Example sentences of "[adv] [to-vb] the [noun] than " in BNC.
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| 1 | The proof of the pudding as we all know is in the eating , and I thought where better to sample the pudding than at RAF Uxbridge . |
| 2 | It could be true , of course , and there was more to support the idea than Zohra knew . |
| 3 | LONDON soccer fans pay more to see the game than anyone else in the country . |
| 4 | Coventry decided that it would cost more to contest the claim than pay it ; so Clarkson will get £74 for the party 's four tickets and travelling expenses . |
| 5 | ‘ If I go to church I feel that I go more to escape the chores than for any other reason ! ’ she said aloud . |
| 6 | It also published its statement on nutrition which , after reappearing in various forms , has probably done more to confuse the public than any other single pronouncement in the whole heart-disease field . |
| 7 | The practising education manager ( or the potential senior manager who hopes to grow into that role through further professional education ) may have , in other words , more to occupy the mind than was true in , for instance , the early 1980s . |
| 8 | He would put on a white overall for the occasion , more to impress the customer than for hygienic reasons , then have a good look at the tooth . |
| 9 | But as a suggestion it seems rather to name the difficulty than to solve it : which false beliefs are to be counted as relevant ? |
| 10 | It was , she discovered , easier to look the part than to feel it . |