Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] [adv] [adv] than " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example sulphur troxide dinitrogen tetroxide diiodine hexachloride Alternatively , where a binary compound contains an element which may exist in more than one oxidation state , the oxidation number is indicated . |
| 2 | Both solids and liquids may exist in more than one phase . |
| 3 | Now he knows I am here he may be more careful , or he may act more quickly than he had planned . ’ |
| 4 | He said : ‘ What is happening in Great Britain should perhaps show Mrs Thatcher and Chancellor Lawson that they should act more quickly than anticipated in terms of bringing the currency into the EMS . ’ |
| 5 | Pierre Beregovoy , the Finance Minister , told a business meeting : ‘ What is happening in Great Britain should perhaps show Mrs Thatcher and Chancellor Lawson that they should act more quickly than anticipated in terms of bringing the currency into the EMS . ’ |
| 6 | The agreement which the union negotiated is that commercial radio stations must spend not less than 3 per cent of their net advertising revenue on the employment of musicians . |
| 7 | Due to the very nature of vigilance , the tests to measure it must take much longer than is required for the other tests above . |
| 8 | For people living in the same area , those in the most expensive properties should pay not more than three times as much — the maximum variation — as those in the least expensive properties . |
| 9 | To conclude I think that we should go along rather than hope sort of an aspect of Conservative philosophy which is that people should be encouraged to earn money and they should be encouraged to save money and that therefore in this case this means proposing this Conservative motion , though I hope they will actually have the common sense to withdraw it . |
| 10 | Producers should hold not less than 60% of the shares , it says . |
| 11 | The definition implies that the tendency must go much further than merely shocking or disgusting readers . |
| 12 | The pomp of Parks , Thompson and Dexter must seem further away than ever for a club that has now failed to progress beyond the group stages in 12 of the 21 Benson & Hedges Cup . |
| 13 | To achieve this necessarily takes time and it is thus the means and goals which we should examine today rather than the setting first of arbitrary ( financial ) parameters . |
| 14 | The results of production should increase more quickly than expenditure upon it . |
| 15 | or they may grow more slowly than the rest of the body , and so decrease in relative size , which is negative allometry . |
| 16 | The person who creates a crisis in a relationship which is not going well such that the two part company and he or she is able to establish a more suitable and rewarding partnership may do much better than the person who avoids crises and settles for a far from ideal partner . |
| 17 | Do n't get me wrong , I 'm not saying that companies should n't sponsor ballet or opera , but I think they have to not lose sight of sponsorship potential with the disadvantages as well as the anonymous giving branch , because small amounts of money to some organizations may do disproportionately more than the Scottish Opera |
| 18 | Universal and Paramount may do less well than last year . |
| 19 | Applications must be processed Assuming that the company requires a range of different skills , the applications must be divided into groups according to their suitability for the different posts Some applicants may appear in more than one group , in which case some account will need to be taken of their preferences Managers involved in the selection process must choose those to be invited for initial interview . |
| 20 | ‘ If that 's the case I 'll stay out longer than I 'd planned , and do you a favour ! ’ |
| 21 | We fought for them to come to the Assembly , where they could speak their minds and meet the Africans they never meet , and together listen to the Almighty Who might know better even than they what is best for the country . |
| 22 | At least you 'll know exactly rather than sort of saying well |
| 23 | ‘ I do n't need it but I 'll do much better than that . |
| 24 | and while I started off thinking I might finish up better than I started |
| 25 | Tom looked as though he might stick around longer than all the girl graduates put together . |
| 26 | Such is the experience of most of us when we go to bed late : we might sleep slightly later than usual but rarely long enough to compensate completely for the late night . |
| 27 | But Basil encouraged and even found some tiny portion of my painting which could be developed though he agreed that I might copy more easily than imagine and he gave me a mounted butterfly to draw . |
| 28 | May I als also ask her to bear in mind that none of us are in a great hurry to go through again the expense and the dislocation of the relocation of the British Library , and if this land is not made available to the Library , that might happen rather sooner than we wish . |
| 29 | I figured I might have rather less than ten seconds to beat the ascending Mamba to the balcony , from there I 'd take the door which leads to the vast western attics and unexplored spaces beyond . |
| 30 | Having come so far in just 3 years , the suggestion is that success might come sooner rather than later . |