Example sentences of "[prep] [be] [adj] than [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The answer is that it is more significant than often it appears , especially if you include examples such as help in finding employment , the importance of which continues to be greater than often is recognized . |
| 2 | However , officials admitted on July 29 that the deficit was likely to be greater than originally estimated , because of lower-than-anticipated tax revenues and increased expenditure especially on unemployment benefit and health and social service payments [ for May 1990 agreement on German unity fund and East German budget deficit predictions see p. 37467 ] . |
| 3 | But he added : ‘ Why is it that while the means for achieving happiness have never been greater , the incidence of stress and depression also seems to be greater than ever before ? ’ |
| 4 | He added : ‘ Despite the national outcries that Cathy and other films engendered , the scale of the problem today seems to be greater than ever — if only by the sight of the homeless we see camped in the streets of our cities . ’ |
| 5 | Base-exchange treatment is in the neighbourhood of 1.5–4p per 1000 gal ( 4546 litres ) , automatic systems tending to be lower than manually operated plants . |
| 6 | The Nationwide Building Society felt that they could not increase their investment because it was linked to unchanged valuations and therefore the new ratio of public to private funds had to be higher than before , even though the housing association was prepared to invest some of its own resources . |
| 7 | And in Britain the proportions of them who depend on social assistance seem to be higher than anywhere else . |
| 8 | For a true design data base to be established more information needs to be available than just these associations . |
| 9 | Fael-Inis told him very gently and very nicely , but you ca n't expect him to be other than quite dreadfully upset , can you ? |
| 10 | The jaw appears to be wider than long . |
| 11 | The jaws appear to be wider than long . |
| 12 | But his bathroom was in the conservatory , which had two doors on to the garden where his wife grew plants , and as she left these doors open all morning his part of the house was apt to be colder than anywhere . |
| 13 | For this reason , the bones of road runners — which undergo high levels of stress — tend to be denser than less active people . |
| 14 | WELLINGTON — The hole in the ozone layer over Antarctica threatens to be bigger than ever this year , according to New Zealand scientists , writes David Barber . |
| 15 | Revised estimates drawn up by the government and central bank towards the end of 1989 showed the country 's economic situation to be worse than previously thought , with a current-account deficit of dollars 2,029 million for 1988 , although the situation was expected to improve in the early 1990s as a result of increased oil revenues . |
| 16 | Why is it that in the north of England , particularly in this region of the north of England , we seem to be worse than anywhere else ? |
| 17 | This would avoid civil actions , which are often defeated because individual victims , even when they decide to act co-operatively , are rarely a match for corporations who decide it is better to be prudent than just . |
| 18 | Organised by the Alton and District Arts Council , the week promises to be better than ever . |
| 19 | This year 's venue is again the Lowther Gardens at Lytham and the show promises to be better than ever . |
| 20 | I reckon they 're more likely to be friendly than otherwise . |
| 21 | The American adventure movie Raiders of the lost ark and its sequels , in which actor Harrison Ford played Indiana Jones , an heroic archaeologist , have proved to be more than just financially successful productions . |
| 22 | Planning , is of course likely to be more than just identification of needs . |
| 23 | In her enchanting story of The Velveteen Rabbit , Margery Williams ' tells of a cloth rabbit who longs to be more than just a toy . |
| 24 | If the auditors ' role is to be expanded , however , the APB recognises that there has to be more than just shareholder involvement . |
| 25 | Experience at the Birmingham Money Advice Centre ( see Appendix III ) shows that — at least for the generally poor people who go to the Centre with money problems — mail order , check traders and other weekly callers such as tallymen are woven so closely into the fabric of daily ( or rather weekly ) life as to be more than just a possible buying choice . |
| 26 | It was getting to be more than just a bad habit ; it was beginning to become an established part of his personality . |
| 27 | Whatever the final verdict may be , EP has shown itself , yet again , to be more than just another area of applied computer science . |
| 28 | The sad truth is to tackle these subjects you have to be more than just willing , you have to be shite-hot . |
| 29 | From the outset , it has been clear that COSE , the Common Open Software Environment , would have to be more than just a unified desktop interface , and this week , two more pieces of the COSE puzzle appear to be dropping into place ( CI No 2,142 ) . |
| 30 | Peter Hewitt explains how a new managers ' toolkit proved to be more than just a game |