Example sentences of "[adj] than [art] [noun sg] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Something more imposing than the way the Hogans had it . |
| 2 | The one positive thing to emerge from privatisation so far has been the degree of accountability that has been imposed on Group 4 , far more stringent than the level the police and prison officers are used to . |
| 3 | The Wolverines ' stock of blast and frag grenades would likewise be of little avail , though since each grenade hardly bulked larger than a coin the Scouts could at least retain their pursefuls of those in case they needed to kill at a distance . |
| 4 | This process leads to the accumulation of coarse grains on the crests of ridges , from which they are not removed , as they are considerably larger than the size the wind is able to move . |
| 5 | Much less embarrassing than a kissogram the perfect fantasy served up on a plate . |
| 6 | For more than a century the Board has been providing qualifications for industry that are internationally recognised and this pedigree leaves it ideally positioned to contribute to the growing need for transportable workplace focused qualifications . |
| 7 | For more than a decade the real value of student maintenance grants has been continuously eroded . |
| 8 | You were no more than a boy the last time I saw you … twelve , thirteen at the most . |
| 9 | And the sea 's greatest known depth of 36,200 feet exceeds by more than a mile the height of Mount Everest . |
| 10 | And in less than no time the weeks passed and the memories of that dreaded party were only a vaguely uneasy thought in the sealed-off recesses of Robyn 's mind . |
| 11 | In less than a minute the little band of rabbits had disappeared into the dim , moonlit night . |
| 12 | Despite these particular difficulties with older urban areas , it is generally true to say that in less than a decade the Dutch created and adopted a revolutionary residential environment which , even in car-dominated cities , displayed many of the benefits of the street in the pre-motorised era . |
| 13 | In less than a century the world of sound-recording had expanded from a plaything for amateurs to a world-wide billion-dollar industry , and it looks set to stay that way . |
| 14 | In less than a generation the pirate peoples who were notorious for forging themselves and their sailing craft through impossible conditions had acquired the ability to command undreamed-of tonnage and horsepower with their big toes . |
| 15 | In less than a year the pair have already made significant progress . |
| 16 | 4.1 the Rent payable without any deduction by equal quarterly payments in advance on the usual quarter days in every year and proportionately for any period of less than a year the first such payment being a proportionate sum in respect of the period from and including the Rent Commencement Date to and including the day before the quarter day next after the Rent Commencement Date to be paid on the date of this Lease and |
| 17 | Within less than a mile the swift darkness closed around them and they stopped . |
| 18 | But with anything less than a gale the house filled with smoke and the door had to be opened . |
| 19 | In less than a month the Rose Bowl would be hers . |
| 20 | In less than a week the impeccable Rochester had been transformed into a kind of boarding-house . |
| 21 | Now , last weekend 's cycle ride down the new section of the M forty once looked threatened by being blown away as the Met Office warned of impending storms , but in fact the sun shone down on the riders and today , less than a week the counting is done and Mike Biddolph from Oxfordshire County Council , who also took part in the event , has come up with the grand total of — how much have you raised Mike ? |
| 22 | Donnellan ( 1966 ) began by noting a distinction between two usages of definite descriptions ( inter alia , noun phrases in English with the determiner the ) : ( 18 ) The man drinking champagne is Lord Godolphin ( 19 ) The man who can lift this stone is stronger than an ox The first would most naturally have a referential use , where the description might in fact be wrong ( e.g. the man is actually drinking lemonade ) but the reference succeed in any case ; the second would most naturally have an attributive use where the speaker would not have any particular individual in mind ( we could paraphrase ( 19 ) as " whoever can lift this stone is stronger than an ox " ) . |
| 23 | The truth is that all sacramental thinking and language are symbolic , and precisely thereby , they work in a way not weaker but actually stronger than the way the naive realist calls ‘ real ’ . |
| 24 | There are , however , certain risks involved in delegating to people other than the patient the power to make what may be life-or-death decisions — for example , the decision to discontinue certain treatment , to control symptoms , or not to resuscitate the patient . |
| 25 | State surveys other than the Census The state conducts several other surveys at regular intervals , all of them on a sample basis . |
| 26 | In consideration of the purchaser incurring the costs of its professional advisers in commencing due diligence and negotiating the binding agreement the vendor hereby undertakes to the purchaser that during the period from today until midnight on [ ] 19[] it shall not negotiate the sale of the business with any person ( either directly or indirectly ) other than the purchaser The only essential content of the heads of terms is to specify that they are subject to contract except for one or two specific clauses . |