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 yet the gear change itself is quicker and lighter than the long throw , rubbery device that spoils the Vauxhall .
3 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
4 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 .
5 Now you were saying just then that erm parts of the were different than the other parts .
6 Yeah well they 're different than the other policemen .
7 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 .
8 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 . ’
9 But we do n't mind hearing about a few ‘ weeds ’ — they are often more vigorous and more interesting than the cultivated varieties .
10 Perhaps more interesting than the individual entries is the way in which they are cross-referenced to so many other entries in the encyclopedia .
11 SOMETIMES you find the footnotes in a history book rather more interesting than the heavy stuff upstairs .
12 More interesting than the vertical connections are the horizontal connections ( indicated by dotted lines ) .
13 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 .
14 He looked greener than the proverbial grass to her .
15 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 .
16 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 .
17 Few reports about this species are received annually , but these suggest that it is some three to four times scarcer than the Common Partridge .
18 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 .
19 The surgeons had to join blood vessels of only two millimetres in diameter and use suturing materials no broader than a human hair .
20 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 .
21 For , to the romantic , the bird of paradise is much more exciting than the humble house sparrow .
22 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 .
23 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 .
24 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 .
25 the slightly foreshortened cockpit is a little less sumptuous than the newly-furnished cabin .
26 There 's more to this than a missing husband , is n't there ? ’
27 Nothing provides a better demonstration of this than the continued usage of the administrative-judicial dichotomy as a basis for determining the applicability of natural justice .
28 And I I think I must say that i it 's well certainly in Nottingham , my experience is that the church of England is and perhaps other churches , are more aware of this than the catholic church is .
29 Her fluency resulted in almost 100 books ; Flaubert 's entire output fits one volume no fatter than the average airport blockbuster .
30 The monk , nun or vicar could , for example , be described as a more involved member than the old lady who attends Matins each Sunday ; she , in turn , is more involved than those who go to church only at Christmas and Easter ; and they are probably more committed than the sailor who , when he fills out C of E on a form , is more likely to be making a cultural than a religious statement .
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