Example sentences of "[unc] [noun sg] [verb] [adj] than " in BNC.
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| 1 | Testing revealed the car 's promise , but BRM 's future looked rockier than ever in 1961 . |
| 2 | But the letter from Reader 's Digest sounded more than genuine . |
| 3 | Louis 's grand-daughter has less than fond memories of night-time visits . |
| 4 | But the man 's melon-sized grin as he scampered into the sodden winner 's enclosure to welcome Rambo 's Hall indicated more than that . |
| 5 | The crowd around the old fellow 's barrow seemed larger than usual for a Saturday morning and I could n't work out why there was such a hush the moment I showed up . |
| 6 | However , the preservation of a rape survivor 's anonymity needs more than the exclusion of the name . |
| 7 | Mr Corden 's departure comes less than a month after Frank Gray was sacked as manager of the Third Division 's bottom club . |
| 8 | We must remember , however , that today 's uprating comes more than a year after the Conservative leadership coup and that there can be no excuse for the provisions . |
| 9 | The first 25 years of FYT 's life owes more than can be told to Philip Tompson . |
| 10 | The couple 's romance started more than a year ago when Stuart wed Lisa 's mother . |
| 11 | The Mason 's voice shouted stronger than the rest , ‘ Let me in ! |
| 12 | If James II were to recapture his throne , it would have to be by force , as the result of a successful foreign invasion , but William 's government proved more than a match , putting down the Jacobite rebellions in Scotland and Ireland , and defeating the prospect of a French-backed invasion with victory at La Hogue in 1692 . |
| 13 | Much of James 's statement had more than a modicum of truth . |
| 14 | Lewis 's win provided more than cosmetic surgery to the battered , punch-drunk features of heavyweight boxing . |
| 15 | Africa 's debt has more than tripled since 1980 . |
| 16 | One minute of observation away from the Earth 's atmosphere revealed more than has ever been known before about that well-studied galaxy 's infrared emission . |
| 17 | St John 's face looked sterner than usual and his lip curled in disapproval , as he lifted his handsome head and looked straight into Miss Oliver 's laughing eyes . |
| 18 | The latter 's vicious slap on the child 's face explains more than any other gesture Natalia 's selfishness . |
| 19 | Happiness on Mary 's face reveals more than words about contemporary care that is a million miles from formal institutions of the past . |
| 20 | Unless Mr de Klerk 's speech concedes more than expected , talks remain months away . |
| 21 | A dramatic rise in fuel costs after 1973 , which affected the national brewers ' distribution costs more than the smaller regional ones ' . |
| 22 | And in recent years it is impossible not to see that Dale Thomas ' name occurs more than others , including being five times the Club Champion — winning on one occasion after a 60-hole match ! |
| 23 | They 've learned a manoeuvre or two from the Red Arrows , but the Chileans ' repertoire includes more than a few party-pieces of their own . |