Example sentences of "[noun pl] than an [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This means in turn that they must be shining almost unbelievably brightly — perhaps 100 or more times than an average galaxy . |
| 2 | It reads more like a series of loosely joined essays than an integrated work . |
| 3 | Certainly the Becket conflict had wider repercussions than an insular struggle between English king and archbishop and the principles and arguments in the quarrel were widely discussed , for there were deeper issues relative to the nature of authority . |
| 4 | Distribution problems have probably caused more deaths from starvation in recent years than an actual shortage of food . |
| 5 | However , it does suggest that the patient 's distress beforehand was more likely to have been related to environmental stresses than an endogenous illness . |
| 6 | The study of the discipline does not often include a study of its own academic evolution ; indeed , one suspects than an ahistorical attitude is sometimes projected by lecturers , as if the discipline had always existed in some vague Platonic sense , and could not possibly not have been there . |
| 7 | There is one for every school , of course , and this psychologist should have had more training in perceptual handicaps than an ordinary classroom teacher , and should be available to help assess the child and give advice to teachers and parents about how to help them . |
| 8 | Vice-versa , an educated general public is likely to make better use of health services than an illiterate public . |
| 9 | However , Le Monde of July 2 said that the programme " read more as a catalogue of good intentions than an exact timetable for the pursuit of economic reforms " , implying that its approval was timed to coincide with the G-7 meeting [ see p. 38990 ] . |
| 10 | With the greater buying power and distribution for many items , the franchisor can often get a better price for supplies than an individual shopkeeper could manage . |