Example sentences of "[det] [adj] [noun] than a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ramsay was perhaps less respectful towards this lofty assemblage than a young knight ought to have been , in his concern for the Berwick situation . |
| 2 | A word processor is so much more power than a typewriter you would n't believe it . |
| 3 | For example , the number of unconnected words we can hold in immediate memory is about the same as the number of unrelated digits , even though a word contains much more information than a digit . |
| 4 | A ‘ desperate ’ candidate stands much less chance than a more relaxed candidate who goes into the interview knowing that she/he has other options . |
| 5 | An ambiguous rule will carry much less weight than a specific one . |
| 6 | Clearly there is more to such cross-species communication than a merely self-centred ‘ survival of the fittest ’ . |
| 7 | The M1 through Buckinghamshire , The M4 and M40 were all easier going than a normal weekday . |
| 8 | Taken to extremes , a Bonsai pine , cherry or plum can embrace many more elements than a mere dwarfed tree might at first suggest to the Westerner : antiquity , continuity ( the best examples have been cared for by successive generations ) , and symbolic qualities that only a study of Zen can fully bring home . |
| 9 | Will my hon. Friend confirm that NHS trust hospitals are treating many more patients than a year ago ? |
| 10 | His films were relatively few and he felt confident enough to turn down a good many more films than a hungrier actor might have felt was healthy . |
| 11 | A reference centre functioning as a small hospital with 24-hour cover needs many more staff than a health centre , and this will drive up recurrent costs . |
| 12 | Right : Styled with elegant black casing and brass trim , the new Valor Heartbeat gas fire gives living flame effect at little more cost than a radiant fire |
| 13 | In fact , because of Police and Trade Union restrictions , a motor bus running in London is allowed very little more flexibility than a trolleybus . |
| 14 | He said I should have more adequate protection than a burglar alarm . |
| 15 | As a Scottish paper remarked at the time , it was not his first dismissal , ‘ Bremner has had more early baths than a miner on night-shift . ’ |
| 16 | Montgomery was n't sure , but in his own mind there were few more melancholy sights than a widower trying to manage on his own . |
| 17 | Having said that though , it 's the old case of ‘ the bigger the better ’ , and I doubt there are many more impressive sights than a pair of contented 30cm examples in a five foot tank . |
| 18 | The electoral agreement which Peace Alliance supporters proposed " would have less electoral appeal than a united and independent Labour Party " . |
| 19 | There are few more poignant sights than a group of people who are desperate to walk up a mountain , standing with their hands in pockets and feet in slippers , gazing out the window at weather that looks like television interference . |