Example sentences of "[adj] than [adj] [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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1 | Alliance partisans admitted that they read anti-Alliance papers but they claimed their papers were less pro-Conservative than Conservative partisans ' papers and less pro-Labour than Labour partisans ' papers ( Table 6.6 ) . |
2 | ‘ As Anthony said to Cleopatra , as he opened a crate of ale , some girls are bigger than others , some girls ' mothers are bigger than other girls ' mothers … ’ |
3 | Ron Atkinson may look a bit odd , but he knows the management business — and his cufflinks are bigger than some players ' cars . |
4 | Sparks and Yeates found that the new venture was something of a small goldmine , much more lucrative than cutting mens ' and boys ' hair for 6d and 3d respectively . |
5 | Last year Ford UK took a major step in banning staff members under 21 or with fewer than three years ' driving experience from using the fast models . |
6 | The Leicestershire company has sold off many of its loss-making businesses to cut debts , but they remain at £76.6 million — more than double shareholders ' funds . |
7 | They conclude that these difficulties are less important than Foucauldian analyses ' ability to address psychology in new ways . |
8 | Bradman 's and Lipton 's demands on speed , cost and high-floor areas are no less than other developers ' . |
9 | Alliance partisans admitted that they read anti-Alliance papers but they claimed their papers were less pro-Conservative than Conservative partisans ' papers and less pro-Labour than Labour partisans ' papers ( Table 6.6 ) . |
10 | This does not gainsay the fundamental proposition that it is every citizen 's duty to retain self-control — at least to the extent of not violating other people 's interests — but it does open the way to a manslaughter verdict and to sentences which are rarely longer than eight years ' imprisonment ( less than half as long as the time served by many convicted of murder ) and may be considerably shorter . |
11 | The data bank 's research shows that 45% of Japanese property companies have debts greater than two years ' worth of their sales and 32% have debts greater than three years of sales . |
12 | The ability to develop new drugs is now greater than most countries ' ability to pay for them without rationing or screening systems — for example , France controls individual prices and Germany has initiated a reference system which pays a basic price for all drugs in the same category . |
13 | And his clothes are n't any grubbier than some folks ' at school , so ? |