Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] than a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Open-palmed they waved with no more sense of the use of hands to touch grasp or hold than a water plant ; infinitely gentle trailing things , the blind tendrils of a sea-anemone . |
| 2 | It was late afternoon , the micro hones had been taken away , the hall was only half lit ; Karajan sat with the orchestra in something closer to a seance or seminar than a rehearsal . |
| 3 | It is less a question of efficiency or cleanliness than a refusal to let past and present blur together . |
| 4 | Of course , he is perhaps more a sociologist and psychologist than a biologist , but still … ’ |
| 5 | Ironically , having entered muon catalysed fusion initially to get away from the frenzy of high energy particle physics , Jones was about to be catapulted into greater media attention and controversy than a career in particle physics was ever likely to have given him ! |
| 6 | The omniscient and all powerful Archbishop Laud sent for him and decided that ‘ it was for the advantage of the world that such mighty parts should be afforded better opportunities of study and improvement than a course of constant preaching would allow of ’ . |
| 7 | The modern wife is considered more of an equal partner and helpmate than a chattel or a housekeeper . |
| 8 | Fellows from universities who fought in Spain are being given jobs in Intelligence or Censorship where they could do a lot more damage as traitors than a squaddy like I 'd be . |