Example sentences of "[adj] than [art] [noun] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | And a couple is less conspicuous than a man on his own … ’ |
| 2 | Whatever it was on the bottom of the loch it was no more strange than the atmosphere on that boat . |
| 3 | Names on the map tell us a great deal about the ancient undrained landscape , and none is more telling than the presence on the Ordnance Survey Map of the lowlands of the word ‘ moor ’ : Morton or Moortown ; Sedgemoor ; Otmoor ; Moorgate , the gate in London 's city wall which opened on to Moorfields , the marsh which William Dugdale , in his seventeenth-century classic on drainage , describes as a favourite resort of Londoners for skating . |
| 4 | For instance , the women speakers in extract ( 2 ) are less cooperative than the men on a number of quite plausible measures . |
| 5 | I will bring you a cloak , it is not much , but warmer and more comfortable than a night on the cliff tops ! ’ |
| 6 | How much more abominable than a tax on widows ? |
| 7 | The Secretary of State for Wales , for instance , has said : ’ How much more abominable than a tax on widows ? |
| 8 | As PSR J0437–4715 is so close , however , it should be possible to detect a companion about 25 times less luminous than the limit on PSR B1855+09 . |
| 9 | What could possibly be more romantic than a wedding on a tropical island ? |
| 10 | The French have generally been more reticent than the Germans on this point , aiming their efforts at economic and monetary union instead . |
| 11 | The effect of cholesteryl ester on pancreatic lysosomal latency appeared more pronounced than the effect on supernatant enzyme ( Figs 2 , 3 ) although significant changes in the proportion of supernatant enzyme were also seen . |
| 12 | It becomes clear from Boswell 's descriptions that this family were considerably less Anglicised than the Macdonalds on Skye , and still remained on the side of the Gaels . |
| 13 | It was even more volatile than a hang-fire on an artillery shell . |
| 14 | Exactly , ’ he continued , without waiting for any answer other than the look on Ace 's face . |
| 15 | Whether the picture is seen as a staircase viewed from above or a staircase viewed from below seems to depend on something other than the image on the retina of the viewer . |
| 16 | At £55 , it is a good deal more expensive than a ticket on the high-speed train which runs just below the bridge . |
| 17 | [ But ] the general picture of community care presented by this evidence on the fate of short stay patients following the closure of long stay hospitals is much more disquieting than the evidence on the planned discharge of long stay patients . |