Example sentences of "[det] [noun sg] than [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now there is more to this passage than either the story that it heralds , poignant and memorable though that is , or the condescending tone of the last sentence , for the innocence Davin embodies brings to Stephen as a brute fact from the real world the missing half of a truth which Stephen has known but so far been unable to admit even to himself , and which will go on mattering to Joyce for many years . |
| 2 | Our main 1979 survey was designed largely to throw light on this relationship between people 's knowledge about credit and how they make actual shopping decisions — the first major study to explore this in this country , and more searching in this respect than even the valuable American studies carried out recently for the National Commission on Consumer Finance and the Federal Reserve Board . |
| 3 | The description of the Count as Alfonso 's " friend " suggests that there was more to this incident than simply the curbing of an unruly vassal . |
| 4 | So that the split may well have been that er he was gon na to do a lot more work than perhaps the er civil engineering design group . |
| 5 | In an ideal world I would have far more bogwood than even the extended budget allows , but I expect this could be remedied over the ensuring months . |
| 6 | a All of these are useful but a returnable bottle system ( as with doorstep milk deliveries in the UK ) uses fewer raw materials and less energy than even the most efficient recycling scheme . |
| 7 | ‘ You have told me , at least , ’ he said , musing , ‘ that there were more people knew Aldhelm would be coming down that path than just the few of us , as it began . |