Example sentences of "[adj] than [pron] [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | A girl who is very tall for her age may fear that she will go on growing at the same rate indefinitely , while a boy who is shorter than his mates of the same age may be afraid that he will be permanently undersized . |
| 2 | No part of Russia 's social fabric is more durable than its network of people with research at heart . |
| 3 | Sinopoli 's interpretation of Elgar 's First Symphony is less controversial than his treatment of the Second ( 2/89 ) . |
| 4 | Our knowledge of morbid mental states is much less definite than our knowledge of many physical disturbances . |
| 5 | The potential ingredients of the diet are clearer than our understanding of it . |
| 6 | More remarkable than his treatment of the mistress as recipient or subject-matter of the sonnets is Shakespeare 's treatment of the man who fills that role in the first 126 poems . |
| 7 | It is no more partisan than my description of what has happened in the universities . ) |
| 8 | His Ravel , while less unfortunate than his recording of the Left-hand Concerto , hardly counts among his most distinguished offerings . |
| 9 | I have heard Shirai and Höll do nothing better than their reading of this cycle which , sated though I am through repeated hearing of the work , I found gripping from start to finish . |
| 10 | It is to be hoped that Gluck 's judgments on wine are better than his knowledge of English poetry . |
| 11 | Gordon 's erudition , based on the use of primary sources , extended to Europe , and his acquaintance with minor Protestant groups , such as the Mennonites , Collegiants , Anabaptists , and Familists , was hardly less intimate than his knowledge of tiny English sects , such as the Traskites and the Muggletonians . |
| 12 | There was little difference apparent between more- and less-frequent walkers , but it was noticeable that particular sub-groups stood out as experiencing more than their share of problems . |
| 13 | When it is realized that of the fifteen largest corporations in the world in 1978 , three were car manufacturers , eight were oil companies , and one was in chemicals , it can be appreciated that the largest corporations within the most concentrated sections of international capital formation are committing more than their share of law violations . |
| 14 | It is not a usual part of anti-racist strategies to create black only classes within ordinary schools to prevent unfair competition with white pupils who get more than their share of teacher attention . |
| 15 | Offenders in this category had been responsible for more than their share of the increase in crimes of violence , but the enhanced rate of offending at these ages extended to crimes of all kinds . |
| 16 | People had begun to feel less ashamed about being greedy and of wanting more than their share of fairness . |
| 17 | The benefits principle argues that people who receive more than their share of public spending should pay more than their share of tax revenues . |
| 18 | The benefits principle argues that people who receive more than their share of public spending should pay more than their share of tax revenues . |
| 19 | A woman without wealth will have few suitors , but a woman who can produce a large dowry will have more than her share of acquisitive Strephons writing sonnets . |
| 20 | It was Scots who had invented the steam engine , tarmacadam , the telephone , the Dunlop tyre , chloroform , Listerine , penicillin , television ; Scots who had risen to command foreign armies and navies and whose courage as kilted soldiers in the First World War had led the Germans to dub them ‘ the ladies from hell ’ ; Scots , of whom one had helped to found the Bank of England , who had made Edinburgh into one of the great financial centres of Europe ; Scots who had provided Westminster with more than her share of British Prime Ministers ; Scots who with only a tenth of the population of Britain , had yet supplied England with one fifth of her professional classes . |
| 21 | To its lenders and investors , the firm has a value only if it is earning more than its cost of capital . |
| 22 | It also has more than its share of France 's doctors , whether hospital based or office based . |
| 23 | The Document Examination Laboratory with its cabinets and range of monorail cameras took up what some of his colleagues , notably Edwin Lorrimer , regarded as more than its share of room . |
| 24 | The book took more than its share of the available table space ; but at least she had a legitimate job . |
| 25 | While the politics of the time may have been sterile , it does appear to have had more than its share of colourful characters ; bogus radicals like A.P.T.James and Chanka Maharaj ; the legendary and fabulously wealthy Bhadase Maraj , who was an American-style ward boss ; Norman Tang , whose mastery of the ‘ art ’ of inscrutability made it possible for him to ‘ develop the reputation of being the only minister never accused by the Civil Service of political interference ’ . |
| 26 | It 's probably harmless , even pleasantly nutty , and Brand makes a living out of them but there 's another side to his business : the school attracts more than its share of gays , especially for the residential courses in the summer . ’ |
| 27 | His choice had more than its share of steps and when he eventually arrived on a pleasant terrace overlooking the harbour , a pounding in his chest reminded him once more that he was middle-aged . |
| 28 | LIVERPOOL has had more than its share of pop stars over the years . |
| 29 | In 1924 the Committee had more than its quota of ‘ touchy ’ problems , including prosecuting four boys for theft on the course , and precipitating the resignation of an unrepentant member who refused to apologise for ungentlemanly conduct ! |
| 30 | Fairly early in Take a girl like you , Patrick delivers himself of an unqualified condemnation of women , which is followed by a sentence from the narrator concerning and presumably condemning Patrick 's attitude to Jenny at that stage , as a girl to be taken and left : ‘ He wanted more than his share of her before anybody else had any . ’ |