Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [noun pl] than [adv] " in BNC.

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1 AS DEALERS prepare for an ‘ L ’ of a rush as August fast approaches , they can expect that far more of their customers than ever before are going to be women .
2 Legal charges against the reconstituted union formed an even greater part of its expenses than before , though some of these were due , not to the process of charge and counter charge involving the Federation , but to test cases brought by the union on the application of the Merchant Shipping Acts .
3 The Prince now has a strong team behind him , which is more in tune with his activities than ever before , and better qualified .
4 I think a lot of the current concern about schools being accountable is partly because things that in fact are being done are not being seen to be done , and I think if many of the things that we already done were more obviously being seen to be done , and perhaps also thought through rather more carefully as to how they were being done , the public would feel generally erm happier about what was going on in their schools than perhaps they are at the moment .
5 After just one month Stephen has more movement in his legs than ever before …
6 This reaction attributed evolution to pure chance and held the opinion that complex animals could not be considered better adapted to their environments than more lowly forms : all represented degrees of specialization .
7 While even the richest states are anxious to attract or retain TNC investment , they are more likely to be successful in imposing conditions on their operations than less developed states .
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