Example sentences of "[pers pn] is [adj] than [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whilst this is an increase over the 1991 level of 41,000 boepd , it is lower than originally anticipated due to the delay in the commencement of production from Piper and lower production from Ninian as a result of the deferral of well workovers from 1992 to 1993 . |
| 2 | To give you more room to relax , it is wider than before with greater leg room . |
| 3 | When it is not , it is better than both clergy and congregation resort to speech . |
| 4 | It is bigger than ever this year . |
| 5 | It is more than just goodwill that rests on the outcome . |
| 6 | But it is more than just the lucky shot that has defeated the Great White Shark . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | And it is more than just a dictionary — the extensive cross-references lead the reader from one subject to another , and the thematic index provides a framework for studying topics . |
| 9 | But it is more than just a listing of previous research . |
| 10 | But to Nikolaas van der Merwe , an archaeological chemist at Harvard , it is more than just a saying . |
| 11 | Where the Good Housekeeping diet is different is that it is more than just a diet . |
| 12 | This ‘ ancient heritage ’ may seem to be a purely ideological device — but it is more than just a myth . |
| 13 | The nature of a region is interpreted individually , therefore , but as an historically-created entity it is more than just one person 's interpretation . |
| 14 | Clearly it is more than just a picture of two continent-carrying plates coming together . |
| 15 | He 'll undergo surgery tomorrow morning and if it is more than just a simple fracture , it could mean an early end to his cricketing career . |
| 16 | ‘ It is more than just a possibility , ’ a senior US official said last night . |
| 17 | But it is more than slightly worrying to find it still rampant in a largish UK company . |
| 18 | Entering the third year of the Intifada , it is more than ever clear that time is of the essence : how to keep it going long enough at a level which does not yield to the temptations of ruinous , reciprocal escalation , but still disturbs the outside world enough to get them to bring the Israeli extremists to heel . |
| 19 | This was a mood that did not last ; the secular spirit is natural , it is more than ever clear , to modern industrial states — so much so that it invades even the clergy . |
| 20 | In times of severe economic stringency , it is more than ever essential that painful strategic choices should be based on sound information about the need for and effectiveness of services . |
| 21 | but obviously I must succeed for Yorkshire first , and with a batsman , Sachin Tendulkar , joining us instead of another quick bowler it is more than ever important that I do so . ’ |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | With fighting on the highways , it is harder than ever to shift food to where it is needed . |
| 24 | It is difficult at any time to represent a large body of one 's fellows ; in these critical days of reconstruction it is harder than ever . |
| 25 | It is truer than ever that art is not only a metropolitan phenomenon . |
| 26 | The vast Pacific has become smaller , but the future of those who live around it is larger than ever before . |
| 27 | To followers , he is more than just a guiding light — he is the Messiah . |
| 28 | Ivanisevic , touted as having an all-court , grass game , likes to remind people that he is more than just a big server . |
| 29 | There is no place for a quality footballer if he believes he is more than just a page in that machine . |
| 30 | Ask other lawyers about George , and there is acknowledgement of his gifts , even that he is more than merely a jury man , but rarely much warmth . |