , which are more convenient for this job than a knife . |
| 28 | It was a faint memory , usually ; more of a dim sensation than a picture , sliding imperceptibly into sleep . |
| 29 | This will do more to inspire public confidence than the prison officers ' negative attitude . |
| 30 | Well like we , so we can try and e , with regards to the teams we 're probably a little bit more high profile than a lot of the other teams . |