Example sentences of "[adj] than the [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nothing can be more exciting than the first time that you are given some flowers , and particularly red roses . |
| 2 | Now , does n't that sound a whole lot more exciting than the next Prodigy video ? |
| 3 | The feature in question is that the second half of a parallelistic couplet ( line B ) is often more precise or specific than the first half ( line A ) . |
| 4 | After much fretting and threats of legal action , the RFU had little choice but to back down — and endorse a strip that is if anything , more garish than the last effort . |
| 5 | These affairs , she complained , were even less real than the last lot . |
| 6 | For example , the first syllable of ‘ poetic ’ is more prominent than the first syllable of ‘ pathetic ’ . |
| 7 | One of the reasons for using a recognition task was that it seemed less likely than the first study which used a recall test to be biased by the fact that subjects were aware that the study was concerned with risk . |
| 8 | They were , if that was possible , even more ferocious than the first time he had kissed her . |
| 9 | This table of the Nations in Genesis 10 can hardly be more ancient than the seventh century B.C. Not much later Ezechiel or one of his disciples included Yavan in the lamentation for Tyre ( 27.13–19 ) . |
| 10 | Magwitch seemed quieter and more likeable than the last time I had seen him . |
| 11 | So the second pulse then , is mu it evokes a much weaker current than the first pulse did . |
| 12 | Was I making a monster more evil than the first creature ? |
| 13 | Active and vital service seemed more important than the first pip . |
| 14 | I do n't think I was any more beautiful than the next teenager . |
| 15 | This represents a more positive attitude towards culture than the previous three positions , although it is more critical than the second position listed here . |
| 16 | The newcomers , mostly fishermen or peasant farmers who came as boat people , have been less successful than the first wave . |
| 17 | It was as if there was a wave of water and the wave turned a wheel and the wheel turned a cog and the cog turned a piston and the piston punched out a wave , bigger and more overwhelming than the first wave , turning a bigger wheel , a bigger cog , a bigger piston and then finally a wave that seemed enough to swallow everything in its path . |
| 18 | He looked anxious , more white-faced and sober than the last time Athelstan had seen him . |
| 19 | ‘ This is going to be more difficult than the first match , but I feel we 're ready for it . ’ |
| 20 | This is far less crude than the first example and propels the argument forward by its incorporation . |
| 21 | She did n't know ; all she knew was that she adored him more than before and she wanted him more desperately , therefore inevitably she was going to be more hurt than the first time . |
| 22 | As an amateur , he has scrupulously declined invitations to conduct works other than the Second Symphony , thereby preserving the integrity of the performances he does give . |
| 23 | ‘ I feel there is a need for experience in all positions and I 'm not blaming James for anything other than the first goal against Chesterfield . |
| 24 | The Council 's Rules of procedure provide that the last Article of a regulation shall specify the commencement date if the date is other than the twentieth day following publication . |
| 25 | Presented in this way , it is almost inconceivable to anyone understanding the function of such committees that it would pursue any other than the last alternative . |
| 26 | Those of course would have to qualify according to the rules of technical assistance and British aid , but in principle the study seminars are certainly open and we normally have people from countries other than the Third World ones . |
| 27 | The net effect is that , each time , the perihelion is a little further round than the last time — or , to put it another way , the perihelion advances . |
| 28 | It was less acrimonious than the first time , but much more painful . |