Example sentences of "[adj] [adj] than [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His eyes were open , but his face was such a fearful mask of blood , foam , vomit and earth that he looked more like some demon-creature than a rabbit . |
| 2 | He wrote : ‘ If someone has just stepped out of your life you 'll be better reaching for this single than a bottle , razor blade or handkerchief . ’ |
| 3 | Indeed it is questionable if an overall EEC policy in regard to the disadvantaged areas would be sensible other than the acceptance that problems exist , local schemes will be required and that financial assistance for support measures is essential . |
| 4 | Stu , I mean I live in Glasgow , the chances of me leaving Glasgow are pro , pre pretty slim but yeah , I certainly do n't want to stay in Scotland because of any loyalty , that I do n't think it 's given me very much other than a lot of experience , a lot of struggle , a lot of opportunities to stand alongside working class people and fight against , you know , the injustices . |
| 5 | The model including a recessive major locus gave a better fit than the model including an additive or a dominant locus , but the fit was not significantly better than for the multifactorial model with or without a generational difference . |
| 6 | An institution was any establishment provided by the Council for reception and maintenance of the poor other than a hospital , a children 's home or a separate casual ward . |
| 7 | Usually , one or two of the band are more chatty , outgoing or just plain pretentious than the rest . |
| 8 | To the liberal ‘ scientific ’ mind , there are two problems here of ‘ slippage ’ , one more slight than the other . |
| 9 | The common instinct for survival has shown itself more powerful than the urge to take risks on behalf of national interest . |
| 10 | When she turned , there was no one , but she hurried on , though she no longer knew what she should do , what she should tell her sister , if she should report this request for an assignation somewhere more secret than a church , more private than a byre . |
| 11 | You might care to discuss with your friends : ( i ) Is the word " rule " any more self-explanatory than the word " function " ? |
| 12 | So they actually bench marked the maintenance phase of the project and found this approach to be three hundred percent more productive than the approach we showed on the previous slide . |
| 13 | It is perfectly correct that , if you compare a group of Broca 's aphasics with a control group and measure ( a ) rate of spontaneous speech ; ( b ) number of function words used ; ( c ) number of prefixes and suffixes used ; ( d ) number of verbs used ; ( e ) complexity of grammatical structure ; and ( f ) accuracy of pronunciation , you will find that the Broca 's aphasics have a lower mean than the control group on all six measures . |
| 14 | Choirs all over the country , in less impressive surrounding than the Sheldonian will be giving their versions of the famous work . |
| 15 | The only exception to this is that no one other than a state government or the Federal Government may operate a television or radio station without the approval of the president . |
| 16 | Such surety covenant is of value to no one other than the owner for the time being of the reversion … |
| 17 | And you have some way of , of , of getting in , erm and you have some way of controlling access therefore into toilets , now I do n't know whether that would totally it , overcome the vandal system , but I mean if your saying a pass would n't be any different than a coin you could devise an entrance , so that it was n't , you know , so that what you would be doing is stopping having like the total open access all the time , you know , erm . |
| 18 | However , Saragossa could not be taken , despite the vast forces set against it and Charles decided to return to Aquitaine , having gained very little other than the defeat of the Basques after storming Pamplona . |
| 19 | And nothing will do that other than the head of the Government standing next to me saying : ‘ We will protect our citizens ’ . ’ |
| 20 | Pleased you raised that , Councillor , 'cos we 're still two million short than the government assessment within the S S A. |
| 21 | He is more broad minded than the priest-administrator ; and he wants to succeed in this . |