Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [adj] than [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The work which can be done is any work a solicitor normally does other than representation in a court or tribunal . |
| 2 | ‘ Well fashion is still faring better than advertising in the current page squeeze , but there are now less editorial pages to correspond with the fewer advertising pages being sold in magazines ’ . |
| 3 | It is a notable achievement , especially for a left-wing ‘ class-firster ’ ; but Ms Magas understands that in places like ex-Yugoslavia — and perhaps not only there — nation still matters more than class . |
| 4 | Lamb 's achievement is the more impressive in that he hardly ever bats higher than No. 4 . |
| 5 | He just about could do , because as it turned out she only took a percentage , unlike the other two who got through the lot , but then Egan had more to leave hidden than Place . |
| 6 | Even if the Carlists were unlikely ever to possess more than nuisance value , the Falange , with its wider appeal and rapid growth-rate , was a different matter . |
| 7 | Nation usually speaks louder than ideology ; as a result , the generally accepted notions of government and opposition break down . |
| 8 | Farm production is still increasing faster than demand , and farms will feel the squeeze as the EC tries to match supply and demand . |
| 9 | These are more clot specific than streptokinase . |
| 10 | ‘ We 're still investing more than HP is in development , so our bottom line profits are less , but this will be the first year for the RS/6000 that we make at least $1 net profit . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I 'd rather starve first than work for a man like that ! ’ |
| 12 | Paradoxically , LP often fares better than SP under these conditions because the noise-bar interference on the picture tends to be less for LP . |
| 13 | Olivine typically settles faster than plagioclase because of its greater density contrast with basaltic magma , so a layer of plagioclase is left behind ( Fig.1 ) . |
| 14 | Bearing in mind the strength of his views on " mere specialists " , we may surely see more than coincidence in the swiftness with which this final commitment was followed by the conversion to Schopenhauer . |
| 15 | Communicating orally involves more than reading or talking : gesture , posture , movements may all be intrinsic to it . |
| 16 | Things certainly look better than back in the late Eighties , when he went unemployed for nearly two years . |
| 17 | Under the uniform business rate , the rate in the pound that businesses pay stays in line with inflation and never rises faster than inflation . |