Example sentences of "[noun sg] than [art] [noun sg] ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Playing an investment banker , something which perhaps requires greater suspension of disbelief than the film 's vision of the spirit world , Swayze gets to make all his crowd-pleasing moves in a novel setting . |
| 2 | He was always impressed with Leonard 's room , which he found to resemble more a study than a youth 's bedroom — already the style was evident . |
| 3 | Once unfurled , his wings beat aster than the female 's and so produce a higher hum . |
| 4 | From the outset , Nigeria and Iran sought quota improvements and in the late 1980s there arose some aggrieved discussion of the UAE 's insistence on setting its own unilateral quota ( 1.5 million as against the 0.948 set by the Vienna conference in 1987 ) and vehement debate with both Iraq and Iran , neither of which was willing to accept a lower quota than the other 's . |
| 5 | The European Parliament 's Transport Committee has called for a 40 per cent cut in carbon dioxide by the year 2010 — a far more ambitious figure than the Community 's official target of a freeze at 1990 levels by 2000 . |
| 6 | The modern historian sees greater variety than the thesis 's defenders wished to concede . |
| 7 | DO NOT fit tyres with a lower ply rating or lower speed rating than the manufacturer 's vehicle specification as this is dangerous and illegal . |
| 8 | For much more was at stake than an individual 's choice of where she wanted to spend her life . |
| 9 | The '90s have not started well for Wales 's native cattle breed , but the halving of the Royal Welsh Black entries to 41 had more to do with the recession and choice of judge than the breed 's current popularity . |
| 10 | is a safer place than a poet 's slow , appalling , ticking night ; |
| 11 | Two days later , Coningham replied that he thought the irregular treatment of the Broad Sanctuary houses stemmed from ‘ no other motive than the architect 's wish for the picturesque ’ . |
| 12 | Thus the financial health of the company seemed to be of more importance than the community 's concern over the health of its children . |
| 13 | This can be disadvantageous to the plaintiff if , for instance , the defendant 's report paints a gloomier picture than the plaintiff 's report . |
| 14 | Most library suppliers produce ‘ library editions ’ of fiction by buying up sets of book sheets from the publishers , adding double strength reinforcing and laminating the dust jackets on to their own boards — the end result having far greater durability than a publisher 's casing , and avoiding the need for binding after a couple of years ' use . |
| 15 | Children are seen as learning to write by direct imitation of adult models , and accurate imitation is implicitly regarded as a more advanced achievement than the child 's own attempts to represent the writing system through ‘ pretend writing ’ . |
| 16 | Surely it is more essential that she should be well educated , as research has shown the mother 's education to be more important to the child 's own later achievement than the father 's . |
| 17 | made no more impact than a sparrow 's beak . |
| 18 | The downtown space is intended to allow for more diverse programming than the museum 's main building in La Jolla , as well as increasing exhibition space . |
| 19 | Carried by so small a man , the camera 's lens would often be no higher from the ground than a child 's eye and he could approach them on their own level . |
| 20 | A woman 's liver is also more readily damaged by alcohol than a man 's . |
| 21 | The east coast of Britain has notably less rainfall than the country 's average . |
| 22 | ‘ She obviously decided there was more to life than a ship 's doctor had to offer . ’ |
| 23 | For example , a secretary may seem to be of higher occupational status than a builder 's labourer ( the blue collar/white collar distinction ) . |
| 24 | The offices were frighteningly smart , more like an advertising agency than a doctor 's . |
| 25 | To hire a plane than the thing 's worth ! |
| 26 | I 'd also say that the 8″ coaxial speaker with tweeter combination gives a bigger , more natural tone than the Trace 's multiple 5″ driver units , which can sound a little tizzy and synthetic to some ears . |
| 27 | The book owes its title and framework to Bunyan , but it is much more satirical in tone and purpose than The Pilgrim 's Progress . |
| 28 | That is the basic role of ICI ; s catalysts business although it uses a shade more technology than the Maharajah 's elephant . |
| 29 | Mr Ridley 's ‘ mindedness ’ to allow Foxley Wood depended on his view that it was a sounder way of ensuring Hampshire 's share of new housing in the South-east than the county 's own thinking , which assumed finding dozens of smaller sites . |
| 30 | The engines do have exhaust valve seats of a harder material than the block 's cast iron , unlike the later 2.25 litres engines . |