Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] than a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To those observers looking on it seemed hard to believe that the average IQ of the room 's inhabitants was 149 , and that they had more honours between them than a collection of top class civil servants — and to think that they had been reduced to such a pitiful state as this . |
| 2 | Anybody who 's anybody knows that a pair of brand new trainers — bright laces undone , tongues out , displaying that all important brand name — says more about you than a wallet full of gold credit cards ’ , you know it 's time to leave the country and live on a desert island in your bare feet or search the loft for your ex-issue Diadora Borg Elite or Stan Smiths . |
| 3 | A walk before breakfast every day or exercise done after work every day — say a fifteen-minute run , a game of tennis or another walk — is very much better for you than a game of rugby once a week and nothing else . |
| 4 | It was obvious that the air raid siren had never been much more to them than a bore . |
| 5 | He meant no more to me than a painting or a sculpture . |
| 6 | At the time West Ham was little more to me than a name , most directly associated with a football team that had a reputation for style and steadfast support in spite of limited success on the field . |
| 7 | Miss Evans said , ‘ You might say he 's been more like a father to me than a brother . ’ |
| 8 | Good idea wo n't be a bad idea mm , what I thought was the tough steak has turned out to be the , the one that 's not I cut the steaks about a bit , one was a bit fattier than the other the one that I had I thought would be dead tough , is tender it 's int it ? they look more like a sirloin steak to me than a rump , even though it went under the name of rump it looked like you can only tell the shape of it ca n't , oh God |
| 9 | ‘ Wish that I did have the courage to kiss you , querida , ’ he rasped , ‘ but I have standards and a level of decency to live up to and they are more important to me than a moment of weakness to prove that I am immune to you . ’ |
| 10 | It 'll be more help to you than a novel . ’ |
| 11 | From the sound of it , she 's more like a relative to you than a servant . ’ |
| 12 | Also you have Nathan , who is of more value to you than a son . |
| 13 | I made a gesture that had more breeziness and gay abandon to it than a freezer full of fellators . |