Example sentences of "[noun sg] than [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Underlying the Unionist acceptance of coalition in 1918 was a darker attitude to the future than appeared in the coalition programme . |
| 2 | He commented on the results : Even God came out of the thing with a more credible characterization than offered in the original … |
| 3 | Some take the profoundly defeatist view that the kicking and screaming which would accompany a successful revolt would do even more damage than sticking with the lady . |
| 4 | I think I 'd rather live in the park than go to the smelly old place . |
| 5 | ( Incidentally , it was harder to work out that there was a question than to think of the answer ! ) |
| 6 | Are not 51 days in the Gulf more of a training exercise than running around the sand dunes at Barry with thunderflashes ? |
| 7 | In all this work he functions as a kindly nurse who has no other business than to care for the well-being of her charge . |
| 8 | In absolute terms , there were three extra households for every extra member of the population over this period , generating a very much higher level of new housing need than reflected in the overall population figures . |
| 9 | Teachers were always busy , and many schools put GIST on a rather lower priority than dealing with the impact of unemployment , school reorganization , discipline or curricular problems . |
| 10 | Actually , it felt no more of a wasted morning than wandering round the Guggenheim would have done , and I still managed an afternoon 's lingerie shopping . |
| 11 | ‘ But as much as I 'd like to continue playing for the North , I suddenly thought there 's more to life than sitting on the M1 . |
| 12 | A new national organisation he believed should be on a smaller and more economical scale than required by the struggle up to 1833 ; functioning as a watchdog over legislation and supplying information to ministers and public its style had to be ‘ very prudent and discreet ’ . |
| 13 | An external observer at rest who detects the flash at the moment that it reaches the roof would see it Doppler shifted to a lower frequency than observed in the source frame . |
| 14 | There is much sharper rejection than obtained with the other filters described in this section and , very significantly , there is total rejection when While the basic circuit of figure 8.10(a) is only really suitable for rejection at a fixed frequency , variants exist which are amenable to tuning . |
| 15 | It has been much easier to give an overdraft than to go through the whole process of studying a plan for the business and coming up with longer term loan financing . |
| 16 | Trading abroad as an importer or exporter can be highly profitable , but it often involves a greater degree of risk than operating in the home market . |
| 17 | However , since she needed to fill her time until his return , what better way than to go to the capital city , and spend some days taking a look round ? |
| 18 | This would be asking rather more of the social security system than exists under the present arrangements , for this payment would be made , not on the grounds of ‘ need ’ as with existing Supplementary Benefits ( SB ) , nor on grounds of compensation , as with ICA , nor on the grounds of purchased ‘ rights ’ as in the case of insurance benefits , but on grounds of work carried out . |
| 19 | Its frail old shell served little other purpose than to squat on the ground and prevent any adjacent developments from creeping across it . |
| 20 | What more romantic way to start a holiday than travelling on the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express ? |
| 21 | Clearly , it shows a very much more complex structure than exists at the moment ( see Figure 3.1a ) . |
| 22 | It seemed a better idea than sitting in the village street for three hours . |
| 23 | SET menus or buffets always offer better value than choosing from the a la carte menu . |
| 24 | The position of the mother would be one of even greater dependence than exists at the moment . |
| 25 | In general , SCSI is a better bet than relying on the parallel connection . |
| 26 | It seems that many people , perhaps without even thinking about it , would rather do down the other player than cooperate with the other player to do down the banker . |
| 27 | That is why we prefer to meditate about Lord Spencer 's death than worry about the election , when the nation will choose between a future of moderate prosperity and happiness , or one of bitterness and penury . |
| 28 | He sat down on a small bedside chair , leaving Culley and Dawson no other option than to sit on the bed , which they did , side by side , like travellers on a train . |