Example sentences of "[be] [adj] than [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The CBI points out that UK corporate taxes , at more than 4% of GDP in 1989 , are more than double the amount of state aid to industry . |
| 2 | For some countries , including Britain and Spain , it seems likely that a softer , more automatic ERM would be better than both the existing ERM and no ERM at all . |
| 3 | Cargo forecasts suggest that a growth rate of 11.4 percent for Europe-Far East trade over the next 20 years will be more than double the expected increase across the North Atlantic . |
| 4 | But as Duke he was to be more than just the Count of Poitou . |
| 5 | She thought she could in the end be legitimized , be more than just the girl who had married the first man who came along in order to get away from home : daughter of a mother who 'd shacked up with her own mother 's boyfriend at that own mother 's unconscious behest — and had thereby had her life negated forever . |
| 6 | Trading profits in the communications division were more than double the figure for the first half year thanks to the cost control programme . |
| 7 | Prior to World War I , infant mortality rates in the workhouses were more than double the rate for the entire population . |
| 8 | Wheat prices at 13s. 4d. a quarter were more than double the normal ( though not as disastrously high as in the notorious famine years of 1315–17 ) , barley at 6s. -7s. was up by over 50 per cent and peas and beans at 6s. had tripled in cost ( 209 , pp.266–73 . |
| 9 | In addition , the ITVA has some criteria of its own , being stricter than either the Act or the Code in its judgement of the admissibility of some statements of apparent fact or of ‘ knocking ’ copy . |
| 10 | Organisers of the 1994 World Cup finals admit they face an uphill battle in winning the support of US television viewers for a sporting event that to the rest of the world is bigger than even the Olympics . |
| 11 | It has to pick its way through the minefield of NT and Unix and estimate whether COSE is bigger than just the desktop . |
| 12 | It has to pick its way through the minefield of NT and Unix and estimate whether COSE is bigger than just the desktop . |
| 13 | The black spot is its unemployment rate of 14% , which is more than double the OECD average . |
| 14 | If one is more than double the other , we should not fit a straight line . |
| 15 | Thus , the benefit for a pensioner couple over 80 will rise from £88.45 a week to £96.15 a week — an increase of 8.7 per cent. , which is more than double the increase in the retail prices index . |
| 16 | Pearson 's agent comments : ‘ Pugwash is more than just the signature tune , and it 's not just the accordion . |
| 17 | But it is more than just the lucky shot that has defeated the Great White Shark . |
| 18 | It is more than just the onset of literal night ; it is a night of the normal senses , allowing other means of knowing to arise . |
| 19 | But in this book there is more than just the history of the WM & CR . |
| 20 | There is much evidence to suggest that reading is more than just the recognition of individual characters . |
| 21 | that the load is more than just the initial action of my division |
| 22 | Yet the presentation of the book , and Lowry 's text , often speak of a fascination with the Princess that is more than simply the fascination one can derive from the exercise of deconstructing an image . |
| 23 | Also , it is more than likely the case , however , that how a society designs manners for close personal and social relationships can not be totally separated from its understanding of the ‘ proper ’ treatment of its enemies . |
| 24 | It 's more than even the 150th anniversary three years ago.The entry includes South Africans and Russians . |
| 25 | Now it 's feared that there 's more than just the family fortunes at stake . |
| 26 | Although he was only eighteen months older than Carrie he was in the top class and sometimes he was taught on his own by Mr Morgan , the Minister , because he was cleverer than even the most senior boys . |
| 27 | The median pepsin output in the H pylori positive duodenal ulcer patients ( 29 , 19–60 ) was higher than both the H pylori positive ( p<0.005 ) and negative ( p<0.001 ) healthy volunteers . |