Example sentences of "[adj] than [art] [noun] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 've no more idea of who did this than the police apparently have . ’ |
| 2 | He noted that the government commission which he had established to investigate the Parys affair had paid more attention to this than the commission later appointed at Walesa 's request [ see p. 38881 ] . |
| 3 | Flying direct from Cairo to Paris and surviving the worst earthquakes that Egypt has ever suffered might sound excellent training for Paris Fashion Week , but proved to be more rigorous than the event strictly called for . |
| 4 | At the very least , however , unpalatable though the proposals may at present be , they may prove more acceptable than the alternative already foreshadowed by Sir Adrian Cadbury should his own committee 's voluntary code fail to command compliance — the even more unpalatable prospect of governance by legislation . |
| 5 | Stranger than the truth perhaps but tireless , happy go lucky , organised , a friend at all times — these are the boys and girls that really will ensure you get to make the most of your holiday . |
| 6 | Equation is seen , for instance , when we recognize a picture of someone we know ; and qualification was at work when a cave painter added the last few touches which made his bison look more energetic and more nearly alive than the others already on the rock face . |
| 7 | But is still some £20m lower than a year ago , and interest earnings fell 27 p.c. to £6½m . |
| 8 | In general , the failure rate of franchises is dramatically lower than the equivalents outside — though that sort of statistic is highly affected by definitions . |
| 9 | If the target word in the position had a recognition score lower than the threshold then it was omitted . |
| 10 | Situations vacant in particular showed a very , a very big drop and erm , and in fact we , the yield was lower than the year before , but we 've er , continued with our pac press rationalization programme and er , I think as I mentioned at the interims , the Basildon Evening Echo is now printed on the F T's presses , which incidentally has got the contract to and is printing er , . |
| 11 | The laundry doorway was slightly lower than the doorways upstairs , and Tom had cracked his head sharply on the lintel . |
| 12 | The wine mellowed the atmosphere between them , and Blanche felt less hurried than the week before to extract information from him . |
| 13 | Sockets are bigger than the chips normally so |
| 14 | On the buzzer I rolled over quite a large flathead , but it missed , and that was a fish much bigger than the flatheads both Kate and Ben were catching with great rapidity on fish portions . |
| 15 | The crowd was always bigger than the crowd before . |
| 16 | It 's nicer than a satsuma really . |
| 17 | But , at the same time , the North West saw the largest population slump , with more than 80,000 fewer people living there in 1991 than a decade earlier . |
| 18 | But at the same time the north-west saw the largest population slump with more than 80,000 fewer people living there in 1991 than a decade earlier . |
| 19 | They believe that the role of the community educator is much more limited than the rhetoric often implies . |
| 20 | Her Cloaths are fewer than the Time before . |
| 21 | Their mission was less ambitious than the day before : just to clear the air over the battlefield . |
| 22 | NB When using pile fabrics which can not be ironed in the same way , cut the bump 2.5cm ( 1in ) larger than the buckram all round . |
| 23 | The oral papillae are slightly flattened and the distalmost papillae may be widened at the free end or in some specimens larger than the others almost opercular . |
| 24 | The original bivariate effect would have been larger than the effect once sex is controlled in this case , because once more it will contain a spurious component . |
| 25 | ‘ Is it meaner than a place so foul that you ca n't bear to touch your own skin except to brush off the things crawling over you ? ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Is it meaner than a dungeon so dark that you ca n't see your hand in front of your face ? ’ |
| 27 | While this may be " absurd " , there are other hints that the position was more complex than the Encomiast either knew or wanted to admit . |
| 28 | An eagle flies better than a pelican even though they 've both got wings . ’ |
| 29 | They had made love that morning and it was better than the day before . |
| 30 | Leonora made her bed then collected her cup and started downstairs , deeply thankful that she felt so much better than the day before . |