Example sentences of "[adj] than the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nothing can be more exciting than the first time that you are given some flowers , and particularly red roses . |
| 2 | And it was a lot easier than the first time . |
| 3 | The feature in question is that the second half of a parallelistic couplet ( line B ) is often more precise or specific than the first half ( line A ) . |
| 4 | These refer to a title set lower than the first line of a page of ordinary text . |
| 5 | For example , the first syllable of ‘ poetic ’ is more prominent than the first syllable of ‘ pathetic ’ . |
| 6 | One of the reasons for using a recognition task was that it seemed less likely than the first study which used a recall test to be biased by the fact that subjects were aware that the study was concerned with risk . |
| 7 | They were , if that was possible , even more ferocious than the first time he had kissed her . |
| 8 | It will be at least three times larger than the first show , held last year , and will represent every area of self build , from finance to land plots , as well as house design ‘ packages ’ and most related building and interior products . |
| 9 | So the second pulse then , is mu it evokes a much weaker current than the first pulse did . |
| 10 | ‘ We spent a lot of time recording it and it is a lot better than the first album . |
| 11 | Was I making a monster more evil than the first creature ? |
| 12 | Delighted bosses at Liberty , which opened 19 of its 21 stores , estimated they had taken 10 per cent more than the first day of last year 's winter sales . |
| 13 | We were lucky to last more than the first fairway together . |
| 14 | Again the same result — plenty of eggs but only eight young fish , two more than the first brood . |
| 15 | In 1930 they scored 132 goals , five more than the first team in their record Championship year . |
| 16 | Choosing this road is likely to cost more than the first option , but you will at least ensure that your doors are the best that money can buy . |
| 17 | Choosing this road is likely to cost a lot more than the first option . |
| 18 | Active and vital service seemed more important than the first pip . |
| 19 | but there 's nothing smaller than the first size |
| 20 | The newcomers , mostly fishermen or peasant farmers who came as boat people , have been less successful than the first wave . |
| 21 | It was as if there was a wave of water and the wave turned a wheel and the wheel turned a cog and the cog turned a piston and the piston punched out a wave , bigger and more overwhelming than the first wave , turning a bigger wheel , a bigger cog , a bigger piston and then finally a wave that seemed enough to swallow everything in its path . |
| 22 | It was worse than the first time . |
| 23 | ‘ This is going to be more difficult than the first match , but I feel we 're ready for it . ’ |
| 24 | This is far less crude than the first example and propels the argument forward by its incorporation . |
| 25 | She did n't know ; all she knew was that she adored him more than before and she wanted him more desperately , therefore inevitably she was going to be more hurt than the first time . |
| 26 | ‘ I feel there is a need for experience in all positions and I 'm not blaming James for anything other than the first goal against Chesterfield . |
| 27 | It was less acrimonious than the first time , but much more painful . |