Example sentences of "[adj] than [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This version is lighter than a traditional Christmas pudding but it has all the flavour . |
| 2 | Although smaller and lighter than the 7.62 Self Loading Rifles which we had used in the Territorial Army , its strength lay in its high velocity rounds and accuracy . |
| 3 | yet the gear change itself is quicker and lighter than the long throw , rubbery device that spoils the Vauxhall . |
| 4 | What happens in the blast furnace is that the slag is lighter than the molten iron and it collects on top of the molten iron and by some means that I s |
| 5 | For the purists a bag without a zip is going to be the most efficient at keeping warmth in and will always be lighter than the same bag with a zip . |
| 6 | 9.6 volt cordless drills are generally lighter than the 12 volt types , making overhead work easy |
| 7 | Sit at the back of a bluegrass concert in 80 of Kentucky 's 121 counties , and you will drink nothing more alcoholic than a tall glass of orange juice . |
| 8 | Now you were saying just then that erm parts of the were different than the other parts . |
| 9 | Yeah well they 're different than the other policemen . |
| 10 | The hon. Gentleman was far more brave than the hon. Member for Torridge and Devon , West ( Miss Nicholson ) who has adopted the role of reading out central office briefs in the House to apologise for the Conservative party . |
| 11 | It will give us that much longer to get to know one another and it will be much more interesting than a 12-hour flight . ’ |
| 12 | But we do n't mind hearing about a few ‘ weeds ’ — they are often more vigorous and more interesting than the cultivated varieties . |
| 13 | Perhaps more interesting than the individual entries is the way in which they are cross-referenced to so many other entries in the encyclopedia . |
| 14 | SOMETIMES you find the footnotes in a history book rather more interesting than the heavy stuff upstairs . |
| 15 | More interesting than the vertical connections are the horizontal connections ( indicated by dotted lines ) . |
| 16 | A more obvious underlying meaning , pointed out by the programme notes , is to see the ‘ round-dance ’ as a metaphor for the transmission of VD or , more topically , AIDS ; but this seems to me less interesting than the social satire whose delicate emotional nuances ( preserved in co-director Ceri Sherlock 's modernised adaptation ) give the play its wider significance and melancholy humour . |
| 17 | He looked greener than the proverbial grass to her . |
| 18 | Mike , who 'd gone greener than the minted melon balls provided for pudding , and Perdita , who was lighting one cigarette from another , could n't eat a thing . |
| 19 | These records involve a total of about 120 individuals and the species is now much scarcer than the Slavonian Grebe , although des Forges and Harber recorded approximately equal numbers of each species . |
| 20 | Few reports about this species are received annually , but these suggest that it is some three to four times scarcer than the Common Partridge . |
| 21 | Planning as a local authority responsibility has its origins in the public health and housing policies of the nineteenth century , but from the outset the objectives were broader than a simple emphasis on the efficient use of land . |
| 22 | The surgeons had to join blood vessels of only two millimetres in diameter and use suturing materials no broader than a human hair . |
| 23 | In many ways this moment was infinitely more exciting than the actual race itself because these qualifying laps asked so much from car and driver . |
| 24 | Nothing can be more exciting than the first time that you are given some flowers , and particularly red roses . |
| 25 | For , to the romantic , the bird of paradise is much more exciting than the humble house sparrow . |
| 26 | Now , does n't that sound a whole lot more exciting than the next Prodigy video ? |
| 27 | The face of his father 's surgeon , Hua , filled the screen , the old man 's features more expressive than a thousand words . |
| 28 | Also [ WEA branch members ] have the reputation in official circles of being so ‘ dreadfully earnest ’ — more an indication of the frivolous attitude that all education must be made palatable to be consumable than a valid criticism of their activities . |
| 29 | The sight of such an expanse of tiny squares , flowing up and around his massive elevation , produced more of an architectural than a sartorial impression . |
| 30 | The smallness of the earth was arguably felt more vividly in the medieval than the modern system , for there was then an absolute standard of comparison — the immense size of the outermost sphere . |